As a high school student, Matthew Fernandez was active in his parish’s youth ministry programs. He volunteered in service activities and talked about his faith...
Ministries
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the daily running of the typical parish was a fairly straightforward and Spartan process. OK, lest I be thought an...
In the aftermath of the latest wave of revelations about clerical sexual abuse and episcopal malfeasance in the United States, now more than ever, Catholics...
1. Support people. An integral part of recovery for people with mental illness is to have a supportive faith community to rely on for their spiritual needs...
Catholics have a responsibility to minister out of our gifts and experiences, says Deacon Tom Lambert, of the Archdiocese of Chicago. For him, that means...
“Charity is at the heart of the church, it is the reason for its action, the soul of its mission,” said Pope Francis in September 2017 during the feast of St...
Les Johnson’s faith has taken him all over the world. He’s been to Lourdes in France, Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and even to Rome, where he met Pope...
Last week I attended a volunteer orientation at a center for youth experiencing homelessness. The program director noted early on that many of the youth who...
During Holy Week 2016, an obituary written by a woman in Duluth, Minnesota caught national media attention. Eleni Pinnow wrote the obituary for her young adult...
Life for most children takes place within a six block radius of their home: school, shopping, worship, and play. These six blocks help define who they are...
