How St. Zélie Taught Me How to Be a Mother
It started, as life changes often do, with an ugly-cry-in-the-shower session. My son was three months old and we had just returned from spending Christmas with my family on the...
The Holiness and Example of Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin
One of the things I love about the Catholic Church is that she is both old and new at the same time. The tradition of the Church is 2,000 years...
St. Maria Goretti: Peace Through Mercy
Just over one hundred and fifteen years ago, little Maria Goretti was killed in Nettuno, Italy. The Short and Saintly Life of Maria Goretti Maria’s father died of malaria when...
America, God, and True Freedom
Freedom is not free. I saw these words on a wall at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. this past fall. I was there on a trip with...
The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Most every day, my dad would stop by the same parish on his way home from work to pray for his children, their vocation, and their future spouses. He would...
St. Josemaria Escriva: Embracing the Ordinary
I think we all have a friend who seemingly has been our friend forever, and we can’t even really pinpoint when that friendship began, or how. We just know that...
Life in the Liturgy
As I was sitting in our church before Mass this past spring, I though of those who had generously prepared our sancutary for another day. My eyes rested on the...
The Father's Love: Felt, Seen, and Believed
Every year on Father’s Day I get a little sentimental. I can’t help it. You see, I am a daddy’s girl, through and through. I know what it is to...
Lost and Found with St. Anthony
Saint Anthony, Saint Anthony, please come around. Something is lost and cannot be found! I grew up praying this small prayer whenever I misplaced my keys, a notebook, you name...
Finding Healing from Men in the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Two weeks before I got married, I went on a pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi, Italy with my mother, my dear friend, and the priest who was going to marry...
Corpus Christi: The Secret of the Day
The Eucharist is the secret of my day. It gives strength and meaning to all my activities of service to the church and to the whole world. -Pope St. John...
A Mother's Prayer for Summer
I’m sure I am not alone in thinking that the winter of 2017/2018 will go down in history as the longest winter ever. Well into April, freezing temperatures and snowfall...
