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Stefani Manowski | 12/08/13

Forget Broadway! On Dec. 5, the hottest ticket in town was the taping of “A New York Christmas to Remember” at the Church of St....

12/07/13

Reading 1: Is 11:1-10 On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The...

Father Frank DeSiano, CSP | 12/02/13

Father Frank Desiano, CSP Advent has a kind of schizophrenia that disarms us. It comes at the darkest time of the year, when turned-back clocks...

12/01/13

Reading 1: Is 2:1-5 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come, the mountain of the LORD’s...

Father Michael McGarry, CSP | 11/24/13

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...

Stefani Manowski | 11/18/13

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...

11/11/13

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 | 11/11/13

By Father Tom Ryan, CSP, for Catholic News Service   BUSAN, South Korea – Often, people look at church congregations and meetings and wonder, “Where...

Stefani Manowski | 11/11/13

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...

Stefani Manowski | 11/04/13

It’s 1931 in Bakersfield, Calif. America is in the midst of the Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially after Mrs....

10/28/13

The following are unpublished thoughts of Servant of God Isaac Hecker on the spiritual life. Written in July 1860, just before the election of Abraham...

Stefani Manowski | 10/20/13

John and Tery Gay led a successful Living the Eucharist program at their parish, Corpus Christi Church in Round Lake, N.Y. More than 1,200 registered...