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Stefani Manowski | 06/15/14

Here is the simple (and not so simple) question: Why is it hard to forgive? Ask Father Frank Desiderio, CSP, and he will instantly reply:...

Stefani Manowski | 06/09/14

The 2014 Paulist General Assembly officially adjourned on June 2 at St. Paul’s College in Washington, D.C. Held every four years after a general election,...

06/03/14

The science of love, Part II “Love,” says St. Thomas Aquinas, “is a certain affection by which the lover is transformed into the object loved.”...

Stefani Manowski | 06/02/14

Father Robert William Baer, CSP, was born in Jackson Heights, N.T., on December 12, 1945. He entered the novitiate of the Paulist Fathers on Aug....

Stefani Manowski | 06/02/14

Six Paulists are celebrating milestone years in Paulist ministry. The 2014 jubilarians have a combined 245 years of service: 60 – Father Lou McKernan and...

Stefani Manowski | 06/02/14

Father Larry Rice is a happy man, a happy priest and a happy Paulist – and has been so for the past 25 years. “I...

Stefani Manowski | 06/02/14

In the early ’80s, Ed Nowak was a student at Penn State University studying ceramic science and engineering and planning to marry his high school...

Stefani Manowski | 06/02/14

It was during his high school days at Georgetown Prep in Washington, D.C., that a young Louis McKernan first thought about becoming a priest. He...

Stefani Manowski | 06/02/14

“I want to be a priest.” That was the unequivocal answer a 7-year-old John Geaney gave to the age-old question: “What do you want to...

Stefani Manowski | 06/02/14

The scene: the New York City Subway in the early ’70s. Noisy. Hot. Graffiti-stained rail cars. A virtual sea of humanity flowing in and out...

Stefani Manowski | 05/25/14

A smiling Father Jimmy Hsu at the end of his ordination Mass. (Photo by Bruce Byers)ENLARGE PHOTO | ENTER SLIDESHOW Paulist President Father Eric Andrews...

05/21/14

The science of love, Part I Love is only perfect when the lover is lost irremediably in the beloved, “I am my beloved’s and my...