Serving as a campus minister during Covid
Featured image: Student Abby Neel entered the Church through the RCIA program. (Photo courtesy of Stevens Newman Catholic) In a small student center lounge, the Newman Catholic club at Stevens … Learn More
Category: Columns
The Assumption of Mary: cite me the passage!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 2021 – THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Many different Christian denominations celebrate the same feasts that we do as Catholics. For example, like us, they … Learn More
‘Let’s ask our Mother to stay close to us,’ Cardinal Tobin writes in latest newsletter
When we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Sunday, Aug. 15, we are offering to Mary the highest possible form of veneration. We proclaim … Learn More
Cardinal Tobin: We are all called to be ‘saints next door’
In his Apostolic Exhortation GAUDETE ET EXSULTATE, ON THE CALL TO HOLINESS IN TODAY’S WORLD, Pope Francis calls our attention to what the Second Vatican Council termed “the universal call … Learn More
Synodality: clergy and laity walking together
We all know that if you want to learn to swim, you must get into the water. No matter how much anyone explains it to us or how many workshops … Learn More
Racial discrimination is not new. New ministry offers healing, hope
Featured image: Sister Dong Hong Marie Zhang with her father. Her family has struggled in an anti-Christian culture. (Photo courtesy of Sister Dong Hong Marie Zhang) Asian Americans have endured … Learn More
Deacons are men who said, ‘yes,’ to the Lord
We’ve seen them in many of our parishes during the Mass alongside the priest. They wear the stole across their chest over the white alb. We’ve listened to them proclaim the … Learn More
Be an angel to the elderly, especially those most alone
I have a neighbor who I believe I have never seen drive alone. When she and her husband come to and from Mass, they arrive and leave with a car full … Learn More
What was it like for the grandparents of God?
Late July brings one of my favorite celebrations in the Church year: the July 26th Memorial of Saints Ann and Joachim, the parents of Mary, the Mother of God. I had … Learn More
Prayer and the Declaration of Independence
As we celebrate the Fourth of July this year, let us remember the important role that prayer played in the American struggle for independence. On that first day, when the … Learn More