We are pleased to share an excerpt from Julia Wade’s book St. Joseph’s Workshop by Sophia Institute Press. My sweet, eager, oldest child, Mary,
I have always been a huge fan of the film trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. A statement made by Samwise Gamgee in the second
I know a priest from Savannah, Georgia, who told me that one day, two ladies showed up at his parish, asking him to come bless
Cardinal Robert Sarah. Catechism of the Spiritual Life. Manchester, NH: Sophia Institute Press, 2022. Hardback $21.99. eBook $9.99. 336 pages. Available from the publisher. A
Imagine if you were to go home tonight and you go to switch on your favorite lamp, but nothing happens. So you replace the light
The idea of me having my own personal Cinderella story is not lost on me. I have started to see the parallels between Cinderella and
Last week we celebrated the birthday of the Church — Pentecost. I am amazed I looked forward to this feast day so much; sometimes it
Per signum Crucis de inimicis nostris libera nos, Deus noster. Growing up in the ’70s, Ultraman was the most popular superhero on TV. Like every
In Jonathan Swift’s famous book Gulliver’s Travels, the Lilliputians have a law against the vice of ingratitude: Ingratitude is reckoned among them a capital crime;
The current state of this world has caused me to withdraw from it in many ways. The depression I struggled with off and on my
The year 2020 that would be remembered in the history of the world as the year in which the coronavirus ravaged people and nations, and
‘Stranger Danger’ is an expression that warns people about the danger of receiving or speaking with unfamiliar people. Usually, we teach our children to be
This week we celebrate the great American holiday of Thanksgiving, so my bulletin column today will be about the sin of gluttony. Just kidding, it’s
My cat died a few weeks ago. He would have been 17 in human years today, roughly 119 in “cat years.” His death came as
If someone invited you to watch a Broadway musical, along with free plane tickets, would you come? What if you were invited to attend the
Last year, when I was living in New York and working at a truly horrible job, God graced me with several blessings in order to
Over the past couple of days, nothing ‘spectacular’ seemed to be happening, or so I thought. Such ‘non-activity’ left me feeling restless and uneasy. I
“A hundred thousand things to see I’m like a shooting star I’ve come so far I can’t go back to where I used to be
One of my favorite music groups back when I was in middle school was Match Box Twenty. The lead singer was Rob Thomas who eventually
I gave myself a week to prepare before I started my new job. When I initially made the decision, it sounded like a great idea.
I have been at my job for a little over seven months now. It has become clear that there is a steady rotation of employees.
