Folks of my vintage may remember the faithful recitation of the Creed in Latin at Mass each Sunday morning, and [...]

One of the most haunting hymns of Advent begins, “Conditor alme siderum,” loosely translated as “Fair Creator of the stars.” [...]

One of the frequent themes that surfaces in the confirmation letters, which I have been privileged to read over these [...]

I was 16 years old and newly graduated from high school when I was hired for my first real summer [...]

It was with genuine regret, perhaps even a touch of personal dismay, that I learned of the formal closing of [...]

God calls every single individual creature into being, and pronounces it “good.” That goodness comes from the fact that the [...]

Come Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the solemn opening of the Second Vatican Council. [...]

Some 17 years ago, a remarkably delightful and generous aunt left me a bequest in her will with the wonderful [...]

A tourist goes to foreign lands in order to see new things; a pilgrim travels to become new. Because every [...]

These are days when we find ourselves visiting the crib scenes which decorate our homes and parish churches everywhere. Apparently [...]