Mass

There was a time in Church history when people rationalized that their Mass obligation was satisfied if they attended the offertory, the consecration and holy Communion. Any such thinking was eliminated with the Second Vatican Council.

If we are to be a synodal church, we must do this; we must show that the church is listening, and has heard the reverberating cries of our victims, and of those who have left the pews out of disgust for our sins, and that it is genuinely and demonstrably repentant.

Five boys in the midst of becoming men.
They are the reason why the short line tucked within the Nicene Creed catches me with a lump in the throat.

With childlike faith and full hearts, Jesus wants us to be with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.

During the Eucharistic Revival, this familiar Mass text is worth a closer look.

Local religious communities will be hosting a variety of Lenten services, retreats and other events.

These children’s books are suitable for gift-giving at Christmas.

“We all desire for the next generation to develop a deep and abiding love for Scripture and the sacraments, in particular the Eucharist, but how do we develop and ‘unleash’ that love in an increasingly overstimulated, disengaged, and screen-obsessed culture?”