Spirituality
Best practices in Hispanic ministry
With countless parishes in the United States seeing a growing number of immigrants, many ministers are unsure of what the best ways to integrate the old and new parishioners are. Patti Gutierrez has served in Hispanic ministry in the Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky, for the past 13 years, and provides insight into best practices for […]
Parish ministry in a multicultural church: Where are we?
After decades of cultural, ethnic and racial groups sharing parishes, we might ask how things are going.
Graduation: A time for discernment before stepping forward
The transition from one phase of life to the next, especially after graduation, offers the opportunity for reflection and our package of stories presents some fruitful ways to do just that.
Three tips for reflecting on life’s highlights before moving on
Father Geoffrey Brooke offers an easy way of including God in our decision-making process before entering the next phase in life. The first step is a personal examination of conscience.
Recent graduates describe service in ‘gap years’
Before starting higher education or working, the experiences of volunteering for a year can shape recent graduates' worldviews and faith lives. Three grads tell how their lives were enriched helping others.
A prayer for graduates
The grueling exams are finished but ahead lies a whole new set of tests and challenges, surprises and gifts. Effie Caldarola writes a prayer that graduates would do well to offer to the Lord as they reach a turning point in life.
Sage advice for graduates: Read books
Noted columnist Peggy Noonan told Catholic University of America graduates that not only will reading -- not just watching screens -- help them think deeply and lead well, but "civilization depends on it."
God, the giver of the seed, guarantees its growth
Through our faith in him, the Lord works silently and steadily in our lives, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior. Acknowledging God’s hidden activity leads us to respond with gratitude and conversion.
Readings of the Holy Mass – Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Read or listen to the readings before Mass with these resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition.
Taking communion in a Protestant church? Basically, no
Father Ken Doyle in his weekly Q&A column replies to a Catholic man inquiring about communion in his wife's Methodist church. Also, Father Doyle replies to a reader's question about the pope's security detail.