For most American Catholics, the name “St. Patrick’s Cathedral” conjures up an image of the neo-Gothic church with its twin spires on New York City’s Fifth Avenue—a cathedral now dwarfed by the skyscrapers of glass […]
An intriguing medieval fresco can be found in the church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune in Strasbourg, France. It depicts fifteen kings processing by horseback, each carrying a standard bearing the name of his respective nation. The image […]
The Church of All Nations rises above the olive trees of the Garden of Gethsemane. Contained within is the rock upon which Jesus prayed and bled in agony as He consented to the Father’s will […]
As I prepare to lead pilgrims in a few weeks along a portion of the “Camino de Santiago, the Way of St. James,” I discovered in my research the story of a Eucharist miracle that […]
The Second Sunday of the Easter Season is known by many names: the Octave Day of Easter, Low Sunday, Dominica in Albis Depositis, Quasimodo Sunday, Thomas Sunday, and in more recent times as Divine Mercy Sunday. The meaning […]
John F. Kennedy was the first sitting American president to visit Ireland. He arrived there to much fanfare in June of 1963. At the City Hall in Cork he said: “Most countries send out oil […]
Today is “Lá Fhéile Bríde, Brigid’s Day,” the liturgical feast and Irish national holiday in honor of the monastic foundress of Kildare, who along with Patrick and Columba, is the patron saint of Ireland. The […]
Recently, I had the opportunity to lead a pilgrimage to the major shrines of Portugal, Spain and France. The meaning of each stop was known to me prior to our journey: the Mother of God’s […]
In the midst of the carnage of two of the most seminal and tragic events in American history, God’s saving grace was made manifest by the presence of a Catholic priest. The Battle of Gettysburg […]
At the heart of the Christian life is taking up one’s cross daily to follow Jesus (cf Mt 16:24-26; Lk 9:23). As His disciples, we are not without hope in the midst of life’s trials. […]
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