Update: The canonization of St. Pedro Calungsod can be watched via livestream on October 21, 2010 here. The Pope will canonize a teenage Filipino martyr
This is not how you use dice. You roll dice. In games with dice, the dice and chance are the masters of the outcome. We
Yesterday the Catholic Church celebrated the feast of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, a lovable little saint whose example of
As I was on leave over the last few weeks I spent a lot of time back home on the family farm, helping with projects
One of the main reasons why I love the youth, especially Catholic youth, is because I am one. My heart is always on fire to
As a youth minister one of the number one questions teens ask me is, “Why do people suffer?” It is a fair question, and one
Ever since I’ve learned about the Camino de Santiago – a centuries-old pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela, where the cathedral housing the remains of
Many of the pro-abstinence, anti-contraception types (mostly Catholics) will say that the “Don’t have sex, but if you do, use contraception” approach to reducing teen
In his first letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul explains how, when God calls people, he does not base his decision on human criteria –
The famous African bishop, doctor and Father of the Church, Saint Augustine of Hippo, once said, “If you believe what you like in the gospels,
Are three reasons why people reject the Catholic Church today. I've been thinking about this for some time, ruminating about the common objections I hear against Catholicism. They can be summarized in three distinct yet overlapping categories: ontological, moral and epistemic.
In a culture always on the go, days, weeks and months blur together. We can sometimes be running so fast on the treadmill of life that we forget to stop and take a break. Sure, we might take a week…
The past two months have been quite interesting in my personal life. I left my ministry position as Director of Religious Education, accepted a new
Disclaimer: This post was not consciously written in Father’s Day week. I can not speak for my subconscious. She often has a mind of her
Widows have always been a group of people that tug on my heartstrings. What is more tragic than a young husband or wife with small
Desperate times call for desperate measures. The modern world has successfully graduated from high school and is now ready to attend University where its ideals
There is an underlying theme in the word of God that might be considered shocking: Go Hard. All Out. Go Big or Go Home. The greatest
I was an atheist. I didn’t believe in God and tried to convince those who did that they were stupid for doing so. If you
“In the beginning was the Word, and Word was with God, and the Word was God. ” Words are intensely powerful, most likely because they
“Man’s curiosity searches past and future And clings to that dimension. But to apprehend The point of intersection of the timeless With time, is an occupation
It’s a commonplace we’ve all heard in one form or another: “Love is blind.” But is it really? It may be true that our passions,
