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Sister Patricia Cummings, CSJ

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Sister Patricia (Mary Peter) Cummings, CSJ, 92, died Friday, September 1, 2023, in the 74th year of her religious life. The daughter of Levi and...

A Golden Opportunity to Grow in Holiness: Lent 2025

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By Father Rich Tomkosky We all know very well how hard it is to consistently choose what is good. Because of sin, all of us...

Six More Weeks of Winter?!

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By Cindy O'Connor Six more weeks of winter declared Punxsutawney Phil on February 2, 2025. YIKES! For the snow enthusiasts, I’m sure they were ecstatic at...

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Father Paul Taylor, OSB, Named 18th President of Saint Vincent College

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Father Paul R. Taylor, O.S.B., Ph.D., a Benedictine monk and executive vice president, has been named the 18th president of Saint Vincent College, effective...

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Proclaim! TV

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Watch Proclaim! every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. on WATM ABC 23 followed by the live broadcast of the Sunday Mass from Saint John Gualbert...

COMMENTARY

The Purification of One’s Heart

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Are our hearts focused on God? Or are they divided? It is a real battle, as Saint Paul says (see Romans...

Why Does it Seem So Hard to Find the Living God in Our Time...

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By Father Rich Tomkosky In this past Sunday's readings, we saw a fascinating encounter of the prophet Elijah with the living God. We also saw...

Jesus: The Duct Tape of Life

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Column by Jonathan Nagy A few years ago, on a particularly frigid Christmas Eve, I began playing beautiful written carols on the historic Carnegie Pipe...

Becoming “Living Stones”

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Column by Justin Kirkland Known for its valiant warriors and the strength of its military, the ancient city of Sparta continues to hold mythological status...

The Importance of the Bible in Our Spiritual Life as Catholic Christians

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By Father Rich Tomkosky As Catholics, we base our faith on both the Bible and Sacred Tradition. Saint Jerome, the great biblical scholar of the...

SPIRITUALITY

A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Ascension

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Reflection by Father Jude Brady, OSB This Thursday we will celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension.  This marks 40 days since the celebration of Jesus’...

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