On a December afternoon I watched one-year-old grandson Ronan-the-Barbarian crawl around the Christmas tree. He would stop, reach out his arm and dip his fist into the water in the tree stand. And...
“Christ is risen from the dead! Trampling down death by death! And upon those in the tombs bestowing life!” So sings my little niece as she scampers across the backyard, her two lungs bursting at a...
In 2018, Greg and Dr. Kathleen Berchelmann sold their house and farm in Saint Louis, moved to Connecticut with their 7 children, and with the support of the Catholic Medical Association started-the...
Did you know that each month has a traditional Catholic devotion? This year, let’s focus on each devotion month-by-month to grow in our faith and traditions! Make yourself notes, write it on your...
Anonymous, “Holy Mass in a Village Church,” late 18th century
“It is Christ himself, the eternal high priest of the New Covenant who, acting through the ministry of the priests, offers the...
National Catholic Register
Pope Francis offers Mass in the Megaron Concert Hall in Athens, Greece, on Dec. 5.
Pope Francis reflected on hope and the call to conversion after offering Mass...
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, “Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness,” 1660-1670
SCRIPTURES & ART: Today we are given a preview of John’s message: he was ‘proclaiming a baptism of repentance...
Shannon Douglas
Many men have deepened their devotion to St. Joseph during this special year.
How Some Men Have Spent 12 Months Growing Closer to the Faithful Foster Father of Christ