What makes a Family? Lily Barreto’s world seemed to crumble upon learning of her unborn child’s terminal illness. During the interval between this sad news and her son’s death, her family discovered the singular importance of a mother’s love in the family.
Pilgrims! Like a fish trying to swim upstream, I fought my way forward. Torrents of people flowed the opposite direction. I wondered if I would ever reach the “concrete shore” on the other side.
Remembering to Ask Do not stress out over a problem that could easily be resolved if you ask for help.
Transcendental Heroes I sighed and put the book down. “Why can’t reality be as exciting as Tolkien?"
Why We Ran Traffic in Rome is never what you might call a fluid affair, but on that occasion the entire city instantaneously became a traffic jam of epic proportions. So everyone began to run...
Nun Says John Paul Cured Her Parkinson’s First appearance in print in English of a French nun’s testimonial regarding a cure she experienced that she attributes to John Paull II.
Spreading the Gospel of Life Determined to make a difference, Jason Buck is at the head of a campaign to air educational pro-life ads on popular TV stations; his efforts have inspired many to join the struggle of saving lives.
Mary and the Holy Spirit In this letter, dated May 13, 1975, to Cardinal Suenens, president of the International Mariological Congress in Rome, Pope Paul VI emphasized the need to couple devotion to the Virgin Mary with devotion to the Holy Spirit in these critical times. Italian
Non-stop Good News For 15 years lay men and women have dedicated themselves full time to spreading the Good News in Mexico, in a ministry whose name says it all: Full-Time Lay Missionaries. Now they are starting in the USA.
Knights in White Surplice Mateo was presenting a program for teenage altar servers called Knights of the Altar. This club was founded at Dublin Oak Academy, an all-boys boarding school where students from Latin America come for a year of English studies and immersion in Irish
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary The Roman liturgy celebrates the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a special formulary on the Saturday after the second Sunday after Pentecost .
Cosmo-moms When you think about success in life, what first comes to mind? Holiness? Or do your dreams of success consist of being glamorous and famous, like the gorgeous people in those glossy magazines in the check-out lines