by admin | Mar 2, 2021 | Guest Author
The intentions for 2021 are centralized around the theme of human fraternity. Certain months have a clear tie to this theme. For instance, in July we are asked to pray for social friendships. Other months in 2021 present intentions that call for the Christian faithful...
by admin | Feb 22, 2021 | Philip Kosloski
How do you view Lent? Is it a long, torturous season, full of sacrifices? Nineteenth-century writer Frederick Charles Woodhouse perfectly summarizes the prevailing mood of most people in his Manual for Lent. “There is a shadowy gloom that broods over the whole season,...
by admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Guest Author
That word, justice, has several references – criminal, legal, fiscal, social justice and, increasingly, environmental justice are the most common usages. If we think about the administration of justice, we probably imagine courts and judges, lawyers and defendants;...
by admin | Feb 10, 2021 | Guest Author
Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has encouraged parishes to be an “oasis of mercy,” and to be missionary: looking out to all sorts of suffering people both in the local community as well as in the wider world, as both are linked. We are challenged to reach...
by admin | Jan 18, 2021 | Philip Kosloski
Unity among all peoples on earth can seem like an impossible goal. Our efforts to build bridges always seems to fail. Should we simply give up? Pope Francis does not believe it is a helpless cause and neither did his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. Both popes believed...
