Pope Francis reminds we are all part of the same family
March 2023 marks the tenth anniversary of Pope Francis’ pontificate. It is too soon to estimate the historical impact of Pope Francis on the...
What’s a good prayer for X? Y? Z?
Father Michael Ahearne of St. Monica Parish in Palm Fields, Ala., was preparing to take a group of parish teens on a cookout to...
Baptism and the cross
Folded within the heart of Lent each year are flickers of joy, harbingers of light that reflect not only past events but future victories...
It’s OK to make a nun cry
When the British Invasion (the second one, not the Tea Party one) hit the U.S. with an explosion of new music, I was just...
Lenten self-help or Lenten denial of self?
One day, my family and I were playing with magnatiles and blocks. I told my kids that I was going to build a massive...
Stranded
Flight 583 from Honolulu to Kalaupapa was rather bumpy but we made it safely across the treacherous waters of the Ka’iwi (Molokai) Channel. The...
Whadduh ya’ given’ up for Lent?
Whadduh ya’ given up for Lent? Remember when you were a kid? This was a very important topic of conversation. It started a couple...
Young women giving themselves away for nothing
As Internet pornography continues to make inroads into the daily lives of millions, greater numbers of young women are making the decision to participate...
One never knows what one will do
Most of the time, the nightly news, which can now be seen at 4, 5, 6, and 7 o’clock, is a bombardment of how...
Treat yourself
This fall I decided to go back to college to get a certificate in Thanatology. I thought one class a semester would not be...
