When I first sat down to write this month’s column, I must admit I wasn’t especially inspired. Humility felt like a difficult theme to draw out of the archives. Then my colleague Sarah said something that really resonated with me. She spoke about the quiet beauty of recovering family histories, …

By Michelle Wirth Smith Each May, as the Church celebrates graduations, ordinations, and new beginnings, we’re reminded that growth often starts in quiet, unseen ways. The Story of the Hickey Family In the late 19th century, five brothers became priests: William (1880), Edward (1883), Charles (1886), John (1887), and George …