THE DOMESTIC CHURCH In the eight years that I have been on staff at St. John with Faith Formation, we’ve cast vision and set goals for each year, making minor changes, tweaks, and attempts from one year to the next. In our work last year with kids and families, we dramatically shifted away from grade-level … Continued
THE ONE THING NECESSARY Most of us are probably familiar with the story in Luke’s Gospel about Martha and Mary. Some of us feel like Martha gets a bum rap—it seems she is trying to serve Jesus with hospitality while her sister gets away with loafing around. But if we were to read the story … Continued
Rosary Come To Life I did not become Catholic until I was 30 years old, and I did not pray the Rosary with much enthusiasm until “Praying with the Padres” during the Covid pandemic shut-downs. Praying with Fr. Brian, Fr. Chas, and their frequent guests helped me understand how to finally get the hang of … Continued
EPIPHANY OF VARIOUS SORTS We’ve written about the Feast of the Epiphany before in these pages; the arrival of the wise guys to visit Jesus and worship the King of the Jews. This time around, I’d like to share three personal epiphanies I have had recently. In general, the word epiphany is from the Greek … Continued
THE STRATEGY FOR THIS AGE A few summers back, some of us joined Joseph & Crystal Gruber at a summer training conference at the University of Mary in North Dakota. We had a chance to meet a profound prophet in our age: the president of the university, Monsignor James Shea. He and his team penned … Continued