Solanus Casey’s Beatification Explained
Kelly Sundberg
November 17, 2017
All around the United States, people will celebrate the life of this holy Capuchin friar in November.
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Reel Time
Rose Pacatte, FSP
November 15, 2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Here’s a new take on a timeless Christmas classic. It is getting to be the worst of times for Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) in 1843 London. His publishers are unhappy since his last three novels failed. His wife, Kate (Morfydd Clark), is renovating their home while debts are piling up. Worst of all, Dickens is beset by a severe case of writer’s block.
Our Disposable Culture
Daniel Imwalle
November 7, 2017
This month is a time for Americans to celebrate both food and family in our land of plenty. But what happens when plenty becomes too much, when surplus turns into waste?
Surrounded by Saints
Susan Hines-Brigger
October 31, 2017
Outside in my garden is a statue of Saint Francis, patron saint of animals and the environment.
Halloween and Its Christian Roots
Susan Hines-Brigger
October 31, 2017
The true origins of Halloween lie with the ancient Celtic tribes who lived in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany. For the Celts, November 1 marked the beginning of a new year and the coming of winter.
Prayers of the Heart
Franciscan Media
October 28, 2017
An admirer of Mother Teresa once gifted her with her own personal “calling card.” Teresa liked the card so much that she had copies made and regularly handed them out to people for the rest of her life.
Written on the small yellow cards were spiritual lessons Teresa had learned from the Church, her prayer life, and her ministry to the poor. She summed them up in five steps.
The fruit of silence is PRAYER.
The fruit of prayer is FAITH.
The fruit of faith is LOVE.
The fruit of service is PEACE.
The fruit of love is SERVICE.
The Good Shepherd
Franciscan Media
October 26, 2017
Many sheep do not recognize the presence of the Good Shepherd in the Church today and insist on wandering off on their own, expecting to enjoy the false freedom of living independently. They allow themselves to be deaf to the voice of the Shepherd. Soon, without realizing it, they grow weak without the nourishing food in the Shepherd’s pasture and grow thirsty as they drift farther away from the springs of living water in the Spirit.
Catholics & Cremation
Fr. Don Miller, OFM
October 25, 2017
The Church’s teaching on cremation is solidly rooted in the core beliefs of our faith.
Race and Religion: An Interview with Msgr. Ray East
Susan Hines-Brigger
October 25, 2017
In a time of intense racial tensions, Msgr. Ray East has some words of advice: We need to focus on the fact that we are all made in God’s image.
Finding Light in the Darkness
Kyle Kramer
October 25, 2017
Back in August, my wife and children convinced me to take them to see the total solar eclipse. So I took the day off work, we drove two and a half hours south on rural Kentucky roads, and we found a great eclipse lookout spot—out in the country on the lawn of a small missionary Baptist church near Russellville. We felt the strange weakening of the sun’s warmth as the eclipse grew. At the moment of totality, we saw the colors of sunset all around the horizon and the sun’s blazing corona emanating from behind the black moon.