In 1896 a German immigrant to the United States, a man named Emmanuel Ninnger, paid for his...
Fr Joseph Esper
Br Matthew Marie, OSBRecent Essays
Deacon Steve Greco
James S. Anderson
Tom Borek
Paul SuskiReflections- From Our Archives
Memories in a Changing World
My wife and I decided to move to a new home in Georgia last year. At our ages it was probably not a smart life change but sometimes you just have to push the envelope near the edge of the table. After nine arduous...
William Borst
The Ukrainians’ Timeless Example
The start of 2022 has been strange indeed, not only for Europe, but for the entire world, not least of all for the United States. In January and early February a serious affliction was growing much worse in the U.S. and...
Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
Fr Dino Vanin
Fr Charles Irvin
Standing Up- For Our Faith
An important 19th century preacher and religious leader named Henry Ward Beecher was famous for his eloquent oratory and his powerful opposition to slavery, and his words and example carried great influence in American...
You Think You Make Sacrifices
During the Communist rule of Romania in Eastern Europe, a Protestant pastor named Joseph Ton was arrested by the secret police after publishing a controversial sermon, in which he urged all the churches not to allow the...
Living Out Our Suffering In Faith
The long litany of pain and woes beset us all. The news media, movies, television, and the Internet are filled with tales of human suffering, pain, and loss. How do we deal with it? Over the centuries of human history...
Experiencing The Grace Of Hope And Salvation
This weekend we celebrate the 238th anniversary of our independence as a nation. It is an opportunity to thank God for all of the blessings we have received as citizens of the United States as well as members of the...
Msgr John Kasza
Msgr Joseph PellegrinoGod Desires A Homecoming For All Of His Children
The Gospel for the Third Sunday of Easter (Lk 24: 13-35) asks the question, “Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into His glory?” Many years ago a young man pointed that verse out...
Deacon Donald Cox
Deacon Gregory WebsterGod’s Mysterious Design
In his 1981 Apostolic Exhortation, Familiaris Consortio, St. John Paul II had this to say about the Holy Family: “Through God’s mysterious design, it was in that family that the Son of God spent long years...
Deacon Kurt Godfryd
All Essays
Lay Leadership: The Difference You Can Make
To encourage people to get out and take action. This ideal is important for our Church in mission territory. Throughout my life, I have participated in social causes, from ecological advocacy to participation in...
The Saints Teach Us About Mary
“If we had a mother who was a queen, would we not be proud of it? Well, we have a Mother who is Queen of Heaven.” (St. Louis de Montfort) St. John Vianney (1786-1859) wrote many beautiful things about his...
The Church Under Persecution: Father Józef Grasewicz, the Survival of Faith in Soviet Belarus, and the Story of the Divine Mercy Image
On 23 August 1939, Nazi Germany and the USSR concluded a non-aggression pact that constituted a political and military alliance aimed at bringing Central and Eastern Europe under their joint control. The...
His Destiny is Our Destiny
Humanly speaking, regardless of the image Jesus wanted to project in carrying out the mission the Father had assigned him, we should wonder what must have been his visceral reaction when his closest disciples told him...
Carolyn Humphreys, O.C.D.S.
Jennifer Borek
The Catholic Bioethics Behind Florida’s Vaccine Exemption Dispute
In August 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops warning that Catholic schools risk losing eligibility for state scholarship funding if they decline to...
5 Keys to Experience Miracles
While every serious believer is open to God’s love, power and grace, some seem to experience nonstop miracles in their lives while others never see nor experience them. I think we all want this deeper connection with...
Crawling Back to God’s Law
In our last thrilling episode (See Slip-Sliding Away from God’s Law), we highlighted two Truths that considered together tend to make us uncomfortable: Since the days of Moses, the second part of the Third Commandment...
Jesus’ Nephesh is the Healing Remedy
It was a great blessing to read the special interview of Father Rozo Palic entitled “The Wounded Healer” in the last issue of Shalom Tidings (March/April 2026). It served as a reminder for me as a Psychotherapist and...
