Lenten Message: Time to grow in faith, hope and love by: Cindy Wooden – Catholic News As Christians pray, fast and give alms during Lent, they also should consider giving a smile and offering a kind word to people feeling…
Finding HOPE in the Trials of Life by Sam Guzman – Catholic Exchange Psychologists tell us that one of the chief evils of our age, an evil apparently less evident in earlier ages, is that of easy defeat. Be this…
Lecture Delivered at the National Meeting of the Catholic Bar Association In this lecture originally offered at the Catholic Bar Association Meeting in October of 2020, Father Tad Pacholczyk, Ph.D., Director of Education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center discusses…
November: Walking with the Church in Sorrow and Joy By Constance T. Hull November is a fitting month for the Church to remember the dead. The illumination of October has given way to naked trees, scattered dead leaves, and rather…
Mission Sunday: Are You Being Called? by Marcellino D’Ambrosio, PH.D – Catholic Exchange Nothing about the grammar contained in Scripture makes missions sound optional. Throughout the Bible we are directed by God to participate in the global spread of His…
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month by Joanne Halt M.A. – NAMI FaithNet Our mind is only as healthy as our brain. Like other organs, our brain can get hurt from head trauma, ingesting harmful substances and not practicing healthy brain habits….
Grow in Holiness By Fr Philip Dion – Catholic Exchange Too often a person looks at the past year and beholds only the shambles of the good resolutions he made last year concerning his predominant fault or some virtue he…
Reasons to be Filled with Hope by Fr. Ed Broom, OMV – Catholic Exchange In the moment of receiving the Sacrament of Baptism, our soul receives many extraordinary gifts, among which are the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity….
The Cross Leads to Greatness by Constance T. Hull – Catholic Exchange There is a quote by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI that frequently makes the rounds in social media: “The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for…
The Importance of Prayer by: Kelly O’Dell Stanley – christianity.com Prayer is important because it makes us more like Jesus and because it reveals to us the heart and mind of God. Praying because we’re “supposed to” isn’t always enough…