DON'T MISS
Summary of Directives
Bishop Mark L. Bartchak issued the following directives on April 1, 2020:
· Beginning with the closure of churches at 7:00 p.m. on April 1,...
CATHOLIC LIVING
A Golden Opportunity to Grow in Holiness: Lent 2025
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?!
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...
SCHOOLS
COLLEGES
Father Paul Taylor, OSB, Named 18th President of Saint Vincent College
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...
KEEPING THE FAITH
A Legacy of Connecting People Through Prayer and Television
By Tony DeGol
Proclaim!
Not many little boys are lucky enough to find a mentor who will still influence them later in life.
David Micik found that...
COMMENTARY
Create a Clean Heart in Me, O God
By Father Rich Tomkosky
"Blessed are the pure (clean) of heart, they shall see God” (Mt 5:8).
How do we arrive at this single heartedness...
Jesus’ Thirst for Us
By Father Rich Tomkosky
“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”...
Forgiveness of and Love for Our Neighbor in God
By Father Rich Tomkosky
This past weekend, we heard the call of Jesus in the Gospel, and the example of David in the first reading,...
How Do We Bear Good Spiritual Fruit for God’s Kingdom?
By Father Rich Tomkosky
How can each one of us in our life become the seed, in the good soil, in which God’s Word bears...
Catholic Education – A Gift From Amalia Gallitzin
Column by Jonathan Nagy
In 1786, on her 38th birthday and the Feast Day of Saint Augustine, Princess Amalia Gallitzin found herself making a profound...
SPIRITUALITY
Discernment: Listening for God in the Real World
Brother David Henley Catholic News Service
"Samuel, Samuel!" the Lord calls, in one of the more famous stories of discernment in the Bible. After bothering...