Sacraments
Fr. Joseph Gill

Why Be Catholic

There are about seventy million Catholics in the United States, making it the single largest denomination in the country. But of those seventy million Catholics,

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Scripture
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

A Theological Reflection On Unity

This is a theological reflection on some principles found in our first reading this Sunday. It is a more theologically worded reflection than my homily

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Columnists
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Live-stream Masses

I’ve been thinking about the new trend to live-stream masses… As a sacramental Church not being physically present in the Church building is less than

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Columnists
Kat Larson

Teenage Melodrama

I have always defined myself as a hopeless romantic, a true sucker for a good story where true love triumphs and happily ever after wins

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Columnists
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Growing in the Silence

When I was first ordained, the rigidity that has been criticized on some clerics existed in me. My Spiritual Director told me I had a

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Columnists
Erin Cain

Blossom Like the Lily

A few weeks ago, while in prayer, I found myself reflecting on the word “bloom” and wondered what God might be trying to reveal to

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Prayer
Christina M. Sorrentino

Love Amidst the Thorns

“Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to

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Scripture
Fr. Joseph Gill

Prophets of the New Convenant

It takes a lot of guts to tell the Pope that he’s wrong. Especially if you’re a humble Dominican nun in the 1300s. You see,

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Sacraments
Mike Filce

Transubstantiation: A Church Divided

This article written by Mike Filce was originally published on “The Devout Life,” a blog by Mindy Goorchenko. Reprinted with permission. A Church Divided We are a

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Scripture
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

The Mission of Evangelization

The Church’s mission to evangelize should not ever be conflated with colonialism.  Evangelization, according to the Church is a spiritual movement that can embrace the

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Columnists
Fr. Joseph Gill

Indwelling Trinity

When Cardinal Timothy Dolan was a young priest, he was in charge of running an RCIA program for adults who wanted to convert and become

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Sacraments
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

The Gift of the Eucharist

Take a deep breath.  Let’s restate it again.  But only with those who have ears. It’d be good to explain this from the point of

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Prayer
Kat Larson

Pruning Hurts

Once again, the Catholic Church has reached the point in its liturgical year called Ordinary Time. For most of my life, I have heard priests

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Dating
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Identity in Relationship

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need

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