A classic article on the next generation of Catholics—including priests and men and women religious—from the Rev. Andrew M. Greeley.

The beasts have an advantage over us when it comes to suffering.

My father was the most amiable of men I used to laugh at him in conversation with guests He rsquo d say to one uncle quot Yes you rsquo re right quot A moment later he would say to another of a quite contrary opinion quot I can rsquo t disagree with that quot If I later challenged him o

Can you still say the Pledge of Allegiance Can you recall the wording of the Boy Scout Oath or the Girl Scout Can you recite an Act of Contrition Whether we understood it at the time in childhood we committed these avowals to memory as a way of preparing for adulthood The Pledge of Allegiance r

Today is the Feast Day of St. Joseph, the patron saint of fathers, workers and of the universal church. Tom McGrath writes of lessons learned from the "man of few words but plenty of action."

Grandma you want to play Mass quot quot Play Mass How do you play Mass quot I hated to think this about my own Grandma Klein especially as she was staying several days with us that summer but she was a little slow She wasn rsquo t good at playing Candy Land and in summer who wanted to pl