“Veronica’s Veil” offers a loosely systematized program for healing and renewal.
Book among tiny handful of print resources for Catholic sex abuse victims
Encountering Jesus in reconciliation
Sin always breaks our personal communion with God. Healing this rupture requires reconciliation with both God and Christ’s body, the Church.
Pilgrims find healing, renewal in the waters of Alberta’s Lac Ste. Anne
As retired Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, and Father Les Kwiatkowski plunged into the water and blessed person after person, it was clear that belief in the healing power remains as strong as ever.
Laity not playing ‘gotcha’ with bishops on abuse, review board chair says
Francesco Cesareo, chair of the National Review Board, told Catholic News Service June 3 that laypeople want transparency and openness from the bishops and the sooner the prelates put aside their guardedness about welcoming laity as partners, the sooner the U.S. church will heal.
County attorney joins parishioners for listening session on abuse crisis
Janine Geske, a restorative justice expert who is a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and retired law professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee, helped introduce the restorative justice concept to the archdiocese last year, and she was among leaders of the Feb. 21 session.
Unlikely companions on the Camino move from brokenness to brotherhood
Mark Peredo knew he had to do something drastic. His 27-day, 600-mile walking pilgrimage across the Camino in France and Spain in late 2016, left him with a lingering combination of anger and brokenness.
Luke’s Gospel offers best medicine for spiritual healing
As in the parable of the Good Samaritan, we, too, are called to give healing and comfort to others as Jesus has entrusted the ministry of healing to us, his church.
Taking our wounds to the Eucharist
Every time you go to a Eucharist, stand by an altar and receive Communion, bring your helplessness and paralysis to God.