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Some months before I was ordained, my bishop told me he planned to send me to teach at one of our Catholic high schools. The idea terrified me. I was not popular the first time around and imagined my new experience would be much the same. My bishop ever patient with me told me to trust his decision, be myself, and share with the students my relationship with Christ.
Elizabeth Seton had no special gifts. She was not a mystic or stigmatic. She did not prophesy or speak in tongues. She had two great devotions: abandonment to the will of God and an ardent love for the Eucharist.
The Franciscan Sisters of Mary (FSM) like to tell how their founder, Mother Mary Odilia Berger, made an impact in the streets of St. Louis in the early 1870s as she brought food and medical supplies to the sick and to the sisters in her religious congregation who were caring for them. Passersby noticed the congregation’s charity and placed donations in Mother Odilia’s basket.
Following in the footsteps of St. Francis, three friars have set up shop in the poorest neighborhood in Detroit.
“Food is my connection,” says Lidia Bastianich, a cooking show star and restaurant owner. But it was her faith that spurred her on her journey.
Sister Rose Pacatte, FSP, reviews Crazy Rich Asians, The Apparition, and The Spy Who Dumped Me.
The V Encuentro process aims to reawaken the faith and gifts of Hispanic Catholics in the United States.
During the 50th anniversary of a key year in the civil rights movement, St. Francis School looks to the future in Mississippi.
Father Mamich’s kidney condition was worsening, and he wasn’t sure where to turn next. The answer, as it turns out, was in the pews all along.
The prayers we learned in childhood don’t have to be left there.
