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Mar 31, 2026
When I was confirmed in the Church during graduate school, I would not have said, as many other converts do, that my conversion was initiated by the beauty of Catholic art and music....
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Mar 11, 2026
As we head toward Laetare Sunday, many of us are feeling rather discouraged by the inconstancy of our Lenten disciplines. We woke up on Ash Wednesday piously determined to pray...
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Mar 2, 2026
Every year, we are reminded that Lent should not merely be about giving up habits or pleasures but also adding some positive spiritual discipline. We might give up caffeine or...
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Feb 20, 2026
The three pillars of Lent—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—must always be our primary focus during these forty days. The purpose—or end—of these disciplines is...
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Feb 11, 2026
In early November 1942, the Allied forces finally and permanently gained control of Libya and Egypt from the Axis powers following the Second Battle at El Alamein. Along with the...
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Feb 6, 2026
You are likely reading this column either just ahead of Ash Wednesday or a few days into Lent. In my adult lifetime, I don’t think there’s ever been a time when we the...
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Jan 21, 2026
Over the course of a few days in mid-January, the U.S. Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) heard oral argument in a major Title IX case, a U.S. Senate committee held a hearing...
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Jan 9, 2026
Over the last few weeks of 2025, two ongoing stories in the news illustrate why we Catholics should eschew party identification or partisan loyalty.
The first is the ongoing fallout...
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Jan 5, 2026
At the beginning of episode seven of the second season of the TV series “Breaking Bad,” a mariachi band sings a Mexican corrido, or narrative ballad, about the...
