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By Debby Giusti “Taking the five loaves and two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. And all ate and were filled. What [...]

By Sarah Damm My alarm went off early for a Saturday morning, but it wasn’t just any Saturday. It was my twins’ First Holy Communion. I wanted to get a jumpstart on the day, so that I could have [...]

By Deborah Kendrick Forty years after my conversion to Christianity, I came into the Catholic Church. So many treasures awaited me. To my surprise, I began to look at Jesus through the eyes of [...]

By Alyssa Bormes When I’m not writing for WINE, speaking at events, or hosting a Catholic radio show, I have a real job. I teach theology to teenagers. The other day, Kelly Wahlquist, founder of [...]

By Crystal Crocker My husband paid the driver, as our small group emerged into the morning sun and walked briskly down the cobblestones toward the obelisk. We were to meet our guide there at 8 [...]

By Marge Fenelon I shop at thrift stores. I know that’s not a novel idea—you probably shop at them as well if you’re cost-conscious and practical.  Most of us can’t stand to [...]

By Anne Carraux “It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness [...]

By Jennifer Beutz During a prayer walk I frequently make, I was contemplating the fact that this article will appear on May 4th. If any of you have a Star Wars fan in your life, you know that to [...]

By Susanna Bolle Though it is the month of May, a month dedicated to Mary, Mother of God, she is leading me to her spouse, Joseph. How appropriate, as May 1 is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, [...]