Creating Peace in Your Corner of the World
As we enter what is being termed the “endemic” phase of the coronavirus pandemic here in the United States – meaning, the virus is here
As we enter what is being termed the “endemic” phase of the coronavirus pandemic here in the United States – meaning, the virus is here
Two years ago, I wrote an article called “How to Stick with Lent During Coronavirus.” It was the first COVID-related article at CS, published on
The beginning of a new year provides an opportunity to not only set material goals in our daily lives – like losing weight, traveling, or
You may look at your life, especially as we get further from 2020, and think, “How blessed I am!” Even in a year like the
Last month, Pope Francis declared the coming year – from December 8, 2020 to December 8, 2021 (the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception) – the
The end of the year is coming quickly, and with it, the season of Advent. Advent begins on Sunday, November 29, just one week from
Abraham Lincoln said, “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own
A friend recently told me that the Old Testament book that brought her back to the Catholic faith was Ecclesiastes. “What is it about?” I
With churches now closed for over a month, more and more Catholics are becoming accustomed to ‘attending Mass’ via live-stream. But as I watched my
Rather than giving in to a feeling of helplessness in the midst of the global pandemic, Christians are called to act. One of the fundamental
Lent this year has gotten off to a strange start. As the threat of COVID-19 spreads around the world and here in the US, many
One of the first things I did after becoming Catholic, in my late 20’s, was to join a lay apostolate called The Legion of Mary.
We all experience loss throughout our lives. It is an inevitable part of the human experience. In the poem “One Art,” poet Elizabeth Bishop talks
In college, I learned the phrase “the Sunday scaries.” It means that feeling of dread on Sunday night as Monday morning approaches, with its threat
Growing up, all I knew about Lent was that it meant giving up something. For me, that usually meant chocolate, or if I was feeling
There is a tenet in the Legion of Mary so central to the mission of the apostolate that perhaps all the works and prayers its