Each year during Mass on the second Sunday of May, in parishes across the country, priests mark the celebration of Mother’s Day by asking all of the mothers in the church to rise to their ...
Colleen Pressprich will tell moms that the role of motherhood will change their prayer lives, but Pressprich wasn’t expecting the seismic shift the followed. She writes: “Mothers need an authentic encounter with Jesus just like ...
Since Christmastime, Gretchen Crowe has been singing “Silent Night” as a bedtime lullaby to her daughter. She writes: “The problem with a Christmas carol becoming the nightly favorite was that when the season transitioned, the ...
In an essay ahead of Mother’s Day, writer Lara Patangan writes that when her children were young, the mistakes she was making as a mother would weigh her down. As they grew older, and she ...
Meg Hunter-Kilmer writes that the standard set for motherhood is the love of Christ — which is less intimidating than it sounds. In the specific struggles of motherhood, it helps to know some saints who ...
As we celebrate Mother’s Day this year, take heart, all you moms. Like Saint Zelie Martin, the mother of Saint Teresa of Lisieux, there will be times of struggle. Like Mary, there will be times ...
Being a mother is wonderful. It comes with sweet-smelling newborns and sticky-fingered hugs from toddlers and teenagers that can blow you away with their surprising insights on life. But it’s hard, and getting harder, especially ...
Question: How does one date a church? When the cornerstone was laid? When it was dedicated? For example, the cornerstone at my parish says 1926, but the church itself wasn’t dedicated until 1931. — Mary ...
Seventeen years ago, Shanika Dawson was pregnant and homeless. The father of her baby was not capable of helping her, she said. Dawson tried sleeping in a shelter in New York but was sexually assaulted. ...
The other day was sort of my 20th college reunion from The Catholic University of America. I say sort of for a number of reasons: I graduated early, and I didn’t actually realize the reunion ...
Pope Francis calls for united efforts in care for creation during Laudato Si’ Week http://ow.ly/tHZb50JfyJc
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ICYMI: Even for a math whiz, life is not an equation to be solved; God is bigger than mathematics. OSV publisher Scott Richert takes comfort in the knowledge that God is not bound by numbers
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Why I count myself blessed
OSV publisher Scott P. Richert shares how, from an early age, he has been fascinated by numbers: “I add, s...
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