By Veronica Szczygiel We've all had to make sacrifices. We couldn’t do the things we normally do, see the people we wanted to see and visit the places we planned to travel to. We’ve given these up in order to ensure the health and well-being of ourselves and our loved ones. In this sense, the [...]
FEAST DAY: MARCH 15 Orphaned as a teen and rejected by one religious order, St. Louise de Marillac persevered and eventually became the co-founder of the Daughters of Charity in 17th-century France – the first congregation of non-cloistered women dedicated to charitable service. Her talents for inviting, teaching and organizing were essential to making the [...]
Story by Joe Pisani Let me be honest. I miss the good ole days. The days when Sister would walk up and down the aisles of our catechism class and interrogate each of us with the query: “What are you giving up for Lent?” I suspect that many of my classmates did some quick thinking, [...]
By Nancy Rosebush Schertzing Kishore’s Journey From Hindu to Catholic The details of Kishore Jayabalan’s life read like a novel. A Chicago-born son of Indian immigrants attends Catholic schools in Flint. While doing graduate work in Canada, he is baptized by a sainted pope and ends up working in the Vatican and living in Rome [...]
By Michelle DiFranco I recently had the displeasure of deep-cleaning my fridge and finding a couple of forgotten items shoved way in the back or ‘hiding’ at the bottom of the fruit and veggie drawers. The neglected “food-turned-science projects” consisted of a zip-top plastic bag of liquefied parsley and a plastic container of chicken stock [...]
Feast Day: Jan. 5 Liberty is a perennial subject of concern in our society, but we don’t hear much about a certain type of liberty: spiritual liberty. The life of St. Genoveva Torres Morales (1870-1956) of Spain was marked by hardship. By the age of 13, she had lost both parents and several siblings and [...]
By Patricia Mish I recently landed a new job. I noticed the job description was a little vague but figured my role and responsibilities would become clear once I started. This has not happened. l have some ideas about how I can contribute. Should I tell my boss? If so, how can I go about [...]
By Cynthia Kaan It is a blessing to have friends beside us as we walk this earthly journey. But what do we do when it feels as if we are doing all the work in the friendship and our friend is just dialing it in? It helps to begin with a mindset that incorporates the following: [...]
By Pete Burak I’ll never forget the moment I met my wife. The initial jolt of attraction generated a nearly all-encompassing desire to get to know her better. This led to long phone calls (much to my chagrin she didn’t have texting), meals in the dining hall, distracted study sessions and eventually a daily rhythm [...]