She was just a wisp of a thing. She probably was around 20, but she looked like she was 13 [...]

Walter Roob, 88, doesn’t let health ailments keep him from enjoying each day and bringing that joy to others. A [...]

Pat Neary, a member of St. Jerome Parish, Oconomowoc, retired last spring after 41 years with the Oconomowoc High School [...]

An architectural rendering shows what the completed Our Lady of the Angels facility will look like on the grounds of [...]

Ten thousand steps a day! That’s what fitness gurus recommend for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. As a rule of thumb, [...]

There is something special about coming together in a group to listen, be inspired and share with others the message [...]

Bea and Francis Vincent cut out patterns for clothing they will make and donate to area shelters. The Vincents belong [...]

I received an e-mail the other day from a woman who had generously shared her story with me for my latest book, “When’s God Gonna Call Me Back?” Her words of praise for my work touched my heart, and I was grateful to learn her reaction to the book. She felt I had handled her story well and had done a good job of gently addressing the conflicts and tensions that cause Catholics to lapse in their faith. Her opinion carries a great deal of weight for me; I know it was especially hard for her to be so open and frank.

However, this perceptive young woman brought up a new angle to my book that I hadn’t seen. Now that she’s come back to the church, she’s finding that many of her Catholic friends and acquaintances have developed a “we” versus “they” attitude. They see Catholics who have lapsed in their faith as “bad” Catholics, as a “they” who stand outside of the “we.”

It’s 4 a.m. and for the fourth night sleep eludes me. Five decades of the rosary and praying for everyone [...]

The more Mary Kay Baum hikes, the more she finds her words, says the former attorney and ordained Lutheran pastor [...]