What is our nation facing today but an eruption of restless hearts? For months, millions of Americans have remained close to home as we face unprecedented pandemic and its ramifications. We have socially distanced ourselves ...
Every night since March 15, editorial director for periodicals Gretchen R. Crowe and her husband have gone “live” on OSV’s Simply Catholic Facebook page to pray. They gather in front of her laptop at or ...
In mid-March, Maronite Bishop Gregory Mansour was on his way to run an errand when he noticed a man who had fallen down on the sidewalk and was unable to stand back up on his ...
On May 18, the Church marks the 100th birthday of St. John Paul II. Though he passed away 15 years ago this past April, the magisterium of the man who for 26 years was our ...
My baby girl turns 1 this month. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since we waited and waited and waited … and eventually had to take her by force, 10 days past due. ...
We are in the midst of a tremendous challenge, writes Gretchen R. Crowe, editorial director for periodicals at OSV. This coronavirus pandemic has demanded that we completely redefine what our everyday life looks like, and ...
In her biweekly column, editorial director Gretchen Crowe shares one of her favorite verses in Scripture, which comes from St. Paul the Apostle, in which he tells the people of Philippi to “have no anxiety ...
Few things are more unnerving than the spread of a disease in epidemic or pandemic proportions. In such a time of uncertainty, it can be tempting to give in to fear and panic. A better ...
When Laverne Weishaar, a 100-year-old in Nortonville, Kansas, was asked what advice she had for young people today, she said: “Trust in the Lord. See that you live the right kind of life that you ...
A Pew survey released last summer found that 1 in 4 Catholics have reduced the amount of money they give to the Church in recent years. Presumably, there is a direct correlation between that statistic ...