Walking through the woods in late April, with my eyes strained to spot spring mushrooms, I was...
My mother, both of her sisters, and their mother all had breast cancer. My Aunt Emma Jean is the...
I believe the United States has critically declined since its leaders turned their collective backs on the Triune God. Many of them still believe in god, several gods. The pagan gods of old, such as war, wisdom, poetry...
In the United States, popular culture has created the impression that having a bank account in a foreign country is bad because it must mean that you are hiding something from the authorities. The reality of the...
Across the centuries, Christians have always needed someone mighty and strong to lean on and to cling to whenever the squalls blow fiercely, and the pain becomes hard to bear. For three years that support was provided...
In a rather unique attack on the Church, Saint Francis Health System became at risk of losing its ability to accept Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program due to the “ever-present danger” of its...
The Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, which we celebrated on May 1st, gently invited me to revisit the great Plenary Council of the Capuchin Order which was celebrated in Rome. Its title is very eloquent and actual...
Once there was a Native American reservation out West; some of the tribe’s members had been converted to Catholicism, but the nearest priest wasn’t able to visit them very often. One day a government agent came to the...
What makes a great priest? On May 18th, when the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception celebrate the birthday and liturgical memorial of its founder, Saint Stanislaus Papczynski, it is a good time to...
My ministry, Spirit Filled Hearts, has launched a new initiative, Jesus Thirsts for America, which we will hope will lead many to the Church. We gather in dioceses throughout the country for Mass with the bishop, prayer...
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