When I think about the Holy Family I remember other holy families as well, the ones who brought me up in the faith, who showed me how to love and who taught me how to celebrate Christmas.
Spirituality
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Of many things: Longing for nature
When I returned last fall to New York City after 30 years away, what demanded the most adjustment for me was the absence of light. “Welcome to New York,” I was told. The deprivation of daylight is one of the things New York apartment-dwellers have to endure.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Staying Catholic at Twenty-Something
Young adult Catholics are legion. Statistical surveys indicate as much. Yet when I step over the threshold of my parish church, I see very few of my peers.
Posted inFaith, Features
Facing the Crisis in the Priesthood
A generation has elapsed since the close of the Second Vatican Council, and the church has underscored the council’s extraordinary ecclesial and historical significance by beatifying, this Sept. 3, Pope John XXIII. At the same time, however, the beatification of Pope Pius IX highlighted the ti
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The challenges and gifts of the homosexual priest
Facing the challenges and accepting the gifts offered by homosexual priests in the Catholic Church
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
Mother of the Incarnate Word
From 1998: An introduction to a unique Marian icon.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
Opus Dei in the United States
From 1995: To its members, Opus Dei is nothing less than The Work of God. To its critics, it is a powerful, even dangerous organization.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
St. Dominic and his order’s legacy of holiness
St. Dominic de Guzman and his Order of Preachers have left a lasting impact on the church through their saints and defense of the faith.