Marilyn Rodrigues: Read the Pope’s exhortation to holiness
Have you read begun reading ‘Rejoice and be Glad’ yet? Because if you only read articles like this one about Pope Francis’ new apostolic exhortation on the call to holiness and […]
Simcha Fisher: How Do We Help Each Other Bear The Cross?
In a recent article, I talked about how much we are affected by the company we keep, and how important it is to deliberately choose friends who will help us […]
Mark Shea: Why Creeds? Gaining My Religion
This is Part 4 of Mark Shea’s series on the Creed. It begins with Why Creeds? Part 1. Last time, in this space, I mentioned that, so far from “being spiritual, […]
Archbishop Fisher: Ministry of the Word a ministry of the mouth
The first thing we do as we enter the world, we do through our mouths: we scream our lungs out. The next thing we do is breathe through them. Soon after […]
50 years young: the grace and peace of Mt Schoenstatt
When she was younger, Sr Renée Buchmann dreamed of becoming a missionary in Africa. Instead the Schoenstatt sister was sent as a missionary to Australia. She arrived on 22 May 1968, […]
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OSV: ‘Rosary priest’ gave it all for Mary
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When Success Leads to Failure
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The Real Problem with the Vatican Nativity Scene
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Caryll Houselander (1901‒1954) was a British Catholic writer and artist who lived during the first half of the twentieth century. She was also a mystic. As a single wom...
