The Babushkas of today
Most grandmothers today are old enough to remember the Soviet Union (if only for their formidable athletes at the Olympic Games), and most were...
A joyful, Christ-centered role model
The Catholic Church faces tremendous challenges in these times. Scandal, division, corruption, money, lack of faith and understanding, and secularism. These are among the...
Where are my peeps?
Growing increasingly tired of watching television in my free time because of a lack of quality programming that would interest me, I’ve been reading...
Jesus the Great Optometrist: Perspective is everything
From the Cradle to the Cross is a painting by a person whose life was scattered instantly in an accident. This person, a National...
Dissolving the dead
In recent years, a number of U.S. states have legalized a new way to process human corpses that some have called “dissolving the dead.”...
Three cheers for Buffalo!
I’m not a huge Patriots’ fan, however I do enjoy relaxing on a Sunday afternoon by watching them play like just about every other...
Good old St. Anne’s School
In my more than two-and-a-half decades at The Anchor, I always hearken back to my days at St. Anne School in Fall River each...
Room in the inn
“She wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room in the inn.”
These familiar lines ring in...
Nothing but love
I stood in the doorway of my classroom. Behind me was the window that provided a vista to the bird’s nest. My students and I...
New year, best me
Happy New Year! It is that time of year again when the gyms are full, diet companies are in the black, and many people...