In the story of the first Pentecost, Luke makes a point of insisting that everything happened in the small upper [...]

The other morning I was a guest for breakfast at Congregation Shalom in Fox Point.  There was no special occasion; [...]

In the 10 counties of the archdiocese we have three parish communities named and dedicated to the witness of the [...]

Each year as we come into these first days of November, the church’s liturgy asks us to give serious thought [...]

Wags have suggested that friends are God’s way of apologizing for one’s family. We receive our family, somewhat ready-made, but [...]

Very few things are more evident in our world than the reality of human sinfulness. Even the quickest glance in [...]

This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ or “Corpus Christi” as it [...]

The Gospel of John tells us that on Easter Sunday evening, the newly risen Jesus breathed upon his disciples and [...]

Over the years, an occasional comment in letters from adolescent candidates for confirmation has dealt with evolution. Much to my [...]

Every year from Jan. 18, the former Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, through the Feast of the Conversion [...]