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“A Visible Sign of an Invisible Reality”

Have you ever been to a Baptism? Actually, that was a trick question – even if you have no ...

New Year’s resolution: Reignite hope with love

Every Christmas my son and his family drive from North Carolina to spend Christmas ...

Father Koch: Baptism transforms us, but we must allow it to take root

As the Feast of the Baptism ends the Christmas Season, it brings with it ...

Resolutions for today

I think New Year’s resolutions are silly.

Living in ambiguity

My husband and I are in the process of moving ...

Father Koch: Epiphany helps us to discover God in our lives

From time immemorial, God clearly addressed his desire to walk with us. 

The thrifting Catholic: giving new life to old things

Emily Hannon was surprised by the children’s clothes she saw ...

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

We have literally just celebrated Christmas and have witnessed the birth of Jesus once again into our hearts and lives...

It's Christmas, give Jesus

As far as memory and historical records go, gift-giving has been ...

“Like a Good Neighbor”

Like a good neighbor…I don’t even have to finish that sentence to know that you probably thought...

My Advent pilgrimage to the gravesite of Sister Thea Bowman

On Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, I visited the historic Elmwood Cemetery and gazed upon ...

To Christ’s message of love this Advent

As followers of Jesus, we will spend the next several weeks preparing for the coming of a radical ...  

Christmas encourages us to embrace the Babe of Bethlehem

Whenever we begin the season of Advent, I am grateful for ... 

“Rejoice!”

My whole life, I wondered who it would be that I’d marry someday

From fear to love

I like to revisit the infancy narratives of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.


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