by Matthew Chicoine
My wife and I completed an intense bout of pre-spring cleaning this past weekend. It was a mere two days before the official start of Spring. That, coupled with a reference to avoiding desolation and clearing our soul from the “dustiness” of a dry spiritual life,...
by Sarah Belle
I’ve grown in friendship with this remarkable saint a lot since visiting the Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden, Colorado earlier this fall. The more I’ve read about her, the more I’ve realized the surprising paradoxes that pepper her story! 1. The...
by Laura Hensley
As the United States is still trying to confirm the general elections of who will be inaugurated president come January, let us run quickly back through history at a few of our leaders and discover who really is in control. This is by no means trying to compare our...
by Sarah Belle
The spiritual fruit of Pope St. John Paul II’s fatherhood continues to spill out, years after his death. One way in which we see this harvest is in the abundance of ministries founded on his spirituality. These ministries run the full spectrum of the human...
by Shaun McAfee
We know it for the colors: blue and gold. We know it for the famous mural: touchdown Jesus. Cultural and collegiate icon, the reputation of The University of Notre Dame precedes itself. But away from the football program and rivalries, and although the founding of the...
by Laura Hensley
It’s not unusual to see or read about drunkenness in the Bible. Jesus’ first miracle involved wine at a wedding, and he used wine when giving his Apostles his blood. With a society surrounded by marijuana, alcohol, and other drugs, it is sometimes difficult to discern...