OPINION

PERSPECTIVES

‘Welcome, Father; we’ve been waiting for you’

I've always kept in mind a very special memory of a former parishioner that took place on the day I …


OPINION

Pray for seminarians who have ‘courage to try’

Virtue means little until it is challenged and lived. If I have no desire to act selfishly, then being unselfish …

PERSPECTIVES

Ordained at tumultuous time, priest of 50 years reflects

Fifty years ago, my classmates here present and I were all asking the same question amid a world that was …

PERSPECTIVES

The hidden horror of abortion

I went to see the new movie “Gosnell” recently. I asked a few friends if they wanted to join me. …

OUR NEIGHBORS' FAITH

Holy Myrrhbearers: Orthodox monasticism

Orthodox monasticism in America saw a rise in parish awareness and support in the middle of the 20th century, though …