I AM A DEACON By Deacon John Coughlin I am a deacon … and I help form future deacons. As I write these words, it has been 12 years almost to the day since Bishop Larry Silva asked my wife, Kathy, and I to take on the responsibility of directing the Permanent Deacon Formation Program […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God, active and present
2ND SUNDAY OF LENT Genesis 12:1-4a; 2 Timothy 1:8a-10; Matthew 17:1-9 The Book of Genesis is the source of this weekend’s first biblical reading. As its name implies, Genesis reveals the divine origin of life and Almighty God’s plan in the forming of the Hebrew race. First and foremost, Genesis is a splendidly vivid revelation […]
Talk story: Three lives made better thanks to Catholic Relief Services
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY Home is often our place of comfort and safety — something we take care of, where we sleep, eat, and spend time with our family. (CRS Lenten Rice Bowl 2020) Food, water and safe shelter are the basic necessities of any home. Lent provides a time to reflect on the essentials […]
Talk story: A modern miracle feeds the weary multitudes
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Throughout Lent this year, the CRS Rice Bowl reflects on the hopeful Gospel story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 with just a few loaves and fishes. At the heart of this Gospel miracle, a poor youth offers to share his humble food with others who are hungry. Christ transforms his sacrifice […]
Carolyn Woo: Lent: Another step toward ‘enough’
OUR GLOBAL FAMILY “What is enough for you?” was a question posed to my husband and me by our financial adviser. Many factors competed for consideration: the desire to not be a burden on our kids, people living longer, enormous costs of health care, diminishing social safety nets, ability to travel and a certain standard […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Observing God’s law
7TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18; 1 Corinthians 3:16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 The first reading is from the Book of Leviticus, one of the five books of the Pentateuch, the Torah, the basic revelation by God to the Chosen People. This reading recalls the day God spoke to Moses. “I the Lord, your God, […]
Sister Mari Josephine Panem, Religious of the Good Shepherd: With zeal for the salvation of persons
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald Following Jesus the Good Shepherd as our inspiration and model, we live our daily lives in a contemplative way. As Jesus, the Good Shepherd set aside the ninety-nine to look for the one lost sheep, so do we Religious of the Good […]
Mary Duddy: Humor at the dinner table
THE MARRIED LIFE My mom used to say it was the Lord’s sense of humor that she had to cook for a large family since she never liked to cook. She had the one-hour rule for dinner. That is, it had to take one hour or less to prepare. She didn’t want to spend all […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: What is a good Catholic Bible? What if my family isn’t with me in heaven?
QUESTION CORNER Q: My wife realized that my Bible is not Catholic when I could not locate the Book of Sirach in it. What is a good Catholic Bible, with a contemporary translation from Greek? (My ultimate preference would be a Catholic Bible with the Old Testament translated from Hebrew and the New Testament from […]
Katie Prejean McGrady: The inconveniently necessary Lent
WINDOW SEAT WISDOM I hate Lent. I don’t like the color. I’m much more a green and white than a purple and gray type of gal. I don’t like the music. Everything is in a minor key, somberly plodding along like we’re all walking to our grave. I don’t like the length of the season. […]
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