The length of time you are a member of something or practice something is never more important than the present day. You might be a...
“Most Americans are unhappy with their employment.” This was a headline last year in Forbes. I was surprised that it was only 52 percent of...
Exactly 157 years ago today, on July 7, 1858, Father Isaac Thomas Hecker, Father Augustine Hewitt, Father George Deshon and Father Francis A. Baker (themselves...
This weekend we celebrated the birth of our nation on the Fourth of July. This is an opportune time to reflect on the virtue of...
One of the classic American hymns, “God of Our Fathers,” was written by an Episcopal priest to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence in 1876...
On the evening of the release of Pope Francis’ recent encyclical on the environment (Laudato Si), a discussion broke out at the Paulist dinner table...
For whom would you dress up? For whom would you like to look your best? God? Not really. Most of us have at best a...
The followng is a homily based on the Scrpiture readings for Sunday, June 21. Derecho. I had heard the word many times in Spanish, but...
Tolerance is OK to get one through a meeting or passing scene. It is not much of a way to focus one’s way of life....
As I have mentioned before in this column, we continue to celebrate The Year of Consecrated Life. At the end of June, Paulist priests and...
I am not saying that my church needs to change its teaching on marriage, but it might need to change its approach to how it...
Our parish property committee at St. Austin’s is finalizing the plans for the renovation of our church and rectory exterior. And as we “get into...