Opinion

Editor’s Note: This is the second column in a series on dying. A few years ago, a friend told me that he wasn’t afraid of death. I was pretty impressed until he told me that […]

Editor’s Note: This is the first column in a series on dying. Some years ago, when a beloved mentor of mine was terminally ill, I asked him what it was like to prepare for death. […]

You’ve likely had an instant, sometime in your life, when you felt compelled to do something. You knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was the right thing to do, yet you hesitated. […]

You’ve likely had an instant, sometime in your life, when you felt compelled to do something. You knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was the right thing to do, yet you hesitated. […]

When work starts getting you down, especially in a way that it hasn’t before, you have a great opportunity to reflect and decide how to respond. It may be that no significant response is necessary, […]

Let’s say that you want to serve God’s church as a Catholic priest. If that job were to be listed as a help wanted ad, the position description and accompanying detail might appear as follows: 

Let’s say that you want to serve God’s church as a Catholic priest. If that job were to be listed as a help wanted ad, the position description and accompanying detail might appear as follows: […]

Much has been written about the importance of discernment in religious and priestly vocations. People spend a lot of time praying and looking at whether God is calling them to be a priest, brother or […]