Faith, Travel, and the Call to Walk in Christ's Footsteps
A Humble, Most-Marian Month
What month has the most Marian feast days? Surely it’s May, the month of Mary. Or perhaps it’s October, the month of the Rosary? Surprisingly,...
A Family Pilgrimage
Each year at the Easter Vigil, we recall the pathway of salvation history through a series of seven Old Testament readings. The third reading is...
A Birthday Fit for a Queen
Yesterday, the world entered a period of mourning for the longest reigning English monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Her life and death have been marked with...
The Franciscan Crown Rosary
Twenty years ago this spring I traveled to Rome for Holy Week and Easter. I was studying abroad that year and before I left I...
Back-to-school time reminds us to grow in knowledge of our faith
It’s mid-August, and I just returned from running errands at several stores. They were packed. At the first store I wondered why, and then I...
Immaculate Heart of Mary
August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart. This may seem odd nowadays, considering the Feast of the Immaculate Heart is in late spring or early...