I have been the altar boy at many a funeral and time does not decrease the frequency of such happenings but yesterday was a particularly graced moment I had the good fortune to assist at the funeral of Sr Mary Milligan RSHM at Loyola Marymount University I was reminded during the ceremony tha

For the past few days I have been at Calvin College in Grand Rapids Michigan for the Festival of Faith and Music Count me as one who begins with reflexive skepticism at any attempt at the Christian engagement with culture type of conference because of the tendency for Christian pastoral wo

With Lent nearing completion and Easter almost here my Lenten practice kicks into high gear this weekend slows down over the next few weeks and then ends as I cross the finish line on Divine Mercy Sunday the first Sunday after Easter I began Lent seemingly without any spiritual discipline but

Wondering if there is still such a thing as a labor priest in America MSW at Distinctly Catholic managed to find at least one Now that s how a fella invocates a labor meeting

For those who have been following the public conversation between Fr Roy Bourgeois the well-known peace activist and founder of the School of the Americas Watch and the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers his religious congregation of many years nbsp over his support of women s ordination this lett

Loyola Press has just released the new paperback edition of nbsp A Jesuit Off-Broadway Center Stage with Faith Doubt Forgiveness and More and allowed me to offer nbsp an excerpt from the first chapter nbsp The book tells the story of nbsp six months working as a theological consultant to the