Taking Christ out to the streets
On October 11, the Church celebrated the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council.
The Second Vatican Council was summoned, St. John...
Hunting the shoals of herring
“With our nets and gear we’re faring on the wild and wasteful ocean.
“It’s there that we hunt and earn our bread as we hunt...
Reviving a sense of mission in the Amazon
Pope Francis was elected to bring about a missionary metamorphosis of the Church.
The “next pope,” Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, told his brother cardinals during their...
Merton contemplation and action
January is a month when justice receives national recognition. The nation celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. days before thousands assemble in Washington, D.C. to...
The great danger of a misguided charity and false compassion
The push to substitute “gender identity” or “gender expression” for biological sex has enormous ramifications in terms of law, education, economy, health, medicine, safety,...
A pilgrimage of faith through the streets of Manhattan
One of the things I love to do in New York City is leading walking pilgrimages to the most beautiful churches in Manhattan.
I take...
Life can be a real drain
It’s firmly established in the Jolivet Family that my brother followed in my dad’s footsteps with skilled hands and a keen eye for detail....
New cures from embryonic stem cells?
A recent article in the New York Times by Gina Kolata chronicles the remarkable story of a patient who for many years suffered from type...
Trash Wednesday
I wonder sometimes why I can remember some things well back into my past, and other times I have no recollection of events just as...
St. Joseph as a model for Lent
Many can treat St. Joseph as an afterthought or some kind of ancient “player-to-be-named-later” in a package deal for the young virgin to whom...
