LA CROSSE, Wis. — Flooding, snowstorms, a flu outbreak, even a fire — any of those might have slowed a group of Wisconsin nuns who say none of it has kept their order from praying nonstop for hundreds of thousands of people over the past
When it comes to teenagers, you expect a certain amount of eye rolling and apathy, but put those same kids in a faith formation class for an hour and fifteen minutes at the end of a long school day and right at the dinner hour
St. Paul — perhaps the greatest convert of all — was nonetheless suspicious of converts. In his First Letter to Timothy 3:6, concerning one who aspires to the office of bishop, St. Paul says: “He must not be a recent convert, or he may be
If polls and anecdotal evidence are true, parishes should be ready to practice discipleship. Is there evidence of a significantly positive post-Francis visit impact on the American religious scene? Why yes, Virginia, there is. The most critical question for evangelically-minded Catholics is how Pope Francis’
Fox News’ highly reluctant Jesus follower has found a new church. Kirsten Powers, USA Today columnist and contributor to Fox News, announced her decision on a live broadcast of “The Five.” “Tomorrow night at 7 o’clock, I’m becoming Catholic!” she told viewers. Powers, who grew
Sometimes, even a humanities major like me conducts an experiment. I Googled: “The snooze button is evil.” The results: 145,000 hits in 0.39 seconds. I looked at the first page, and I saw that titles of some of the hits included: “Is the Snooze Button
Today the Church commemorates the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, a celebration that has its origin not, as it would seem, in simply a prayer, but in a battle. On October 7th, 1571 a fleet of ships assembled by the combined forces of
Before Finding Christianity I didn’t grow up in church and never went consistently until I was twenty-three years old. I attended church only a handful of times growing up and the times I went I don’t recall listening to what was preached, nor did I
Since my childhood, I always loved C.S. Lewis’ stories about the adventures in Narnia. It was stories like the ones about Narnia that helped me realize that this was the way we usually come to understand the real and true things of life. As I
St. Maria Goretti has arrived in the USA for her “Pilgrimage of Mercy,” a tour that will run through 18 states. (See the tour stops and dates here.) In Part I we looked at the reasons, hopes and expectations for the pilgrimage of this youngest canonized
Praying the Rosary
Familiarize yourself with the prayers of the rosary.
