For Parishes – Monthly Reflection

For Parishes – Monthly Reflection

God used a Catholic parish to change my life. Which is strange because I wasn’t Catholic.  I was a Protestant university student looking for a place to pray.  Protestant churches were closed, but an old parish church a few blocks from campus was open,...
Prayer in the early days of the Church

Prayer in the early days of the Church

Tertullian, an ecclesiastical author of the late second century, writes in one of his first treatises on prayer that “only prayer conquers God” (De oratione 29, 2). It’s a provocative phrase! But already in the Old Testament, the book of Sirach tells...
The many challenges we face as educators

The many challenges we face as educators

The prayer intention proposed by Pope Francis is a beautiful and vast project. Education is a word that crosses social and human realities. There is no need to be a teacher, professor, special educator or parent to participate in education. Everyone in his profession...