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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Where are We Finding Our Happiness/Spiritual Joy?

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By Father Rich Tomkosky In the first reading this past weekend, we heard Job saying, “I shall not see happiness again,” as he has come...

Cherishing and Protecting Each Human Being Made in God’s Image

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By Father Rich Tomkosky The first Sunday in October every year is “Respect Life Sunday” in the Catholic Church in America. It is a yearly...

The Ultimate Spiritual Wake-Up Call

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By Father Rich Tomkosky This past Sunday's Gospel was frightening! If it didn't wake us up to the reality of Heaven and Hell, I don’t...

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SCHOOLS

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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KEEPING THE FAITH

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

Embracing the Mercy of God Which Flows from the Salvific Death of Jesus

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By Father Rich Tomkosky We need to always remember why Jesus died on the Cross and rose from the dead in His sacred body and...

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...

Jesus’ Encounter with the Woman at the Well as the Model of Conversion

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By Father Richard Tomkosky While we were still sinners, Christ died for us! Wow! Do we realize what that means? God has infinite love for...

Beyond the Surface of Things to Spiritual Reality

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Humans see the appearance, but God sees the reality. There is a tendency in us humans to only look at the...

The Joy that Comes from the Lord Alone

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By Father Rich Tomkosky Are we a people of joy and anticipation/hope? Or are we depressed, gloomy, and anxious most of the time? Are we...

SPIRITUALITY

Discernment: Listening for God in the Real World

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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...

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