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Every Day We Are Given Opportunities to Make a Difference

Temple University in Philadelphia is the third largest university in Pennsylvania; it enjoys a worldwide reputation for research, scholarship, and education, and has international campuses in Tokyo and Rome, in addition...

Fr Joseph Esper

18 hours ago

Faith

The Kingdom of Heaven

On the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear the familiar term Kingdom of Heaven. It must be quite important because we hear it often; but do we clearly know what it refers to? Other similar terms are: the Good News, the Gospel, Jesus Christ, the...

Fr Dino Vanin

3 days ago

All Essays

Faith

The Ministerial Priesthood and St Maximillian Kolbe

Nothing is more doomed to failure than a layperson trying to tell the clergy what they ought to do. Well, perhaps if such a person held several academic degrees in Theology or Mariology, or bore visible stigmata, they...

Paul Suski

6 months ago

Faith

Remembering a Priest Who Made Me Think

Frank Jastrzembski

Faith

The Sola Fide & Scriptura Fallacy

The five Protestant tenets are Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone), Sola Fide (Faith Alone), Sola Gratia (Grace Alone), Solus Christus (Christ Alone) and Soli Deo...

James S. Anderson

Faith

Bearing Witness

Fr Dino Vanin

Faith

God’s Plan for Us

Fr Joseph Esper

6 months ago

Faith

My Danny’s Song

It isn’t fair. Danny had plans. His future looked bright. Funerals are not for guys like Danny; they’re for old guys, like me. And yet, here we are. We gather today with heavy hearts, feeling that what has happened...

Deacon Gregory Webster

7 months ago

Faith

Blessed Calm

Carolyn Humphreys, O.C.D.S.

Faith

Bringing Catholics Back to the Church

A 2025 Pew survey revealed that though Protestants have increased their numbers, Catholics have not. Forty-three percent of those raised as Catholics are no longer members of the Church. And for every new convert to...

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero

Faith

Genuine, Lasting Joy

Fr Dino Vanin

Faith

Proper Respect for God

William Borst

7 months ago

Culture

Reflecting on New Year’s Resolutions

This is the time of year when people consider what they will do differently in the forthcoming year than they did in the past. When this practice began is hard to say, but what it reveals about human beings is clear...

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero

7 months ago

Faith

Expanding God’s Family

Fr Dino Vanin

Culture

Macaroni Art Nation

“The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.” -Tom Waits The first Mother’s Day that I was Granny, my grandson, Joe, no doubt with minimal help from his parents...

Jennifer Borek

Faith

Listening Intently

Deacon Kurt Godfryd

Faith

Our Most Important Choice

Fr Joseph Esper

7 months ago

Faith

Nurturing Our Holy Families

Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. (Psalm 128) We all want to be blessed by our Lord God, right? Today, on the Feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth, we need to learn how to walk in his ways as we...

Fr Dino Vanin

7 months ago

Faith

Keeping Faith

Deacon Steve Greco

Faith

The Infant Jesus

Among the many devotional images scattered across Central Europe, in a world shattered by regional conflicts, ideological disputes, and economic upheavals, two small figures—the Infant Jesus of Prague in the Czech...

Paul Suski