In 1844, the Young Men’s Christian Association was founded by George Williams in London. A handful of years later, the first YMCA opened in America. Its mission, it says, is “to put Christian principles into practice […]
Last week, I attended a phenomenal event at my parish. Author and speaker Chris Stefanick, a graduate of the Franciscan University of Steubenville and founder of Real Life Catholic, spoke to an audience of about 400 […]
What do Miriam, Hannah, Sarah, Rahab, and several other women from the Old Testament have in common? They help point us to our Blessed Mother. And in a new book about these women, author Gayle […]
Just northeast of the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, lies the site of a magnificent miracle. And today that site—the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion—is the only approved Marian apparition site in the […]
Merriam-Webster defines scandal as “malicious or defamatory gossip,” a “disgrace,” or “a circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral conceptions.” Those are probably the definitions most people are familiar with. But they barely touch upon […]
How many times have you heard people say that prayer does nothing? They often mock us for praying during times of crisis. But when disaster strikes, a person falls ill or dies, or a child […]
To celebrate World Down Syndrome Day last week, the family of three-year-old Will Daub, or Iron Will (as they call him), created a brilliant video in the hopes of sharing Will’s accomplishments with the world […]
Euphemisms are often used in polite society to make distasteful words more palatable. But sometimes they are spoken to hide the truth. Nowhere was this more evident than in President Joe Biden’s State of the […]
As we approach March, a month dedicated to St. Joseph, I can’t help but think about the virtues of this unassuming husband of Mary and foster father of Jesus. Though we know that the Bible […]
Dear Women of the African American Community, I write this open letter in response to a recent resolution promulgated by the National Association of Colored People to show the harm in its words and in […]
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