It is good that we are here…A woman came up to me during a break at a Cursillo weekend that I was attending. “What’s the name o...

The multiplication factor…Every year around this time, priests arrive at parishes to begin new assignments. On average, about t...

Three-and-a-half years ago, my husband and I moved to Pittsburgh from Maryland to be closer to family, leaving behind a church ...

The depths of love…This week has been an exceptionally busy one. As the previous email about scammers at the front doors of our...

When seeds grow…As we read the memo posted on the staff bulletin board, anxiety spread throughout the office. Computers were to...

As a kid, I had no interest in showing my cards and letting people get to know who I really am, and I spent much of my life building walls. It wasn’t that I had a lot to hide. I was just so scared of being unaccepted that I eliminated any opportunity for that to happen—and that meant assimilating...

What's the difference between criticism and correction, and does it really matter? Fr. Mike Schmitz explains how to offer corre...

Seeds of hope…Among the busy blur of last week, I paused for a break to catch up on some emails. As I was working through the l...

The Yoke of Love…This past week, the Society of Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), a traditionalist Catholic priestly fraternity, ...