10 Steps to a Happier and Holier Thanksgiving
How many times have we all thought: “THIS year I won't get swept away by the chaos of Thanksgiving and I'll bring my faith more intentionally into the celebration”? How often does Thanksgivi...
Celebrating All Saints & All Souls in Poland: An Unforgettable Experience
When my husband and I planned our European late-October/early-November honeymoon, and arranged to be in Poland during the feast of All Saints Day and the memorial of All Souls, I had no idea what a...
Trinity Missions: A Mission For Our Times
Trinity Missions is truly a "mission for our times." Founded in 1921 as "the Congregation of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity" by Fr. Thomas Augustine Judge, a Vincentian priest, ...
5 Tips For Building Community During Quarantine
Community.It is a word that stings right now.As an extreme extrovert, this time of social distancing has been painful. Zoom just doesn’t cut it for me. Book club over Zoom, faith formation over Zoo...
St. Joseph’s 4 Lessons For Husbands and Fathers
The role of the husband and father is, by God’s design, unique and irreplaceable. But in our troubled times, we are experiencing a crisis of manhood and fatherhood. God continues raising up men to ...
The Wonderful Realness of Motherhood
"Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit. “Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are real you don’t mind being hurt.” —The Velveteen Rabbit I think one of the harde...
How To Make An At-Home Prayer Corner
I have friends whose purses are as well-stocked as a pharmacy. If anyone needs an aspirin, some chapstick, or a band-aid, they are always prepared. I'm not that person. Even at home, it took me a...
5 Steps To A Beautiful Holy Saturday
Christ is in the tomb. This year we feel it and we know it in a particular way. We miss Jesus. We want to go back to Mass. We want to meet Jesus again in His sacraments. The Two Marys Watch the To...
Good Friday At Home: 5 Tips For Families & Individuals
This is the third article in a new series on "How to Celebrate Holy Week at Home."On Good Friday we contemplate—and enter deeply into—the suffering and crucifixion of Our Lord. Like the Apostles, w...
6 Ideas for Celebrating Holy Thursday at Home
This is the second article in a new series on "How to Celebrate Holy Week at Home." He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer...” —Luke 22:1...