As our parish churches plan for crowded parking lots and full pews, there is something mysterious yet curious about the “new Catholics.” They reappear after having been gone for a year ready to be part of the congregation of the faithful again on...
Welcome to the holidays, my friend. All that unsolicited and unwanted mail is starting to hit the U.S. postal system. Hundreds of millions of pieces of junk mail are sent out annually and none of it is requested by the recipient. Junk mail comes at...
With the recent arrest of an Ohio priest on charges of impregnating a 17 year old girl, several assumptions have been shattered that the Catholic Church was hoping to hang its hat on. First, the cancer or sickness that affected the Church for...
Sadly, it is true. The violence that was rare a few years ago is becoming more of a day to day activity in our chaotic society. The killings are all too common and since the motive for much of this violence is not always so clear, we seem powerless...
Most Catholics would like to see the media publicity regarding past sexual abuses go away. The majority of the abuse occurred before the year 2000 and the Church has made great efforts to purge their ranks of homosexuals and predatory priests. But...
I had a friend who passed away this past week and have taken his death hard. I knew him for 65 years. As we aged, we both knew that father time would take its toll on us. For me, it was especially hard given that my friend was a person that had no...
Probably not and the chances of ever paying it off or even paying it down are slim to none. As of September 20th of this year, we owe $21,499,171,612,329. Yes, that’s $21.5 trillion dollars! At some point during the calendar year 1984, we...
Are you interested in getting the least out of Mass? If so, here are some ways to make that happen: Don’t contribute to the collection; or, if you do, use coins. Avoid all eye contact during the Sign of Peace. Never drink the Blood of Christ...
