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Father Koch: To understand the Trinity is to encounter the Triune God

For many of us, no dogma of the faith is more challenging to explain to a non-believer than is the...

99-year-old Catholic beats coronavirus, inspiring legions

"Rock star." That was how the nurses and physicians in Stony Brook Hospital in New York described 99-year-old Ann Giardano. 

Doing our part to care for our common home

Maybe you've read about people, who during our time of pandemic isolation, ...

Father Koch: Pentecost calls the Church to martyrdom

Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples, was a moment of complete transformation not for them only but for the entire world. 

At the heart of faithful friendship

I grew up in a close family and, one of hardest things I ever did was to leave home and family at the age of 17 ...

We are embodied creatures, and part of Christ's Mystical Body

Recent events have shifted a lot more attention to our bodies. Temperature checks, masks and compulsive hand-washing have reminded us that we are biological creatures subject to the laws of nature. It all feels a bit heavy (and not just because of all the quarantine weight gain!).

A message for Catholic media: Don't let print die

The Catholic Church has a story to tell. And it is a story worth telling in print.

The positive side of solitude

Most people do not like to be alone. But why?

Father Koch: The Ascension of Jesus calls the Church to mission

While here in the Diocese of Trenton we are unaccustomed to celebrating the Solemnity of the Ascension on a Sunday, it is fairly normative throughout much of the country and even the world.

Reflecting a spirit of unity

In any crisis throughout our nation’s history, people have pulled together in a spirit of community to see one another through difficult times.

Innate creativity, beauty brought to the fore as people cope with quarantine

It started with the Italians whose arias rose from the balconies.

Coronavirus gives newlyweds opportunity to focus on Sacrament

"I finally understand why he compares heaven to a wedding feast," ...

Leaving peace behind as our farewell gift

There is such a thing as a good death, a clean one, a death that, however sad, leaves behind a sense of peace. 

What a difference a month can make

Looking back to late March, when our team was working on a special magazine edition on COVID-19, it would be safe to say that we didn’t really know what was to come.

Father Koch: Love is a radical Commandment

Jesus places following him and obeying his Commandments within the context of love.


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