
Home Is Where the Heart Is
I visited my parents this weekend. This was the first time I saw their new house in their new city. To my surprise, I was

I visited my parents this weekend. This was the first time I saw their new house in their new city. To my surprise, I was

Author Note: For quite some time this topic has weighed heavily on my heart as I have participated in Masses celebrated in the Ordinary Form

When I first became Catholic, I had a lot of issues with Mary. How could she hear and answer our prayers? How could the Church

Here’s a secret: I’m a bad person. On June 5th I found out my friend Kacie died of a heroin overdose. She was 23 years

In my last article, I looked to the rosary as the Marian devotion par excellence. Some people may find the rosary difficult to pray, or they

I am a recovering control freak. For much of my life, I would be anxious about the future. I would succumb to stress or overthink

Three brothers, one a diocesan priest, one a Franciscan Friar TOR priest, and the other a married man, walk into a bar… Sounds like the

It’s the end of NFP Awareness Week, so I’m going to throw in a few cents as a mama with three kids under three. Natural

Every Christian should make time for a retreat. Retreats help to rejuvenate a person spiritually, mentally, and sometimes even physically. Think you’re too busy for

No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. – James Russell Lowell, poet Ultimately, we all have to decide

The summer of 2008 was a summer of opportunity for me. I was able to attend the International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City, Canada with

Summer is about half-over now. Here in Wisconsin, the weather is warming up and the humidity is climbing. Flowers are blooming. People are gardening. Pollen

“Heads up high… I gotta see your eyes.” And so David Belisle began a speech to his team that has been hailed as one of

When I was young, my siblings and I would often play with a soccer ball in our backyard. Inevitably, someone would powerfully kick the ball

In a fit of frustration and anguish (due to my own actions, or lack thereof), my husband did something drastic that he had never done

Why I feel that all parishes should pray the Divine Office before or during the Daily Mass: I wrote in February about the Divine Office,
I confess that I’m one of those people who woke up on June 26th and immediately grabbed for my laptop, in order to watch the marriage decisions come in

New Research from the American Beliefs Study Offers Insight into Catholic Views on AI in Light of Pope Leo XIV’s Guidance Survey conducted prior to

National One-Day Conference Gathers Leading Catholic Voices on Eve of Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s Beatification Special event explores Sheen’s vision for renewing Church and country as

“In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith,

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was prefigured in the sacrifices of the Old Testament, which had polyvalent significance. Animal and plant sacrifices were used