The Ups and Downs of Family Life

Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg October 9, 2023

Reflect Families are complex. We have good days and bad days. St. Joseph reminds us that the calling to be a father, mother, son, or daughter

Judge Not

Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD October 8, 2023

Reflect During our archdiocesan restructuring, my parish lost our beloved pastor and gained a different pastor, along with a parochial vicar and retired visiting priests.

man in a cave | Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

Prayer Can Change Our Lives

Ilia Delio, OSF October 8, 2023

Prayer that allows the mystery of Christ to change our lives is a high-risk enterprise

Sunday Soundbite for October 8, 2023

Dan Kroger, OFM October 8, 2023

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle AOctober 8, 2023 Isaiah’s vineyard song and Jesus’ parable of the vineyard are connected. Isaiah’s song is a reminder

Sharing the Word for October 7, 2023

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk October 7, 2023

Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary October 7, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29 This is a song of liberation for the

Pressing on Toward the Goal

Bruce Epperly October 6, 2023

Reflect When I have a vision of the far horizons of my life, I can choose actions that support my values and help others. When

Antonia Salzano Acutis, mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis, is pictured after an interview in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 9, 2020. Antonia Acutis spoke at gatherings in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington and Texas during a Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2023, tour. (CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves)

Mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis visits U.S., invites all to encounter Christ

OSV News October 6, 2023

The mother of an Italian teen on the road to sainthood recently toured several U.S. parishes to kindle increased devotion to the Eucharist, which was “the center of life” for her late son.

Sharing the Word for October 6, 2023

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk October 6, 2023

Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time October 6, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Baruch 1:15-22 The prophet Jeremiah had a secretary named Baruch,

Statue of St. Francis | Photo by Ryan Klaus

Beginning Again with St. Francis

Jovian Weigel, OFM October 6, 2023

Conversion is the ongoing process of learning to live the gospel way of life given to us by Jesus and revealed to us by Francis and Clare.

To the Workers

Daniel Imwalle October 5, 2023

Reflect The tension between unions—such as the Screen Actors Guild and United Auto Workers—and corporate interests has been making headlines again. It calls to mind