When Father Joe Schneider climbs onto his 27-speed Trek Pilot and dips its front tire into the Missouri River, his summer vacation has officially begun. Then he pushes off and bikes across Iowa. The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, better known as RAGBRAI, began in 1973 when two reporters from the Des Moines […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Sixth Sunday of Easter
Successors to Peter and the Apostles Acts 8:5-8, 14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21 The Acts of the Apostles once again this Easter season furnishes the first reading. In the readings earlier in this season, the identity of the Apostles has clearly been given. The Apostles, absent Judas of course, had exercised the very power […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Heaven without my children?
Q Is the happiness of heaven dependent on human factors? Specifically, when I die and — hopefully — get to heaven, how could I be eternally happy if my children were not to make it with me? (The way things are right now, that is a distinct possibility.) How could I ever be at peace […]
Father John Catoir: Juggling the difficulties of life with grace
Life has been falsely compared to a juggling act, where the juggler tosses many balls in the air with ease and keeps them all circulating magically until he or she sets them down in perfect order. Real life is not at all like that. In fact, in real life, most of us will make mistakes […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Fourth Sunday of Easter
Jesus is the Good Shepherd Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10 The Acts of the Apostles again furnishes the first biblical reading. As was the case last weekend, it is a passage recalling a time Peter spoke in behalf of all the Apostles. This event occurred on Pentecost, an important Jewish feast. Like […]
Kathleen T. Choi: If advertisers were evangelizers
What would you pay to be forgiven for shoplifting? What if I told you that all your sins could be forgiven? Now what would you pay? But wait, there’s more! For a limited time only, God will not only forgive your sins but will also provide you with the grace to resist sin in the […]
Christina Capecchi: The big reveal: looking back at God’s plan
Blue or pink? That was the secret contained in the cake. My younger brother and his wife are always looking for an excuse to throw a themed-party — a World Series game for the Cardinals, an end-of-the-world prediction, the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. They couldn’t resist the opportunity to kick-start the […]
Viriditas: Sister Georgina Delgado, Dominican Sister of the Most Holy Rosary
Perseverance One asks, “Sister, my electricity is going to be cut. Can you help me?” While another pleads, “Sister, I need food.” And yet another inquires, “Sister, can you open the door to the gym?” This is my work here at St. Joseph’s Church (Makawao, Maui). Aside from being the director of religious education, my […]
Mary Adamski: Saint potential in blue denim
Visions of saints will be before us this weekend as the Catholic Church bestows that title on two former popes. We’ll envision them in white robes because that’s how we saw them on the television screen and other media in recent history, Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005, and Pope John XXIII, who […]
Kathleen T. Choi: At last!
Thank heavens Lent is over, and not just because I can eat dessert again. I recognize the value of some deep reflection on my sins and what leads me to sin. However, too much makes me nervous. I suspect that when Satan can’t stop us from praying, he tempts us to spend all our prayer […]
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