For many this week marks “Back to School” time (though I’ve long since held school should always be out from Memorial Day to Labor Day – so apologies to kids as I have nothing to do with setting the schedule!). Admittedly the fact that the days of me having to think about school starting again […]
Education: A Lifelong Process Continue »
Shortly before we were ordained, then auxiliary Bishop Richard Pates gave each member of our class a framed quotation from Saint John Henry Newman. It’s his response to someone, and it can be summed up simply as “trust the Church.” Newman himself came to see this gradually throughout his life. The son of a well-off
The Church Leads us to Christ Continue »
Somehow, summer went from “We have all the time in the world!” to “Wait… school starts when?!” Now it’s time to convince everyone that bedtime is actually before midnight, discover that approximately 84% of last year’s clothes no longer fit, and hunt down the school-supply list that was emailed at some point in the last
Back-to-School: The Annual Family Reality Check by David Rinaldi Continue »
One time at seminary, we had a speaker talking to us on ecumenism, a fancy word on how we strive to work together with people of other faiths. She told the story of growing up how the Catholic kids would always cross the street on the way to school because on their path they walked
Christian Unity: An Ongoing Goal of Vatican II Continue »
One of my favorite courses in seminary was an elective class we had on the virtues and their corresponding vices. The virtues are the gifts we are given from God at our baptism and by virtue of being born into this world. Among them is the virtue of hope. Hope as the virtue isn’t like
Mary: A Great Teacher of the Meaning of Hope Continue »
August: Service and Prayer “When we receive God’s love, our response is to share it.” This month in the Reclaiming Sundays series, Megan Plum shares how prayer and service go hand-in-hand and help to keep the Lord’s Day holy. Click HERE for the Guide to Reclaiming Sunday’s. A message from Archbisop Bernard Hebda:
Reclaiming Sundays – August Continue »