Monthly Reflection – May 2026
That Everyone Might Have Food There is an old monastic story about a monk who received a gift and quietly passed it on to another brother, setting off a kind of chain reaction....
Monthly Reflection – April 2026
For Priests in Crisis Let us pray for priests going through moments of crisis in their vocation, that they may find the accompaniment they need and that communities may support...
Monthly Reflection – March 2026
For Disarmament and Peace Let us pray that nations move toward effective disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, and that world leaders choose the path of dialogue and...
Monthly Reflection – February 2026
I’ll never forget that first seizure. I turned around to find my sweet baby - who just seconds before was happily playing on the floor - folded in half, jerking, and turning...
Hearts United in Prayer and Care
Let us pray that societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation for ethnic, political, religious, or ideological reasons....
Monthly Reflection – July 2025
In this month of July, the Holy Father invites us to pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away...
A Journey of Dignity and Faith
Immersion trips are an invaluable part of a student’s formation, providing real-world experiences that foster empathy, cultural understanding, and personal growth beyond the...
For Migrants Fleeing Their Homes
FOR MIGRANTS FLEEING THEIR HOMESWe pray that migrants fleeing from war or hunger, forced to undertake journeys full of danger and violence, find welcome and new opportunities in...
For the role of women
I have a friend named Lyn who's old enough to be my mom. Lyn and I talk often about women's roles in the Church. Interestingly, Lyn was my pediatrician when I was a child. She...
For New Martyrs
In the Scriptures, our Lord extends a compassionate invitation, saying, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” In today’s world, the "New...
For the terminally ill – Monthly Reflection
St. Mother Teresa said, “No one should die alone…each human should die with the sight of a loving face.” Too often this is not the case. This was particularly true in recent...
FOR THE GIFT OF DIVERSITY IN THE CHURCH
St. John Paul II famously wrote in his encyclical, Ut Unum Sint, “the Church must breathe with her two lungs!” He was referring to the “lungs” of East and West, praying and...