Feasts
Fr. Joseph Gill

The Beloved Disciple

Happy feast day of St. John! This is the patronal feast of this beautiful Basilica, which is why we are celebrating his feast rather than

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Spirituality
Steven Lawson

In honor of St. Stephen

I never realized how much St. Stephen was the man until after my reversion. Reading through Acts for the first time I felt a certain

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A Christmas Carol
Life
Thomas Clements

A Christmas Carol & Detachment

I recently attended a live performance of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. The cast did an excellent job portraying the well-known tale in a new

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Mary
Colin Gormley

The Immaculate Conception

Today we celebrate the Immaculate Conception of Mary.  This, for visitors who are unaware of the finer points of Catholic Mariology, is the celebration of

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Columnists
Shaun McAfee

Answers to a “Pagan Christmas”

Charlie gave Linus the pop quiz: what is Christmas all about? Of course, Linus proclaims the birth of Christ (was Linus named after the second Pope?)

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Columnists
Kat Larson

A Marian Encounter

When I came back to New York from Lourdes, France I had a new admiration for Saint Bernadette. It was wonderful learning about the different

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Columnists
Kat Larson

Consecration Day

My life is no longer my own. For the past 33 days, I made the commitment to consecrate myself to Jesus through Mary’s intercession. This

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Religion
Fr. Joseph Gill

Growing the Treasure

What is the greatest treasure you have been given? Your health, your life, your gifts and talents, your family, your possessions? No — our greatest

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Fra Angelico
Columnists
Cristina Montes

Spiritual Allies

For the past three months, the liturgical calendar has been reminding us of our spiritual allies. Towards the end of September, we commemorated the feast

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Feasts
Fr. Joseph Gill

God’s Got This

One day a few years ago, I had just finished Mass when a parent of one of our youth group kids came up to me.

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Life
Christina M. Sorrentino

The Maternity of Consecrated Life

As we are approaching the anniversary of the last apparition of Fatima, and the ‘Miracle of the Sun’ on October 13th, I find myself reflecting

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Sacraments
Kat Larson

Hope of Another

There are times when I speak the word of God and feel as though I am speaking gibberish.  I wonder if anyone could understand the

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Life
Emma King

The Beauty of (Our) Fall

We as Christians are called to a life of death and resurrection. Dying to ourselves, dying to our sin, dying to our desires.

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Religion
Fr. Joseph Gill

Good to the Last Drop

It’s funny how your life can change in an instant with something that seems so small, so insignificant. In 1906, a 12-year-old Polish boy named

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Mary
Cindy Bird

Motherhood Full of Grace

There have been certain times in my life when I felt uncomfortable about my relationship with Mary. And by Mary I mean the mother of God.

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