James Day, the author of “Saint Michael the Archangel,” published by OSV, shares that the virtues of St. Michael the Archangel always outweigh and outshine the hidden world of sin. But also in times of ...
Shaun McAfee explores how RCIA and other programs may be reshaped in the virtual environment. “ RCIA programs have an exquisite opportunity to perform one-on-one sessions that build dynamic relationships,” he writes. “Right now, the ...
Leonard DeLorenzo, in his series on the Ten Commandments, writes on the Seventh Commandment, “Thou shall not steal.” The Catechism says, “The seventh commandment forbids unjustly taking or keeping the good of one’s neighbor and ...
Author and filmmaker Jim Wahlberg shares how he overcame life on the streets of Boston, including addiction to drugs and alcohol and multiple prison sentences. He says, “I was in and out of detention centers, ...
As conversations heat up with the upcoming election, Bill Dodds offers some practical advice when we “hate the political position, love the person who holds it.” His four pointers include the following: to love your ...
For those battling pornography addiction, Jesuit Father Peter Schineller offers hope through St. Ignatius of Loyola, himself a victim of unchaste living in his early life. But St. Ignatius was gifted with a vision of ...
“God, please use my hands today the way you want me to use them.” North Dakota teenager Maria Loh prays that prayer every morning. It makes an offering of the 17-year-old’s usual household chores, and ...
As the Church prepares to celebrate the feast of St. Dominic on August 8, in an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, writer Shaun McAfee shares the contents of a recently discovered manuscript that detail nine ...
Contributing editor Russell Shaw looks at the life and legacy of Blessed Charles de Foucauld, a French priest whose canonization was announced by the Vatican in late May. De Foucauld joined the military as a ...
Renée Darline Roden writes about responding with tenderness to a violent world. Two years ago, Pope Francis convened a conference on the theology of tenderness, as present in his own theology. Our decision to act ...