Who likes to fast?  When I was growing up, fasting and abstinence were part of our family routine as Catholics. We fasted for several hours before going to Mass all the time, and of course, [...]

Next Wednesday begins Lent. I love Ash Wednesday!  People come to Mass in large numbers and receive a public sign of their faith - the sign of the cross traced on the forehead with ashes. [...]

Today, Catholic Charities of Louisville organized a luncheon to promote Catholic Relief Services' Rice Bowl Program. At this gathering, approximately 150 students in grades 6-12 from 28 Catholic schools will hear about this wonderful program [...]

September of 1955 seems so long ago. During this year, as I entered fourth grade, I went to St. Canicus School in the small coal town of Mahanoy City and met the Grey Nuns of [...]

Seven cargo ships ran aground in the Anibong region of Tacloban City during Typhoon Haiyan, or Yolanda, as it’s called in the Philippines. Three months later, children run and play around the mud-encrusted rudders of [...]

I have celebrated the Holy Eucharist when it was pouring outside the Church, but yesterday in Santo Niño Church, located in Tacloban, the rain poured into the aisles throughout the Mass.  Our team had just [...]