It s sometimes rather difficult for a celibate man--a priest no less--to figure out what types of books articles essays and blogposts might appeal to mothers and fathers but this one I feel has a good shot of doing so since it was recommended by not only The New York Times in an article

A pilgrimage to Chimayo, the Lourdes of America

With all the commentary flying around the blogosphere about Pope Benedict s message to the Jesuit General Congregation it s helpful now to read an unofficial translation of the pope s full message to the Society which while strongly urging obedience to the Word of God and the Magist

Today Pope Benedict XVI received the delegates of the 35th General Congregation in the Sala Clementina in the Vatican for a meeting that lasted one-half hour The pope began his comments by thanking Father Kolvenbach for his service and as the official GC35 site describes The Pope also urged

St Patrick s Day--or as it s known in the Ordo the Feast of St Patrick--falls for the first time since 1940 during Holy Week Not surprisingly that means no Masses in honor of the patron saint of Ireland that is the man born Patricius in Roman Britain on March 17 A few Catholic bisho

This is a long post but a few commentators have asked about the news of the death this weekend of Walter J Burghardt S J the great theologian writer and well-known preacher Here is the official obituary from the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus which does a fine job of summing

Reports on the Vatican s new 86-page document on the procedures for canonization may have left some Catholics and their non-Catholic friends scratching their heads Essentially the Congregation for the Causes of saints responding to widespread concern that the saint-making process had gotten

In case you were wondering In All Things was in fact out of commission for several days since we were switching servers--something about as enjoyable as moving or root canal Our entire website was shut down for one day In any event Tim Reidy that s Maurice Timothy Reidy for those who

Today marks the 150th Anniversary of the appearances of Our Lady to St Bernadette Soubirous in the Grotto of Lourdes the small town in Southern France that has become one of the church s main sites of pilgrimage It has become fashionable in recent years especially after Vatican II to dow

NCR and Whispers both noted this surprising video of Father General Adolfo Nicolas speaking--in English--on vocations and religious life The clip seems to have been taken from a Jesuit vocation video What we need today says Nicolas is the ability to dream greater dreams for the world