Sunday Mass at St. Mary parish in Manhattans Lower East Side could remind an observer of the childrens visual riddle: Which one of these things is not like the others? Among the sea of Latinos, who make up roughly 75 percent of the parishs population, stands Father Neil Connolly, 100 percent Irish-A

Last November, leaders in Bostons labor-management community gathered for the annual Cushing-Gavin Awards dinner. The neutral award went to Edward Boyle, S.J., a priest who for the past 37 years served as executive secretary of the archdioceses 1,200-member Labor Guild. Boyle died of cancer on Nov.

A reflection on the Feast of the Epiphany

The social worker and I belonged to the same parish, but we were merely acquaintances. So I was surprised when she called to ask whether anyone at our farm might be willing to take in a mother who had given birth during the night. There were perhaps 50 committed adults living at Koinonia Partners In

As I laid my cellphone on a bookshelf near the door and stepped outside into the late winter afternoon, I remember thinking, What can happen in just 30 minutes? True, my wife’s due date for our first child was just a few weeks away. It’s also true this fact made me quiver on occasion li

How overwhelming the first Christmas must have been for Mary and Joseph.