The last Sunday in Ordinary Time is not so ordinary: it is World Day of the Poor. It’s a time to faithfully consider those living on the margins of our world. Starting in 2017, the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope…
Advent is such a wonderful part of the liturgical year. The only downside is that it can sneak up on us and then fly by so quickly! This year, I invite you to connect with Advent through reading and activities…
Until the release of the new Directory for Catechesis in 2020, learning, research and discussion about catechesis was in a bit of a lull. The new Directory put forth new language and understanding of the role of the catechist and…
“If you build it, he will come,” a disembodied voice speaks to the Iowa farmer that plays the main character in the movie Field of Dreams (1989). This phrase became an often-repeated motto (though transformed to “they will come”) by…
As the daylight hours grow shorter and nights become cooler here in the northern hemisphere, at Thanksgiving we find a moment together to recognize that the food on our table is a great gift. During this fall season, “the world…
I was sitting in the hospital room with my infant son in my arms, not believing what I was hearing from the pediatrician. My little boy had a serious heart defect. We would have to stay in the hospital for…
I recently finished reading St. Thérèse’s book The Story of a Soul for the second time, and I was once again struck by the very simple yet inspiring writing of this young woman. She doesn’t write like a learned theologian.…
I came to Canada in 1965 as a migrant. My reception in Sydney, Nova Scotia, was affirming and welcoming. Why not? I was a 12-year-old with a Northern English accent at the height of Beatlemania. Many migrants have not been…
Creator of all things,true source of light and wisdom,lofty origin of all being,graciously let a ray of your brilliancepenetrate into the darkness of my understandingand take from me the double darknessin which I have been born,an obscurity of both sin…
“It’s complicated.” These two words are often used to describe the challenge of defining or explaining the nature of a particular relationship. For many of us, “It’s complicated” describes our relationship with work. We both love and loathe our jobs.…