A home for Lithuanian Catholics in BostonThomas Lester
On Sunday, Oct. 20, St. Peter Lithuanian Parish in South Boston will be commemorating 120 years since the blessing of the church by its first pastor. Lithuanians began immigrating to the U.S. in significant ...
What all Souls' Day is all about?Russell Shaw
"This mountain's of such sort that climbing it is hardest at the start; but as we rise, the slope grows less unkind." The speaker is the Roman poet Virgil, Dante's companion and guide in scaling ...
Lessons from my Catholic school journeyEileen McLaughlin
I have given a lot of thought to the influence of my own Catholic education over the years. Memories of teachers, traditions, and friendships come to mind easily. Each era of my Catholic educational experience ...
'God wants us to be friends'Ron Fish and Lewis Sassoon
"God wants us to be friends." Nearly 20 years ago, Cardinal Sean O'Malley reminded his flock and the community of Boston of this basic truth about Jewish-Catholic relations. It has taken millennia ...
Scripture Reflection for Oct. 13, 2024, Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
Wis 7:7-11 Ps 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 Heb 4:12-13 Mk 10:17-30 or 10:17-27 Think it's easy to gain eternal life? Think again. That message lies at the heart of this Sunday's Gospel, the familiar story ...
Perspectives gained from my Archives internshipJulia Kierul
Small, everyday occurrences tend to be overshadowed by history's grand, extraordinary, or abnormal events. On the surface, worldly events such as the French Revolution or the "discovery" of the Americas ...
'There Are Two': Pope Gelasius and Jefferson's 'Wall of Separation'Kenneth Craycraft
In a Jan. 1, 1802, letter to the Danbury, Connecticut, Baptist Association, President Thomas Jefferson wrote one of the most famous sentences in American presidential history. After quoting the religion ...
The Synod on Synodality approaches its conclusionRussell Shaw
Participants in the Synod on Synodality spent two days before the start of its final session in a closed retreat that ended with a "penitential liturgy." The synod office also provided the participants ...
The challenges of being a Catholic voterGreg Erlandson
Every four years, for as long as I've been in the Catholic press, editors get two types of phone calls come election time. The first is to complain about the perceived bias of the editor or her reporters. Once, ...
The real choice Catholic schools offerMichael Reardon
''If you just want the best academics and your only measure of success is what college your child attends, then don't send them here." This quote is from the president of a Catholic school ...
