The first holiday celebrated by English settlers in America was Thanksgiving. In 1621 William Bradford, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, invited the neighboring Indians...
Father Michael McGarry, CSP, President of the Paulist Fathers As I searched for a few quotations to wiggle their way into this short meditation on...
Those of us who were alive at the time generally remember where we were when President Kennedy was killed. I was at St. Paul’s College...
The following is a reflection on the Scripture readings for Sunday, Nov. 24, the Feast of Christ the King. “In short there’s simply not...
It might have been difficult to see, surrounded as it was by the small crowd gathered on the southwest corner of the intersection of Guadalupe...
"Did Jesus Suffer While He Was in Hell?" Question begins at 8:00. 'Coming Attractions' reads from Psalms. 'Church Search' visits Indianapolis, IN.
November is Black Catholic History Month. We often forget how difficult it was to be a black Catholic in the Jim Crow days. I was...
Part of being the “religious/Catholic guy” at parties, wedding dinners, receptions or even at work is that people will ask me for my take on...
BUSAN, South Korea – A year after the Catholic Synod of Bishops met in Rome to reflect on the New Evangelization, the 10th Assembly of...
By Father Tom Ryan, CSP, for Catholic News Service BUSAN, South Korea – Often, people look at church congregations and meetings and wonder, “Where...
The year was 1972, and Father Walter J. Dalton, CSP, was celebrating Masses in the homes of the faithful of Horseshoe Bay, Texas. Some 41...