COLUMNS
One year later, measuring our gains and losses
One year ago, I left my office for what I thought was a few weeks.
It’s all in the perspective
In the course of producing a diocesan publication for many years, our team here at The Monitor has had to look through dozens of images to select our annual Easter cover.
Father Koch: The crowd In Jerusalem tires quickly of Jesus’ teaching
The rhythm of the Liturgy on Palm Sunday feels like a rollercoaster ride ...
An active listening Church
I was among the 17 million people who watched the highly anticipated interview between ...
A song for Mother Tolton
This month marks the 164th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Scott v. Sandford (1857), which infamously denied the freedom petition of Dred, Harriet, Eliza and Lizzie Scott – an African American family held in bondage in antebellum Missouri.
A good job – with Jesus
Right above my desk, hanging on the wall with a crumpled piece of Scotch tape, is a card someone gave me last March.
Heal the brokenhearted this Lent
As we move through the second half of Lent, I keep returning to something I saw on Twitter: "Lent is a season for the brokenhearted."
Father Koch: Jesus calls us to encounter him, not just to meet him
Jesus now draws his sole focus to the Cross.
St. Joseph, migrant spouse and father
I have been reading some books and articles about St. Joseph and have arrived at two conclusions.
An unlikely affinity
One of Dorothy Day’s favorite saints was Therese of Lisieux, Therese Martin, the saint we call “the Little Flower.”
St. Joseph calls us to a blessed silence
It is not unusual for an important truth to come rolling, unobstructed, from the mouths of babes.
Wisdom of the elderly can show us how to live after COVID-19
In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant number of elderly people died ...
Food: Seeing and meeting a need
March is National Nutrition Month, sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, so it seems like the perfect opportunity to write about one of my favorite topics – food.
Father Koch: God’s love is manifest throughout the Scriptures
Once again, the Church offers a curious combination of Readings, with an important underlying theme.
We need rituals to mourn
Our youngest recently turned one-year old.
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