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A call for intergenerational solidarity
I can still feel the thick plastic cover over the checkered tablecloths under my fingers, still smell the faint aroma of almond extract mixed with something like mothballs in my nose.
When it comes to priesthood, parishioners, family have role to play, too
Good people of the Diocese of Trenton, As director of Vocations for our Diocese, I would like to invite you to pray that more young people might hear and answer the Lord’s call to priesthood and religious life in our Diocese. This week (Nov. 5-11), the Church in our country …
Grateful to make peace with the metronome
The metronome is an instrument that makes the "click-clack, click-clack" sound as it swings its arm to keep tempo for musicians. It could be the companion to great musicianship or, for me, an annoyance which I thought I had banished forever.
A tale of two popes
There's a quote attributed, probably falsely, to Mark Twain that observes, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
Paralysis, exasperation and helplessness as prayer
Several years ago I received an email that literally stopped my breath.
The unlikeliest hero of Hacksaw Ridge
On Veterans Day, we salute all those who’ve served in our Armed Forces, and we hopefully come to appreciate the stories of how and why they served.
The ones who won't be home for the holidays
This season sparkles with joy. We open our homes to family and friends, greeting each other at wreath-decked doors under twinkling lights.
Problems with packaging
Do you struggle with packaging?
Take action against gun violence
I was in sixth grade when two gunmen entered Columbine High School and mowed down 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives.
A threat to our decency
Jesus tells us that in the end we will be judged on how we dealt with the poor in our lives, but there are already dangers now, in this life, in not reaching out to the poor.
No baby but still giving thanks
Even before she was married, Emily Stimpson Chapman asked for baby prayers.
Finding her voice in a world without sound
Mandy Harvey has a lot to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, and it goes beyond the fact that the deaf singer recently earned a fourth-place finish on the TV series “America's Got Talent.”
Searches beyond Google's capabilities
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal noted the upswing in the work of reference librarians who are receiving more calls from curious seekers who either can't find what they are searching for on Google or just prefer to search for information with the help of another human being.
Join the revolution of tenderness
TED is a media organization that posts online talks under the slogan “ideas worth spreading.” Earlier this year Pope Francis surprised the world by digitally giving his own TED Talk at the organization’s annual conference in Vancouver.
In difficult times, Advent reveals the reason to celebrate Christmas
Here we are at the start of Advent, and many of us are already saturated with Christmas.
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