John Adams Our nation seems to be rapidly approaching a crossroads that demands we as a people make a decision about the kind of society ...

Ezekiel & Phineas It's early evening and I'm sitting here with two of my grandsons watching a rather strange animated show, ...

On September 8, the day on which we celebrate the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary , Archbishop Charles Chaput was installed...

It seems as if Diane and I just returned from our last trip (that one to the cornfields of Iowa), and now here we are again leaving the fami...

Note: Today, September 14, is a special feast in the liturgical calendar of the Church. We celebrate both the Church of the Holy Sepulcher i...

Readings: Sir 27: 30 - 28: 9; Ps 103; Rom 14: 7-9; Mt 18: 21-35 A few weeks after the events of September 11, 2001, a local New England TV...

David Hatchwell Altaras It seems that last month's World Youth Day celebration in Madrid was well received by more than the world...

Readings: Ez 33:7-9 • Ps 95 • Rom 13:8-10 • Mt 18:15-20 As a deacon I’ve conducted my share of marriage preparation sessions over the year...

Popemobile makes its way through the crowd "But I am not the star, I am only the vicar. I point beyond myself to the Other who is...

I find it interesting that a lot of people, and not just Protestants, but Catholics as well, don't realize that the celebration of the M...

Dear Diane is out of surgery, her wonderful surgeon stopped by to tell me she's doing fine, and so I hope to see her soon. And I'll ...

It's 6:30 a.m. and Diane and I are in a pre-op waiting room of sorts...and we're certainly waiting. Dear Diane will undergo outpatie...

If you're a Christian, and especially if you're a Catholic, you're being persecuted. Maybe you didn't know this, but it'...