The high cost of Catholic education leaves many in the dust. One mother argues that it will take the whole church to pick up the children who are left behind...
In the Pews
Stories of real-life Catholics living out their faith, with reporting on parishes, ministries, and vocation.
Think you want (or want your son or daughter) to attend a Catholic college but can’t imagine how you’ll afford it? You don’t have to be...
How parishes can successfully navigate this election year and promote faithful citizenship The year 2008 was a tough one for preachers. In March a video of the...
We can learn a lot from people who left the church, whether we can win them back or not. For generations, the Baltimore Catechism taught that Catholics who...
It was a typical Wednesday evening at the Parish Church. Gloria Jackson was preparing to meet her sixth-grade class for religious ed. This was the third class...
I never imagined that crossing paths with homeless people would become a part of our children's grade school education. Who would put that on the...
With a wink and a smile and a sueeze of the hand. Gilda Rodriguez naturally knows what question to ask, what personal thing to say to each person she greets...
Our churches are filled with potential youth leaders. They might sit a few pews over from you at Sunday Mass. They might live in your neighborhood. You might...
The most important activity in the parish is Sunday Mass. Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles has written a lengthy pastoral letter on liturgical renewal to...
When I wrote a column several years ago about our church's silence on wife and child abuse, I was stunned at the number of letters I received from ordinary...
