Deacon Lawrence Toth (First of a series) With Fr. Tom’s permission, I am putting together a series of articles over the next couple of months. These articles will look at some of the teachings given by Pope Leo XIV in his Wednesday audiences this year, focusing (after this introductory article) on what the pontiff has…
Most commonly, we understand the term “vindication” in a very legal, argumentative context. We say someone is “vindicated” when they are proven innocent, or when their good name is defended from an accusation. This isn’t so far from what vindication means in the sense of virtue, either. Vindication is related to the virtue of justice,…
The medal of the Immaculate Conception that has come to be called simply the “Miraculous Medal” dates back to an apparition of Mary to Saint Catherine Laboure, who was then a novice sister with the Daughters of Charity. On November 27, 1830, Our Lady appeared to her standing on a globe, with shafts of light…
Hello Families, Our new school year is approaching! Class starts on Wednesday, September 23rd, register by scanning the QR code or visiting our website. Conflict and disagreements are a natural part of family life. Yet, within our family, we have an important opportunity to learn how to resolve disagreements fairly by treating people with love…
GROW AS A DISCIPLE St. Teresa of Calcutta once wrote, “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” Community, when lived according to Christ’s command to love one another, fills us with joy and companionship. In the Gospel, Jesus tells the disciples that living as a…
Vestments are clothes worn for a specific purpose. Priests will joke that they cover a thousand flaws. But our own manner of dress often corresponds to what we do. We dress up for special occasions, and for special guests. We wear certain clothes for golf, for outdoor activities, and years ago, we even had our…
Hello Families, Our new school year is approaching! Class starts on Wednesday, September 23rd, register here. Peter was expecting a Messiah that would carry out a different plan than the one Jesus had explained. Jesus was indeed the Messiah, but his life and death would show a different understanding of what it means to be…