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A Great Surprise

We all have our daily routines. I have a daily morning routine...

What does it mean to say the Church is Catholic?

For most of us, our experience of “church” (with a small ‘c’)...

Journeying through Lent with the love that never fails

No matter how old I get, February is always a time of ...

St. Josephine Bakhita’s 114 Scars

Human cruelty, at times, seems to know no boundaries. 

Our yearly reminder to support Catholic media

According to some published accounts, February’s Catholic Press Month has been around ...

Meeting and praying with Sister Thea Bowman

Sitting at a kitchen table in Chicago more than three decades ago, I had a chance to get to know a holy woman who might one day be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.

Is technology discreetly, but thoroughly, rendering parents expendable?

About 10 years ago, my younger son stopped me in my tracks with a thoughtful observation.

Question Corner: Burning or burying sacramentals? And why use holy water?

What are sacramentals, and why must they be burned or buried?

It is good to let the jeering skulls laugh

Like St. Teresa of Avila, I have a skull on my desk.

We must recover those 'recovering' Catholics

"I'm a recovering Catholic," our contractor announces jauntily, apropos of what I can't remember...

Question Corner

Every week, TrentonMonitor.com will post “Question Corner,” ...

How can elderly help the young

I attended SEEK23, the annual conference of the ...

Not of the world, but the world matters

Most of us Catholics are too worldly, as we know from every examination of conscience ...

How to read Pope Benedict XVI if you never have before

The Dec. 31 death of Pope Benedict XVI has brought much discussion of his prolific pen ...

Praying to God of the sick when you're sick-of-being-sick

In the past few months our household has endured countless ...


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