I turned in a tiny, twin bed to see the digital clock: 4:30 a.m. I accept with a groan the realization that in less than an hour, I could be dressed and in...
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When I first meet Sister Norma Pimentel over Zoom, not five minutes have gone by before she needs to pause and take an important call. “I’m sorry,” she says in...
Women’s religious congregations have a rich treasure that has remained relatively hidden from the rest of the world. Historians and genealogists are only now...
Readings (Year B): Isaiah 63:16B – 17, 19B; 64:2 – 7Psalms 80:2 – 3, 15 – 16, 18 – 191 Corinthians 1:3 – 9Mark 13:33...
Catholics have a veritable treasury of beliefs and traditions about Jesus’ family life, but some of these are only tenuously connected with the information we...
There is a story in the Bible that we don’t hear in the Sunday readings or cited in papal documents. There’s no uplifting message of morality or liberation...
Being the oldest of four brothers, I have found the bond of siblinghood to be a tremendous blessing in my life. Like any healthy relationship, it takes a...
Two weeks after University of Mary sophomore Katie arrived in Rome for her study abroad program, she learned she was pregnant. “I had absolutely no idea who to...
Readings (Year A): Ezekiel 34:11 – 12, 15 – 17Psalms 23:1 – 2, 2 – 3, 5 – 61 Corinthians 15:20 – 26, 28Matthew 25:31...
“I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name standing beside the...
