“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” These words keep us fingering our rosary beads, making novenas and reading from ...
For 8 minutes, 46 seconds, the world watched in horror as George Floyd struggled to breathe. His neck pinned by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s knee, Floyd begged in vain for mercy. And Floyd’s story ...
In the sixth article in a 12-part series of “Knowing Christ through Matthew,” Anthony Pagliarini unpacks the passage where Jesus says that “something greater that the temple is here.” He says the same of himself ...
In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Bishop Shelton Fabre, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, writes that “the injustices people of color have been experiencing are a ...
The word most often used to describe the COVID-19 pandemic is “unprecedented,” which is a soft-peddled way to collectively admit there is no road map. Thankfully, there are three fundraising principles that parishes can consider ...
It would be nice if restarting pastoral ministries after the coronavirus shutdown was as easy as flipping a switch from off to on. But ministry is never that simple. When parishes reopen, things will be ...
Many parishes were thrown head-first into the sea of using technology to minister to their parishioners amid the coronavirus pandemic. So, what has this time of quarantine and social distancing taught parishes? Michael Hoyt, a ...
In an article at OSVNews.com, Dr. Joseph White gives parish leaders tips on how to welcome the faithful back to church after public Masses resume. He writes that being mindful of the diverse experiences of ...
In an essay on the challenges that await pastoral leaders amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Father Jeffrey Kirby writes that “very few of us may feel we have the professional, or even pastoral, training to handle ...
Franciscan Father Agustino Torres writes that as restrictions start to ease up in many places of the country, the faithful should evaluate the lessons learned during this pandemic in order to truly focus on growing ...
