December 4, 2011 By Sister Betty Jane Lillie, SC Second Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11; Psalm 85: 9-14;  2 Peter 3: 8-14; Mark 1: 1-8. In this beautiful season of Advent, one can realize a sense of expectation of the coming of the feast of the birth of …

November 27, 2011 By Terrance Callan First Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:33-37 With this Sunday we begin the season of Advent, our time of preparation for the coming of Christ.

November 21, 2011 By Jeanne Hunt Well, it has finally happened: I am getting requests for topics that you want to hear about! 

November 21, 2011 By Father Kyle Schnippel Often when I do presentations on vocations to the priesthood and religious life, the introduction includes the instruction to pray for our priests and religious because they have given up so much in order to respond to their call. 

November 21, 2011 By Michael Daley With words that may very well be considered heretical for someone who is both Jesuit educated and employed, Maryknoll Father Bob McCahill is someone who keeps me Catholic. 

November 21, 2011 By Father Earl Fernandes With Advent, the translation changes of the Roman Missal have taken effect.

November 20, 2011 By Terrance Callan  Christ the King: Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28; Matthew 25:31-46 In the United States we do not tend to think very favorably about kings; our country was established by revolution against the king of England.   

November 13, 2011 By Terrance Callan Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30

October 27. 2011 By Father Timothy P. Schehr  Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time: Malachi 1:4-10; Psalm 131; 1 Thessalonians 2:7-13; Matthew 23:1-12

October 21, 2011 By Sean Reynolds Looking back over nearly 30 years of marriage, the toughest times were always when our family was stretched thin. We were either too busy or focused on the wrong things, or both. The result? Individually, and as a family, we became emotionally fragile, brittle …