Prayer

Franciscan Peacemakers: On the Front Lines of Human Trafficking

May 25, 2022

The Franciscan Peacemakers have been helping women struggling with prostitution and poverty for over 25 years. Now some of the women they’ve helped are giving back.

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Resilience and Struggle

April 26, 2022
Resilience is what happens when we give up control and are willing to embrace the ambiguity.
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Virgin Mary untying a knot

Mary, Untier of Knots

April 25, 2022
When life gets tangled, who better to go to than our mother?
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tendril of a plant curled up

My Own Canticle of the Creatures

March 25, 2022
Pandemic isolation forced this photographer to capture the intricate and beautiful world around her.
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Beyond the Serenity Prayer

March 12, 2022
Some things are unacceptable, and we need—with the Hebraic prophets—to challenge them. Wherever there is pain and injustice let me be an instrument of peace and justice.
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Father Kevin Regan of the Archdiocese of Washington demonstrates the granting of absolution that occurs during the sacrament of reconciliation. The priest, acting in the person of Christ, can absolve a person of their sins with their contrition, confession and penance. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec) (Feb. 5, 2013) See LENT-CONFESSION Jan. 30, 2013. Editors: Photo was taken for the purpose of illustration and not during an actual confession.

Lent and the Sacrament of Reconciliation

March 4, 2022
Now that we are in the midst of the Lenten season, parishes will be offering several opportunities to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
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COVID-19 ia a little bitch

COVID-19 and Our Lenten Challenge

February 28, 2022
By now it’s a cliché (it’s even become a trendy tattoo), but to “let go and let God” might be the best advice of all for us to follow.
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