Most of us can identify certain teachers or mentors who have had a profound impact on our lives. The same can be said for parti...

In 2014, I knelt in the pew at the Easter Vigil Mass having just been confirmed in the Church moments before. Many months of pr...

This past summer, my family found ourselves in that familiar late-May whirlwind. My husband and I are both educators, and that ...

A picture’s worth a thousand words, they say. And recently, I’ve been using the practice of Visio Divina (“divine seeing” in La...

Shortly after being ordained a deacon, I was asked by my pastor to put together a presentation on the sacraments. Working my wa...

My 6-year-old daughter and I recently started reading chapter books together. The experience of a narrative slowly unfolding me...

For my first attempt at Eucharistic adoration, I was late. I had signed up online for adoration at our church’s chapel. I chose...

“Dolce far niente.”“What does that mean?”“Oh, it’s a saying we have in Italy: How sweet to do nothing.”“Well, you’re in America...

If you’re anything like me, then the call to keep holy the Sabbath is something of a challenge, thanks to a constant struggle t...