Wednesday, March 17, 2021062Blessing. The word came up multiple times — from recipients and volunteers alike — during the March 12 food drop held by Catholic Charities Dallas in conjunction...
Thursday, January 21, 2021019A young priest ordained only six months ago was among the casualties of an explosion at a parish center in Madrid. The Archdiocese of Madrid confirmed Jan. 21 that...
Saturday, December 19, 20200154One of the things I love about Advent is the daily reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. These are readings of God’s promise, they cast a vision of peace and...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020077In Advent we meditate on the coming of Christ. Traditionally, we contemplate not only his coming at Christmas, but also his second coming at the end of time – his...
Thursday, December 10, 2020082The annual celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be celebrated at the Diocese of Dallas cathedral in a much different way this year due to COVID safety...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020017A century ago, seminarians from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood helped bury Philadelphia's dead in the global Spanish influenza pandemic. This year, the young...
Friday, November 13, 20200355As part of our spiritual exercises, priests are expected to do an annual retreat, which we usually do as a group. But this year I decided to go on a solo, private and...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020010After the Vatican released its extensive report on Theodore E. McCarrick, Pope Francis renewed the Catholic Church's pledge to uproot the scourge of sexual abuse.
Thursday, October 1, 20200105Among the treasures contained in our monastic hours of prayer, none is more precious to me than Compline, also known as Night Prayer. Its Latin name, Completorium,...