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The following local stories and opinion articles were published on our web site in 2017:

Dec. 22 2017

Local
Advent outreach at Seaport shrine

Local
Forming the Future: Promoting physical wellness at St. Raphael School, Medford

Local
Norwood youth choir brings Advent joy to retired priests

Local
Prudential Tower shines red for Catholic Charities

Local
Cardinal to celebrate New Year's Eve Mass

Obituary
Obituary: Father William F. Lucey, seminary professor, pastor

Obituary
Obituary: Father Peter Brudzynski, former Navy chaplain

Obituary
Obituary: Fernando Fernandez, father, catechist and Hispanic office staff

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Aren't you happy Jesus is coming?

Opinion
Adam Johnson: Christmas in the making

Opinion
Thomas Lester: 'No Room in the Inn'

Opinion
Father Paul Soper: What do you want from Christmas?

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: The crib and the cross

Opinion
Scott Hahn: The mystery kept secret

Opinion
Clark Booth: Christmas pudding

Dec. 21 2017

Local
The 'hurt is still there,' says Cardinal O'Malley at press conference

Dec. 20 2017

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: Italian Xmas: Et tu, Santa?

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: The 'Catholic' Ten Commandments

Opinion
John Garvey: Repeat after me

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Catholic-Orthodox dialogue, much work to do

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Fear of God as Wisdom

Opinion
George Weigel: The crèche and the gap

Opinion
Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley: On the Passing of Cardinal Law

Dec. 15 2017

Local
Elements of closed Boston churches find new life in Texas

Local
St. Leonard, North End reopening after renovation

Local
Archdiocesan high school football 2017 season wrap-up

Local
Dedham parish makes statement on mass violence with Nativity scene

Local
Thomas More College launches Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: 'Tis the season for traditions

Opinion
Maureen Pratt: Joy from the inside out

Opinion
Shemaiah Gonzalez: My soul rejoices through the darkness

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Advent meditation: Joy during life's struggles and sorrows

Opinion
Joseph D'Arrigo: Remembering incredible, often forgotten journeys

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: The gift of giving

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: A quiet Christmas

Opinion
Thomas Birmingham: A novel solution to an old problem

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: The 'bitter pill' of false liberation

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: The Immaculate Conception and the nightingale's song

Opinion
Scott Hahn: One who is coming

Opinion
Clark Booth: Hall of Fame politics

Dec. 13 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 'Lady Bird' and the Breakthrough of Grace

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Grandparent as baptismal sponsor?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Real Tragedy of Sin

Opinion
George Weigel: Books for Christmas

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Helping the Survivors of Isis this Christmas

Dec. 8 2017

Local
'Sacrifice and dedication' honored at Cheverus Awards

Local
Find joy this Advent, says Women Affirming Life speaker

Local
Mass. Medical Society sends 'wrong message' on assisted suicide, say bishops

Local
Forming the Future: Years of service honored at Jackson Elementary, Newton

Local
Pastoral Planning Advisory Board presents findings to priests

Local
Mission Grammar School opens toddler and infant center

Local
Daughters of St. Paul celebrate the season with annual concert

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: The Wise Men teach us to kneel

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Hoping rather than worrying during Advent

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The choice of Bishop Cheverus' successor

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle: Disciples in Mission Pastoral Planning Report

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: Advent and the return of the King

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Straighten the path

Opinion
Clark Booth: Hot Stove time

Dec. 6 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Burial of unbaptized

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: A plea for our fellow Catholics

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Reticence and Secrecy as Virtue

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Post-truth culture

Opinion
George Weigel: A meditation on 'Maranatha'

Dec. 1 2017

Local
Archdiocese responds to plan to end TPS for Haitians

Local
Local student winner of Missionary Childhood Christmas art contest

Local
Archdiocese launches program to connect Hispanic families with Catholic schools

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Missing the glory

Opinion
David Gibson: How St. Joseph is an Advent model

Opinion
Father Jose Medina: Advent prompts questions of the heart

Opinion
Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield: An Advent meditation: Memory and hope

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: What is sex for?

Opinion
Joan Lamar: Creating a culture of intentional discipleship

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: Thankful for the unknowns

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Watch for Him

Opinion
Clark Booth: Baseball votes on vets

Nov. 29 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Paul VI, Prophet

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Preference for death penalty

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Playing Loose With the Truth

Opinion
George Weigel: What's changed since Humanae Vitae?

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: 'Go to Detroit'

Nov. 24 2017

Local
Cardinal to present 134 Cheverus Award Medals Dec. 3

Local
Three honored at Healy Award Dinner

Local
Loved ones remembered at seminary memorial concert

Local
Archdiocesan conference promotes 'Intentional Discipleship'

Local
Irish Pastoral Centre celebrates 30th anniversary

Opinion
Scott Hahn: When the end comes

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: Feast of the dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Destroying my freedom -- in the name of freedom?

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The First Synod of the Diocese of Boston

Opinion
Father Robert M. O'Grady: 'Flock of Shepherds' celebrates 100 years

Nov. 22 2017

Local
Cardinal decries plan to end TPS for Haitians

Opinion
George Weigel: A museum for which to be thankful

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: God's Closeness

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Coercing our conscience

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Black Elk and the Need for Catechists

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: Mass murder and our culture of death

Opinion
Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley: An 'unnecessary and unwise' decision

Nov. 17 2017

Local
DECREE: In Nomine Domini

Local
Cardinal revises parish-Central Ministries financial relationship model

Local
Forming the Future: Robotics Club at St. Michael School, Lowell

Local
Veterans honored at Veterans Day Mass

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Help families avoid making the choice 'to heat or eat'

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Signs of the times

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: Conservatives: What they are and what they aren't

Opinion
Ray Flynn: Supporting signature drives on church property

Opinion
Father Thomas Ryan: Hindu-Catholic national dialogue on love of neighbor

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle, CSJ: What's happening these days in pastoral planning?

Opinion
Hosffman Ospino: Holding the pope's hand in gratitude for being Catholic

Opinion
John Garvey: Why poetry matters

Opinion
Clark Booth: Bruins 2017-2018 edition

Nov. 15 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Pray for Judas Iscariot?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: A Threat to our Decency

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p.: Are you ready to be a child again?

Opinion
George Weigel: As the Bard might say....

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Saintly Character of Solanus Casey

Nov. 10 2017

Local
Campaign for Catholic Schools celebrates 10 years of rebuilding

Local
Cardinal O'Malley urges administration to extend special immigration status

Local
Social Justice Convocation discusses themes of refugees and immigrants

Local
Immigrants share their stories at Social Justice Convocation panel

Local
Boston shrine broadcasts Masses on social media

Local
Archdiocese offers prayers for Texas victims, expresses commitment to safety

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father James Canniff, retired pastor, former hospital chaplain

Opinion
Sister Suzanne Fondini, MFIC: Why do our Sisters serve?

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Controversy at St. Mary's, Boston in 1842

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Purgatory is real

Opinion
Michael Lavigne: New faith formation leaders learn the ropes

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Giving to God what belongs to God

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Members of the wedding

Opinion
Clark Booth: Baseball wrap up 2017

Nov. 8 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Agoraphobia and Mass attendance

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: A tale of two popes

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Paralysis, Exasperation, and Helplessness as Prayer

Opinion
George Weigel: 'You have to decide.'

Nov. 3 2017

Local
Msgr. George Carlson named regional vicar of the South Region

Local
Archdiocese hosts addiction recovery workshop

Local
Archdiocese revises policy on signature drives

Local
Newton Catholic school student named finalist in national invention contest

Local
Cardinal, Mass. Housing Secretary dedicate Haverhill affordable housing

Local
Forming the Future: Blessed Sacrament School, Walpole

Local
Senior priest finds mission in creating art

Local
Priest helps student's explore the 'science of miracles'

Local
Deacons celebrate convocation, Rite of Candidacy

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Cardinal O'Malley urges administration to extend special immigration status

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Thanking God ahead of time for the beatification of Solanus Casey

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: True Reformation

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: You were chosen to be a saint

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Calling the fathers

Opinion
Clark Booth: Early fall thoughts

Opinion
Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley: The time to extend TPS is now

Nov. 1 2017

Opinion
Brett Robinson: New media environments change our sensibilities, even our religious ones

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: OK to write off church donations?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: A Plea for the Soul

Opinion
George Weigel: Murderers' Row, Soviet-style

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The New Evangelization and the Nones

Oct. 27 2017

Local
Share treasure of faith with the world, cardinal says on World Mission Sunday

Local
Middle schoolers gather for Created for Love Rally

Local
Cardinal praises Order of Malta for helping 'build civilization'

Local
Little Sisters look forward to end of mandate, refocusing on mission

Local
Cardinal, Lt. Governor break ground on Hanover affordable housing

Local
Pro-life speaker witnesses to the blessing of having a child with disabilities

Local
Altar servers honored for service

Local
New Salem shrine is a place of Divine Mercy

Obituary
Obituary: Msgr. Joseph T. Alves, Boston's oldest priest, WWII Army Air Corps vet

Oct. 26 2017

Opinion
Father Thomas Ryan: The Protestant and Catholic Reformations

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The Holy Name Society in the Archdiocese

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle: Diversity in faith formation

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Love commanded

Opinion
Hosffman Ospino: The courage to speak of racism in the family

Opinion
Clark Booth: 1967 remembered VI

Oct. 25 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Reaction on leaving Mass early

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: The Least Religious Generation in U.S. History: A Reflection on Jean Twenge's 'iGen'

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: Harvey Weinstein's not alone

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Kathleen Dowling Singh, RIP

Opinion
Russell Shaw: The Marriage Divide

Opinion
George Weigel: Which Reformation? What Reform?

Oct. 20 2017

Local
'Saints of Mercy' relics installed at Pru chapel

Local
St. Mary's Center receives $1 million gift

Local
Cardinal addresses immigration crisis at Red Mass

Local
Workshop to educate parish staff on addiction crisis

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father Richard Messina, former high school chaplain, retired pastor

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Winter on my mind

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: Are they finding what they want?

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Gun control: If not now, when?

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Improving instruction and increasing learning

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Worship and evangelization on the waterfront

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Life's unfinished symphony

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Caesar and the King

Opinion
Clark Booth: Sox managers mainly unloved

Oct. 18 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Eulogies at Catholic funerals

Opinion
John Garvey: Making and renewing vows

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Close the Distance not the Gate

Opinion
George Weigel: Whose bourgeois morality?

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Saint Therese, Teacher and Thaumaturga

Oct. 13 2017

Local
Newton parish helps refugee family settle in Boston

Local
Cardinal joins Laboure College for 125th anniversary celebration

Local
Catholic Young Adult Commission launches in South Boston

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: When is it a sin to make a referral?

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: The Accountant meets The Joker

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Digitization progressing

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle, CSJ: Phase V pastor orientation

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: Our Lady of the Rosary and the Battle of Lepanto

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Dressing for the feast

Opinion
Clark Booth: One Day

Oct. 11 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: What is Happening at Mass?

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Changing God's mind?

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: The hollow man

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Language as Opening or Closing our Minds

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Talking past each other

Opinion
George Weigel: The Catechism of the Catholic Church at 25

Oct. 6 2017

Local
Celebration raises over $1.6 million to support Boston priests

Local
Lawn Party raises record amount for Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary

Local
First responders honored at Public Safety Mass

Local
Seven ordained permanent deacons

Local
Archdiocese partners with Franciscan Children's on mental health initiative

Local
Respect Life Mass celebrated at Seaport Shrine

Local
Hundreds march for life on Boston Common

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The 100th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun

Opinion
Father Thomas Ryan, CSP: Worship in ecumenical contexts

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Reasons for the rosary

Opinion
Michael Lavigne: The reason for our hope -- Jesus Christ

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Father Edward Flanagan's legacy

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Living on the vine

Opinion
Clark Booth: Post-season handicap

Oct. 4 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 'Mother!' and the God of the Bible

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Leaving right after Communion

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Healthy and Unhealthy Fear of God

Opinion
George Weigel: Fencing with bigots

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: An education for kindness

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Following the Brave Shepherd All the Way

Sep. 29 2017

Local
Cardinal O'Malley marks start of 'Share the Journey' at Lynn Mass

Local
Vatican 'too optimistic' in talks with China, says visiting Hong Kong cardinal

Local
Seven to be ordained permanent deacons

Local
Relics of 'Saints of Mercy' headed to Pru chapel

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: The shepherd who died for his flock

Opinion
Adam Johnson: Making something good out of past regrets

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The birth of the Catholic Union of Boston

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle, CSJ: Critical keys to success -- Part II

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Discerning the spirits

Opinion
Scott Hahn: The humble path

Opinion
Clark Booth: Raging Bull RIP

Sep. 27 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: George Weigel's 'Lessons in Hope'

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: How often to anoint?

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: Good news, bad news

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: A Prayer for Stillness

Opinion
Russell Shaw: America First?

Opinion
George Weigel: The transmigration of theological nonsense

Sep. 22 2017

Local
Webinars aim to help parents, teachers address opioid epidemic

Local
Mass for Public Safety Personnel to be held Oct. 1

Local
Local chefs face off to benefit Charities' new Lynn food pantry

Local
CatholicTV telethon raises over $300,000 for media ministry

Local
Congregation of St. Athanasius celebrates 20th year

Local
BC students injured in acid attack in France, ask for prayers for attacker

Local
Sisters of St. Joseph participate in general chapter year

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father John Mansfield, former Air Force chaplain and West Bridgewater pastor

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Waiting at the altar

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Living the call to 'Have courage ... go forward ... make noise!'

Opinion
Father John Catoir: Dunkirk

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle: Critical keys to success -- Part I

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: Why Our Lady of Sorrows?

Opinion
Scott Hahn: First and last

Opinion
Clark Booth: Rampaging Indians

Sep. 20 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Mass without singing?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Our Struggle with Riches

Opinion
George Weigel: A memoir I never expected to write

Opinion
John Garvey: The prerogative power

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Blessed Stanley Francisco 'Aplas' Rother

Sep. 19 2017

Local
Archdiocese offers webinars for parents, teachers on addressing opioid epidemic

Sep. 15 2017

Local
Massachusetts bishops urge Congress to act on DACA

Local
Bishops' statement on DACA

Local
Mass and candlelight vigil honor Sept. 11 victims

Local
Conference celebrates 50 years of Charismatic Renewal

Local
Prison ministry brings Middlesex inmate to baptism

Local
Conference on liturgical formation to be held in W. Peabody parish

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Msgr. Liam Bergin: Pope issues changes on liturgy translations

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Speak up for the Dreamers

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The legacy of Father Joseph Finotti

Opinion
Father James Ronan: A reason to hope

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: Going off the rails

Opinion
Patrick Krisak: Catechetical Sunday 2017: 'Living as Missionary Disciples'

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: Dispelling the darkness of September 11th

Opinion
Scott Hahn: The debt we owe

Opinion
Clark Booth: Remembering the Impossible Dream -- V

Sep. 13 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Peter Claver vs. Immanuel Kant

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Incense at Mass

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: Tearing down prejudice

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: God's Command to Kill the Canaanites

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Groupthinking and moral views

Opinion
George Weigel: Speaker Ryan invites a social doctrine conversation

Sep. 8 2017

Local
DACA decision 'devastating,' says Catholic Charities president

Local
Fathers Chen and Marques incardinated as priests of Boston

Local
Deacon candidates make Sacred Profession

Local
Deacon Spadoni named Covenant Health VP of Mission Integration

Local
Relics of St. Anthony of Padua coming to Boston area in Oct.

Local
Several local Catholic schools begin year with new leadership

Local
The CatholicTV Network to air 2017 Telethon Sept. 15-16

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Special hurricane relief collection expanded

Obituary
Obituary: Msgr. James E. Tierney, tribunal official, pastor and Regina Cleri director

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: The heart of Christianity

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: More than talk

Opinion
Scott Hahn: To Win Them Back

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Hate: An equal opportunity employer?

Opinion
Clark Booth: Baseball's September song

Sep. 6 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Ingrid's Virtual Reality

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: In heaven for sure?

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p.: Superheroes and the Power of Love

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Achievement versus Fruitfulness

Opinion
George Weigel: Superheroes? Stardust? Or vessels of the Incarnation?

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Building A Bridge Toward the Kingdom

Sep. 1 2017

Local
Pete Frates honored by St. John's Prep

Local
Labor Guild marks 65th year of School of Labor-Management Relations

Local
Cotter Regan named new BC High's first woman president

Local
Stonehill announces major changes to academic structure and campus

Local
Special collection to aid Hurricane Harvey relief efforts

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Cardinal O'Malley urges president to keep DACA policy

Opinion
Donna L. Halper, PhD: Father Michael J. Ahern: Boston's First 'Radio Priest'

Opinion
Thomas Lester: 'A Most Excellent Priest: Father George F. Goodwin'

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle, CSJ: Living as Missionary Disciples

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: The Beheading of John the Baptist

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Sunday Bible Reflections

Opinion
Clark Booth: Football's back and more

Aug. 30 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Grace or Karma?

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Fasting and the family

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Stuck in Traffic

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Impromptu threats are counterproductive

Opinion
George Weigel: Domesticating the divinity

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: In praise of millennials

Aug. 25 2017

Local
For Boston priest and bishop, eclipse trip went 'from science to spiritual very fast'

Local
Internships take learning beyond the classroom for Cathedral High students

Local
Cardinal O'Malley: Priest who fathers child has moral obligation to child, mother

Local
Ground broken for park honoring Marathon bombing victim

Local
Boston parishioners meet in preparation for National Encuentro

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Deacon Timothy Donohue: We are called to speak out

Opinion
Kyril Wolfe: Taking action

Opinion
Julia Gilberto: Ministry to persons with disabilities -- we all belong

Opinion
Hosffman Ospino: 'What am I?'

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Sunday Reflections

Opinion
Clark Booth: From Brooklyn to Los Angeles -- The Dodgers

Aug. 24 2017

Local
Regan named new BC High president

Aug. 23 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Charlottesville and America's Original Sin

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Marijuana and morality

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Power of Ritual

Opinion
George Weigel: It's a culture war, stupid

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Avoiding Embarrassing Situations Receiving Holy Communion

Aug. 18 2017

Local
Hingham youth group lives out works of mercy in Haiti

Local
Malteser International Americas aiding the impoverished in Colombia

Local
Catholic Charities' Laboure Center awarded Wells Fargo grant

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Sister Mary Ellen Sweny, SND, former teacher and Pilot staffer

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Lots of good news about Catholic schools in the archdiocese

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The Panic of 1837

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: The 'Expendable Children'

Opinion
Deacon Christopher Connelly: Permanent Diaconate Inquirers Program: Is Christ Calling You?

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: St. Clare and the priority of Christ

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Sunday Reflections

Opinion
Clark Booth: Late summer musings

Aug. 16 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Refuse to baptize?

Opinion
John Garvey: Taking the dog for a walk

Opinion
Russell Shaw: 'ABCs of the Christian Life'

Opinion
George Weigel: Motown and the turbocharged Church

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: Persevering in prayer

Aug. 15 2017

Opinion
Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley: We must oppose the voices of 'fragmentation and hatred'

Aug. 11 2017

Local
Boston clergy gather for annual cookout

Local
Theological Institute moves to Pastoral Center home

Local
Historic edition returned to The Pilot

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Towards the Feast of the Assumption

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: A population implosion?

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: High hopes

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: The secret to St. John Vianney's missionary priesthood

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Sinking fear

Opinion
Clark Booth: Grinding baseball wheels

Aug. 9 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: The Mysterious Church on the Edge of the World

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Married Catholic priests?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Our Utmost in Dealing with our Faith

Opinion
George Weigel: Ecumenism, influence-envy, etc.

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: A Captivating Model of Marian Devotion and Christian Charity

Aug. 4 2017

Local
Pro-life official welcomes workplace protections for expectant, new mothers

Local
Cardinal blesses renovations at Most Holy Redeemer, East Boston

Local
Newton collaborative prepares to welcome refugee family

Opinion
Father Thomas Ryan, CSP: From Conflict to Communion

Opinion
Adam Johnson: Friends are good for your health

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Men who gave their lives for others

Opinion
Joan Lamar: Discipleship Week bearing fruit

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: The Bold Witness of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Sunday Bible Reflections

Opinion
Clark Booth: 1967 remembered IV

Aug. 2 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Musing on the Teeth of St. Ambrose

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is yoga communing with devil?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Suicide -- Redeeming the Memory of a Loved One

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Ignoring the role played by Christianity in shaping Europe

Opinion
George Weigel: Questions of competence

Jul. 28 2017

Local
Youth center opens in Lynn

Local
Quincy parishioners head to Maine for mission trip

Local
Shanley to be released from prison

Local
POUA Haverhill project is finalist for national recognition

Local
My Brother's Keeper readying expanded Dartmouth facility

Local
Court: Police can't detain immigrants without charges

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Mission at New Bedford

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Transitions

Opinion
Msgr. Liam Bergin: Latest martyr from Rome's Irish College -- an Iraqi

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Considering the options for infertile couples

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Treasures of the Kingdom

Opinion
Hosffman Ospino: Bishop Nelson J. Perez and a new moment for Catholicism in the Midwest

Opinion
Clark Booth: The state of the game

Jul. 26 2017

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Angels and the City

Opinion
George Weigel: Are jihadis 'losers'?

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Military action against the Islamic State group?

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Reform from within

Jul. 21 2017

Local
Teens experience community and praise at Steubenville East

Local
Rally brings together Hispanic youth from across archdiocese

Local
Residents, clergy, and police walk for peace in Dorchester

Local
National Catholic service program aids Boston area seniors

Local
Hundreds of PwC interns give day of service to local Catholic schools

Local
Andover parish teens aid non-profits

Local
Two Cathedral High grads named Yawkey Scholars

Local
Man sues archdiocese, cites sex abuse by priest at orphanage

Local
Pope accepts Bishop Kennedy's resignation due to age

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Working to stem the 'summer slide'

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: The two faces of immigration

Opinion
Raymond Flynn: Get out and talk to people

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle, CSJ: The USCCB Convocation of Catholic Leaders

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Who speaks for Charlie Gard?

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Of Wheat and Weeds

Opinion
Clark Booth: Catching up

Jul. 19 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Non-Catholics in heaven?

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: A Mass confusion

Opinion
Russell Shaw: After Trinity Lutheran

Opinion
George Weigel: The cooler Cold War

Jul. 14 2017

Opinion
Deacon Timothy Donohue: Lost in the news cycles: Severe drought causes hunger emergency

Opinion
Scott Hahn: The Word's Return

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Making suicide routine

Opinion
George Weigel: Awkward? Or wise?

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: A World War Being Waged Not With Weapons but Ideas

Jul. 7 2017

Local
National Catholic service program aids Boston area seniors

Opinion
George Weigel: Fifty years of friendship with Cardinal Pell

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Inchoate Desire

Opinion
Russell Shaw: The war on chastity

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: A Bride and Groom; The Bride and The Groom

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Images of Mary

Jun. 30 2017

Local
Future phases of Disciples in Mission announced

Local
Schedule for future parish collaboratives

Local
Pilot honored at Catholic Press Awards

Local
MCC supports criminal reform bill

Local
Seven Catholic school principals retire

Local
Cardinal approves changes to Salem Catholic Collaborative

Local
'Texting suicide' case could impact assisted suicide legislation

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Pope accepts Bishop Kennedy's resignation due to age

Opinion
Craig and Nancy Gibson: Reflections on the Order of Malta Lourdes pilgrimage

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: On the value of biblical Hebrew

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Crashing waves

Opinion
William Gallerizzo: Physician-assisted suicide obsolete and primitive

Opinion
Ray Flynn: Different worlds

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: 'Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin?'

Opinion
Scott Hahn: To find our lives

Opinion
Clark Booth: Recollections of fifty years -- III

Jun. 28 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Response to 'The Keepers'

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: To whom can we go?

Opinion
Russell Shaw: First and second

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: The bride and the groom

Opinion
George Weigel: Way beyond the New Atheist nonsense

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Unleashing the Gospel anew

Jun. 23 2017

Local
Simulation puts participants 'In a Refugee's Shoes'

Local
Catholic Charities hosts panel on refugee experience

Local
Seaport Shrine hosts prayer service for Sail Boston 2017

Local
Needham students 'Buzz Off' for cancer

Local
2017 Catholic high school graduations

Local
Father Francis J. Daly named pastor at Sharon parish

Local
Father Martin G. Dzengeleski named pastor in Quincy

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Vermont's first resident priest

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: The new new thing recovered from the graveyard

Opinion
Adam Johnson: Dehydration is more common than you think

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle, CSJ: A 'Good News' story

Opinion
John Garvey: Calling God our Father

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Be not afraid

Opinion
Hosffman Ospino: The 2018 synod and the imperative of really listening to Hispanic youth

Opinion
Clark Booth: Scouting Scooter and baseball alterations

Jun. 21 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: No heaven?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Being Good-Hearted is Not Enough

Opinion
Russell Shaw: A new strategy to fight addiction crisis

Opinion
George Weigel: It's Howdy Doody Time!

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Exclamation Point of the Fatima Apparitions

Jun. 16 2017

Local
Seven ordained transitional deacons

Local
Finucane honored by Planning Office for Urban Affairs

Local
Catholic school success story: From English language learner to honors graduate

Local
Father Walter Waldron retires as pastor

Local
Father John W. O'Brien granted senior priest status

Local
The Little Sisters of the Poor receive Cummings Foundation Grant

Local
Changes proposed to parishes of Salem Catholic Collaborative

Local
Catholics schools in Haverhill, Groton to close

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Making the summer months brighter for families in need

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Broken body

Opinion
Kathy Mears: A time for leisure

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle: Come Holy Spirit!

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Word of the 'Living Father'

Opinion
Clark Booth: End of winter, finally

Jun. 9 2017

Local
Vocation Day gathers Catholic homeschooling families

Local
Mass. bishops prohibit signature drives on Church property

Local
Weigel honored at Redemptoris Mater Seminary gala

Local
Closed Scituate church property up for sale

Local
Cardinal O'Malley: U.S. leadership on climate 'is crucial'

Local
Religious brother jubilarians

Local
Group seeks to spread missionary message

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Trump and Laudato Si'

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Can I donate my body to science?

Opinion
Scott Hahn: How God loves

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: A myth of neutrality

Opinion
Clark Booth: As the seasons crunch

Jun. 7 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Kathy Griffin and the Vanishing of Argument

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Gay priests?

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: What does persecution look like?

Opinion
George Weigel: Interreligious dialogue with edge and purpose

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Empathy: A Father's Day gift

Jun. 2 2017

Local
Trinity Catholic Academy, Brockton marks 10th year

Local
BU awards Medeiros Scholarships to Catholic high seniors

Local
Parishes begin Phase V of Disciples in Mission

Local
Neighbors Who Care receives Cummings Foundation grant

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Gifts and fruits

Opinion
Thomas Lester: 'Paradise on the Moluncus'

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle, CSJ: Phase V begins -- Come Holy Spirit

Opinion
Maria-Pia Negro Chin: Waiting for God

Opinion
Scott Hahn: A mighty wind

Opinion
Clark Booth: One third down, two thirds to go

May. 31 2017

Opinion
George Weigel: Thoughts on the Western Wall, Fifty Years Later

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Going On, Ahead

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Silence and the Meaning of the Mass

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Dementia and holy Communion

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Fatima's Great and Hidden Servant Who Stayed a 'Little Longer'

May. 26 2017

Local
Eight ordained priests for Boston

Local
Catholic Charities Spring Celebration raises over $1 million

Local
17 receive Theological Institute degrees

Local
Forming the Future: Teaching service at St. Augustine School, Andover

Local
St. Clement School, Medford to close

Local
Xaverian establishes scholarship honoring Franklin man who perished

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Sister Lucille Van Hoogmoed: A prophecy of joy

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Reading the signs of the times

Opinion
Raymond Flynn: Faith, patriotism and courage on display in South Boston

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle, CSJ: Challenged yet greatly blessed

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Evicted: The housing crisis in the U.S.

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Knowing God

Opinion
Clark Booth: Injuries, injuries, and more injuries

May. 24 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: A Word to Those Being Confirmed

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Problem with song leader

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: When Does Faith Disappear?

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Discerning the news

Opinion
George Weigel: Catholic Lite and Europe's demographic suicide

May. 19 2017

Local
Malden Catholic High to open girls' school in 2018

Local
CatholicTV's Matt Weber receives second New England Emmy nomination

Local
Avon church damaged in vandalism spree

Local
Youville Place celebrates 20th anniversary

Local
Statue's Boston area visit marks Fatima centennial

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: Doping athletes

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Boston's first ordination

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Honoring service at our Spring Celebration

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Unless the Lord builds the house

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: St. Paul's suffering for the sake of mission

Opinion
Ernest Linek: What is the Pastoral Plan Advisory Board?

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Alive in the Spirit

Opinion
Clark Booth: Money, money, money

May. 17 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Adoption by same-sex couple

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: At life's end

Opinion
John Garvey: Good examples of virtue

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Coming Full Circle -- From Storybooks to Spirituality

Opinion
George Weigel: A Hillarian lesson for Church leaders

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: A Maternal Ambassador's Peace Plan Unveiled at the United Nations

May. 16 2017

Local
What Cardinal O'Malley thinks we can all learn from Fatima

May. 12 2017

Local
Catholic Schools Foundation 'Bus Tour' visits St. Patrick School, Roxbury

Local
Golden jubilarian priests celebrated at Regina Cleri

Local
Challenges of the Church discussed at priest convocation

Local
Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks at Raymond Helmick, SJ lecture

Local
Ordination Class of 2017: Deacon Americo Santos

Local
Ordination Class of 2017: Deacon Michael Zimmerman

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father Edward F. Doughty, former pastor in Medford

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Giving our youngest Catholic school students a strong foundation

Opinion
Tim Greene: Catholic Schools: A tradition for Boston, a tradition for me

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: A betrayal with a happy ending

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Freeing up space for the love of knowledge

Opinion
Raymond Flynn: Pope and president should unite on common cause

Opinion
Sister Pat Boyle, CSJ: Making disciples ... Growing the Church

Opinion
Hosffman Ospino: Mother and child in the Hispanic Catholic imagination

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Religious freedom 2.0: An executive order short on orders

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Building his house

Opinion
Clark Booth: Spring around some

May. 10 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Marriage to non-Christian

Opinion
Greg Erlandson: 'Amid the Fray': Dispatches from the front

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Legalism versus morality

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: How to Preach Like the Apostles

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Despair as Weakness Rather than Sin

Opinion
George Weigel: The fifty-day party

May. 5 2017

Local
Palliative Care Colloquium addresses spirituality in health care

Local
Forming the Future: St. Benedict Elementary School, Natick

Local
Healthcare experts address opioid epidemic at Regis lecture

Local
Ordination Class of 2017: Deacon Pablo Gomis

Local
Fired Central Catholic High employee under investigation

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Why Catholics should care about the First Amendment

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: The secret of Fatima

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Confirmation in Boston's missionary past

Opinion
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Walking at their pace

Opinion
Scott Hahn: What are we to do?

Opinion
Clark Booth: Presidential sport

May. 3 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Pride, Humility, and Social Media

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Reaction of Jews and Romans to resurrection of Christ

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: An Extraordinary Book

Opinion
George Weigel: Apres Gorsuch le deluge

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Three Popes' Preparation for Pope Francis' Visit to Fatima

Apr. 28 2017

Local
Cardinal dedicates Our Lady of Good Voyage Shrine

Local
Seaport Shrine 'a beacon of hope,' says rector at vespers

Local
Boston area Order of Malta prepares for Lourdes pilgrimage

Local
CatholicTV wins Gabriel Award for Religious Television Station of the Year

Local
Ordination Class of 2017: Deacon Godfrey Musabe

Local
James Brett presented with Mass. Knight's 2017 Lantern Award

Local
Sisters of St. Joseph honor Jim and Mary Judge at annual dinner

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father Arthur M. Calter, former Army chaplain and Hingham pastor

Opinion
Hosffman Ospino: The ambiguity of the empty cross

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Tired of religious discrimination?

Opinion
Brian Romer Niemiec: What our collaborative is and is not

Opinion
Brother Kenneth Apuzzo: Brotherhood of Hope: What's a Brother?

Opinion
Brother Thomas Banacki, S.A.: My road to becoming an Atonement Brother

Opinion
Brother Charles Gilbert, OMI: The varied ministry of a religious brother

Opinion
Brother Robert J. Green, C.F.X.: Religious Brothers: Gifts received, shared, given

Opinion
Brother John Kachinsky, FMS: Ever thought of becoming a Marist Brother?

Opinion
Brother John Maganzini, OFM: Preach the gospel always ... Mirrors of the Gospel message

Opinion
Bill Dodds: Never-ending parenting

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Emmaus and us

Opinion
Clark Booth: April in Boston

Apr. 26 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Which knee for genuflection?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Becoming a Holy Beggar

Opinion
Father James J. Ronan: The Easter Season

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Again?

Opinion
George Weigel: Let's not make a deal...at least this deal

Apr. 21 2017

Local
Form follows spirit in new Seaport Shrine

Local
Carter 'humbled and honored' by Vatican appointment

Local
Oblates to mark anniversaries with Boston gala

Local
Ordination Class of 2017: Deacon Kevin Leaver

Local
Forming the Future: Gaining STEAM at Academy of Notre Dame Lower School

Local
Bishop Dooher recalls S. Boston waterfront, original Seaport Chapel

Local
Shrine's altar to hold relic of patron of sailors

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Welcoming the stranger

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: The ethics of new age medicine

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Scientifically faithful

Opinion
Adam Johnson: Prayer and meditation: 'The Spiritual Sparkplugs'

Opinion
Father Paul Soper: What is your experience of the Resurrection?

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: When God became man

Opinion
Scott Hahn: His mercy endures

Opinion
Clark Booth: Golden Anniversary Recollections II

Apr. 19 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: The Benedict Option and the Identity/Relevance Dilemma

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Difference between priest and monsignor

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Five Hundred Years of Misunderstanding

Opinion
George Weigel: The importance of Jackie Robinson

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Models in Responding to the Message of Fatima

Apr. 14 2017

Local
Priestly fraternity celebrated at Chrism Mass

Local
Pastoral workers share day of faith, reflection at Co-Workers conference

Local
Seaport shrine to be dedicated April 22

Local
ICSF Dinner Gala raises over $3 million to support Catholic school scholarships

Local
Ordination class of 2017: Deacon Jason Giombetti

Local
Ministries of local sisters highlighted at Regis event

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Raymond Flynn: Easter: The season of faith

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Jumping into the STREAM

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: Missionaries to the new paganism

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Cardinal Cushing's 1962 Easter sermon

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: The one thing you need to enter the mysteries of Holy Week

Opinion
Scott Hahn: They saw and believed

Opinion
Clark Booth: Surprise, surprise, postseason Bruins

Apr. 12 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 'The Case for Christ' and a Stubbornly Historical Religion

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Gender change and morality

Opinion
John Garvey: Sarin and the Congress

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Fighting a toxic culture

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Empty Tomb

Opinion
George Weigel: The power of the Cross

Apr. 7 2017

Local
Sacred oils prepared for Chrism Mass

Local
Wilmington teens dedicate confirmation project to fallen MIT officer Collier

Local
Mass thanks those serving in Child Protection Ministries

Local
Ordination class of 2017: Deacon Wellington de Oliveira

Local
Combined Jewish Philanthropies backs Catholic Charities' immigration legal aid

Local
Priests briefed on current immigration issues

Local
Academy of Notre Dame student takes national spot in Doodle4Google competition

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father Francis O'Hara, former Plymouth pastor

Opinion
Father Thomas Ryan, CSP: The goal of Easter: To bring us to newness of life

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Sacramental confession as a glance at the bronze serpent

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: If the phone rings...

Opinion
Dominic Margaglione: Deep down, we know

Opinion
Scott Hahn: All is fulfilled

Opinion
Clark Booth: While it's still winter

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Who put Christ on the cross?

Apr. 5 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Jackie and the Priest

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Prayer against tornadoes?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Good Friday

Opinion
George Weigel: A bishop of consequence

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Fatima and the Antidote for Hell

Mar. 31 2017

Local
Fallen Watertown firefighter laid to rest

Local
Boston College community bids farewell to Father Monan

Local
Forming the Future: St. Brendan School, Dorchester -- 'truly a neighborhood parish school'

Local
CYO basketball champions

Local
Archdiocese prepares to mark National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Local
Ordination class of 2017: Deacon William Sexton

Local
Regis president delivers scholarship to twin sisters

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: Trying to Bork Judge Gorsuch

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Cardinal O'Connell and the outbreak of WWI

Opinion
Father John Sheridan: Life in the Cranberry Catholic Collaborative

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Do we need a March for Science?

Opinion
Scott Hahn: At Lazarus' tomb

Opinion
Clark Booth: Baseball redux

Mar. 29 2017

Opinion
Russell Shaw: God and science

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Byzantine Catholics

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Doing Violence in God's Name

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: St. Patrick, St. Joseph, and the Conversion that Makes All the Difference

Opinion
George Weigel: Waugh's Helena, Father General, and the reality of revelation

Mar. 24 2017

Local
Cardinal celebrates St. Patrick's Day at cathedral

Local
Archdiocesan high school champions

Local
Academy of Notre Dame 5th-grader is Doodle4Google finalist

Local
Sacred Heart School names early education center for Carolyn Lynch

Local
Catholic Charities conducts immigrant rights presentations

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father J. Donald Monan, SJ, BC's 24th president dead at 92

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Transforming prayer

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: I'm not 'intrinsically disordered!'

Opinion
Father Scott Euvrard: Disciples in Mission and renewed priestly fraternity

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Eyesight to the blind

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: The loud silence of St. Joseph

Opinion
Clark Booth: Your Pats in their offseason

Mar. 22 2017

Opinion
George Weigel: On 'owning' the Church

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Our Shadow and our Self-Understanding

Opinion
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput: On our duty to welcome the stranger

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Did Jesus feel abandoned?

Opinion
John Garvey: Form and chaos

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Fatima, the Rosary, and the Path to Peace

Mar. 17 2017

Local
Cardinal launches 2017 Catholic Appeal

Local
Diorama brings Lent and Easter Gospels to life at Revere parish

Local
Forming the Future: Coding kindergarteners at Holy Family School, Rockland

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Kathy Mears: True servant leaders

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: The impact of a simple cardboard box

Opinion
Thomas Lester: The Charitable Irish Society

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: The fight is on!

Opinion
Adam Johnson: Entering the Season of Lent at Youville Place

Opinion
Father Paul Soper: Disciples give witness. Disciples make disciples.

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Religious freedom: A partisan issue?

Opinion
Hosffman Ospino: Four years into a Latino papacy

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Striking the Rock

Opinion
Clark Booth: The interminable Mr. Bettman

Mar. 15 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Origin of Hail Mary

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Why It Matters Who Jesus Is

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Nothing is Ever Really Ours

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Catholic Assimilation

Opinion
George Weigel: Persuasive disciples, not anarchic disrupters

Mar. 10 2017

Local
Hundreds prepare to enter Catholic Church at Rite of Election

Local
Boston Carmel -- solitude in the city

Local
Boston event raises money for Bethlehem hospital

Local
'Swiss Guard Soiree' to benefit Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museum

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Father Thomas Ryan, CSP: Questions for Lent

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Uncomfortable

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: Perpetua, Felicity, and the Theo-Drama

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Listen to Him

Opinion
Lucille Smith: Catholic Leadership Institute and Disciples in Mission

Opinion
Clark Booth: Whose idea is this?

Mar. 9 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Love is both tolerant and intolerant

Opinion
George Weigel: A new Lenten discipline

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Creating fake identity

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Our Lady of Fatima's Call to Lenten Conversion

Mar. 3 2017

Local
Priests bring ashes 'to the streets' in Boston's Seaport District

Local
Cardinal O'Malley OKs corned beef for St. Patrick's Day

Local
The roots of Lenten abstinence

Local
Counter abortion with love, says 40 Days for Life prayer launch speaker

Local
Chelsea, Revere parishes donate closed church items to rebuild Haitian parish

Local
March 8-14 is National Catholic Sisters Week

Local
Bakhita House -- Saving women from human trafficking

Local
The Medical Missionaries of Mary

Local
You are the temple of God

Local
In Jesus, we reveal the face of love: The Daughters of St. Paul

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Father Louis Palmieri: The fourth Wise Man and the Catholic Appeal

Opinion
Msgr. Albert J. Contons: Reflections of a senior priest -- Msgr. Albert J. Contons

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Cardinal Cushing's sermon on St. Thomas Aquinas

Opinion
Pastoral Planning Office Staff: Mission critical: Seminar offers chance to hear from nationally recognized groups

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: How to get ready for Lent

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: A divided Church?

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Tale of two Adams

Opinion
Clark Booth: Impossible Dream fiftieth anniversary

Mar. 1 2017

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Of Virtue and Sin

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Lent, time to put your comforts aside

Opinion
George Weigel: A Lent to remember

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Meaning of 'world without end'

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p.: Other Persons Are a Gift

Feb. 24 2017

Local
Ash Wednesday is more than just ashes

Local
Lenten sacrifice can help children in the missions

Local
Forming the Future: 'PB and J' at St. Bridget School in Abington

Local
Gregorian chant enriches liturgy at Waltham parish

Local
North Region Bishop's office moved

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Msgr. Andrew Connell, former director of Pontifical Mission Societies

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Judge not

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Achieving more with partners throughout the archdiocese

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: Accepting life

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: The passing of a Catholic lion

Opinion
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk: How does the Catholic Church resolve new bioethical questions?

Opinion
Dwight G. Duncan: The death of Roe

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: Why in the world do Catholics celebrate a chair?

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Do not be anxious

Opinion
Clark Booth: Looking backward to look forward

Feb. 22 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Thanking high donors

Opinion
John Garvey: The Johnson Amendment

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Evangelizing Through the Good

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Of Winners and Losers

Opinion
George Weigel: A modest defense of the 'liberal world order'

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Importance of the Fatima Centenary

Feb. 17 2017

Local
Theologians gather at Boston College for Ibero-American Congress of Theology

Local
CRS parish ambassadors welcome new members

Local
Young Lynnfield parishioners help 'A Bed for Every Child'

Local
Brother Raymond Hoyt to be honored at Xaverian Brothers gala

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Remaining committed to helping refugees

Opinion
Ray Flynn: Snow storms bring out the best in people

Opinion
Bishop Robert P. Reed: 'Open your heart to Jesus, the Great Priest'

Opinion
James M. O'Toole: The Healy daughters and sisters

Opinion
Adam Johnson: Ballroom dance 'swings' through Youville

Opinion
Father Paul Ritt: A work in progress

Opinion
Clark Booth: Asking the unaskable

Feb. 15 2017

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Welcoming the Stranger

Opinion
Russell Shaw: About Gorsuch and the Supreme Court

Opinion
George Weigel: Paul, Apollos, and Cephas, all over again

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Distractions during prayer

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Love and mercy in politics

Feb. 10 2017

Local
Cardinal, Boston mayor voice support for immigrants at Mass

Local
Cardinal hosts meeting of local Muslims leaders, officials

Local
Mass and lecture celebrate Black History Month

Local
Swiss Guard exhibit on display at Faneuil Hall

Local
Statues vandalized at Brockton church

Local
Forming the Future: IC School Newburyport partners with local tech firm

Local
Former Boston priest faces more sex abuse charges

Obituary
Obituary: Msgr. Leonard A. Coppenrath, former Brookline pastor

Obituary
Obituary: Father Joseph Svirskas, former Haverhill, North Andover pastor

Opinion
Father Daniel Hennessey: 'That they may know him and his loving plan'

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: The Big Game

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Matignon letter gives insight into early archdiocese

Opinion
James M. O'Toole: The Healy sons and brothers

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Phase IV liaisons -- Keeping things on track

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Affair of the heart

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: The extraordinary tale of St. Blaise

Opinion
Clark Booth: Atop Olympus

Feb. 8 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Shopping on Sunday?

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Dave Rubin, the Pelvic Issues, and Larry David

Opinion
George Weigel: Synod-talk, again

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: Patriot Virtues

Feb. 7 2017

Local
Cardinal, mayor and BPD commissioner voice support for immigrants at East Boston Mass

Feb. 3 2017

Local
Local students 'Witness to Life' at March

Local
Cardinal O'Malley issues letter of support to immigrant communities

Local
Catholic Charities refugee work affected by travel ban

Local
Cardinal encourages pro-life pilgrims at D.C. Mass

Local
Local students March for Life

Local
CSF honored by Celtics during Catholic Schools Week

Local
New Seaport Chapel nearing completion

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Boston Catholic groups reaffirm commitment to refugees

Obituary
Obituary: Ann Bruce, wife, mother, former Pilot staff member

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: Overturning Roe v Wade

Opinion
Ray Flynn: Sound moral judgments

Opinion
James M. O'Toole: An unusual successful family

Opinion
Sister Marian Batho, CSJ: World Day for Consecrated Life is a moment of grace

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Always the same, always different

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: A sense of perspective

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Light breaking forth

Opinion
Clark Booth: Houston bound

Feb. 2 2017

Local
Cardinal hosts gathering of local Muslim leaders, government officials

Feb. 1 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: At Mass if you're in confessional?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: God's Power as Powerlessness

Opinion
Russell Shaw: The culture war isn't over

Opinion
George Weigel: A papal tutor of heroic virtue

Opinion
Sister Constance Veit, lsp: The Sick, Our Everyday Heroes

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Embrace our reality

Jan. 29 2017

Opinion
Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley: Do not let 'the darkness of hatred and prejudice poison our own hearts'

Jan. 27 2017

Local
Hundreds join in prayer at Boston Christian unity service

Local
Pro-lifers rally in Boston on Roe anniversary

Local
Forming the Future: Community is key at Groton's Country Day of the Holy Union School

Local
Xaverian and Ursuline Academy unite for joint concert

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Obituary
Obituary: Father Francis B. Leonard, former pastor in Revere

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: #WomensMarchDoesntSpeakForMe

Opinion
Kevin and Marilyn Ryan: Our amazing Bible study

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Boston's first Catholic school

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Consultation process

Opinion
Richard Doerflinger: Being Catholic first

Opinion
Hosffman Ospino: Through Hispanic Catholic eyes

Opinion
Scott Hahn: The Blessed Path

Opinion
Clark Booth: New stars shining in Cooperstown

Jan. 25 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: 'The Crown' and the Fundamental Values of a Society

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Catholics and the Freemasons

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Acedia and Sabbath

Opinion
George Weigel: Theology isn't math; but it is theology

Opinion
John Garvey: Apostolate to the Fourth World

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Beauty of a Soul Opened Up by Grace

Jan. 20 2017

Local
Parish 'Mercy Sews' donations arrive in Africa

Local
Cardinal hopes to build collaboration between CDF, child protection commission

Local
Regis students use break to serve communities near and far

Local
Local groups prepare for March for Life pilgrimage

Local
Holy hours give those at home opportunity to witness to life

Local
Schedule for 2017 Holy Hours for Life

Local
Catholic Schools Office launches new podcast

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Father James Ronan: One nation, under God

Opinion
Father Patrick J. McLaughlin: Would somebody please turn on the lights!

Opinion
Debbie Rambo: Faith and solidarity

Opinion
Susan Abbott: In the bleak mid-winter

Opinion
Clark Booth: Our Broons at-halfpoint

Jan. 18 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is lying always sinful?

Opinion
Father Ron Rolheiser: Taking our Wounds to the Eucharist

Opinion
Russell Shaw: Child poverty and marriage

Opinion
George Weigel: Fake history

Jan. 17 2017

Opinion
Catholic News Agency: Cardinal Caffarra explains the reasons behind the dubia

Jan. 13 2017

Local
Historic sacramental records going online

Local
Xaverian achieves $20M capital campaign goal

Local
Some Catholic doctors concerned over moves to advance assisted suicide

Local
Forming the Future: Cultivating art at Immaculate Conception School, Lowell

Local
Boston area religious hold prayer vigil for Human Trafficking Awareness Day

Local
Electoral College electors to speak at Spellman Museum

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Local
Events mark Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Opinion
Kathy Mears: Are Catholic schools 'worth it'?

Opinion
Father Thomas Ryan, CSP: The Protestant Reformation: Positive aspects

Opinion
Thomas Lester: Civil war chaplains

Opinion
Michael Pakaluk: 'The holiest priest I ever knew'

Opinion
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe: What it hinges on

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Vocations

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: Return to Divine Love

Opinion
Scott Hahn: Perfect Offering

Opinion
Clark Booth: Schmidty

Jan. 11 2017

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Cremation and burial at sea

Opinion
George Weigel: Lessons from an era of confusion

Opinion
Father James Ronan: 'The Ghetto'

Opinion
Father Thomas Ryan, CSP: Commemorating the Reformation: Churches Looking Together Toward 2017 -- and Beyond

Opinion
Father Roger J. Landry: The Captivating Sanctity of Fr. Sal

Jan. 6 2017

Local
Cardinal ushers in the New Year with Mass, prayer vigil

Local
Newburyport parishioners' fund aids those with substance abuse

Local
Ecumenical event to mark Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Local
Cardinal O'Malley, Coptic bishop discuss unity

Local
Notre Dame Academy head displays culinary skills on Food Network show

Local
From Cardinal Seán's blog

Opinion
Raymond Flynn: A New Year's revolution

Opinion
Father Steve Grunow: The Mystery of Mary, the Mother of God

Opinion
Scott Hahn: A King to Behold

Opinion
Effie Caldarola: Hell for 75 cents

Opinion
Father Eugene Hemrick: A tranquilizing crisis

Opinion
Susan Abbott: Checking in with Phase II (Part 2)

Opinion
Clark Booth: Ave atque vale 2016

Jan. 4 2017

Opinion
Bishop Robert Barron: Go In Haste! Be Amazed! Treasure!

Opinion
Carolyn Woo: Retirement: An invitation for something more

Opinion
George Weigel: New Year's wishes for some Catholic brethren

Opinion
Russell Shaw: A letter to the president-elect

Opinion
Father Kenneth Doyle: Another view on 'football priest'