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By Mary Ellen DeSantis Holy Saturday sits nestled between the starkness and tears of Good Friday and the lilies and alleluias of Easter. To focus on the gift of prayer on Holy Saturday in this [...]

By Karen Sheehy As women, we can identify with Veronica, a woman who longed to comfort, and Mary, a mother who stood by her Son during His passing. The gift of sensitivity helps us notice [...]

By Allison Gingras My first thought after my family’s invitation to have our feet washed during the Holy Thursday Liturgy — pedicure! Although I’d be a Catholic my entire life, [...]

How Does the Virtual Book Club Work? For the Option C Lenten Book Club, the online daily discussions posts will run from Wednesday to Tuesday (kicking off on Ash Wednesday and concluding on the [...]

By Allison Gingras Jesus meets us where we are. Before Sunday’s 11-hour airport experience, I’d only considered this statement with regards to my spiritual life. My weekend encounters [...]

By Kate Anderson   “You look at churches like I look at pie.” I squinted at my observant fella, keenly aware of the truth in his words. Call it hysterical, cringe worthy, or cute, but it was [...]

By Carol Younger   Have you ever intervened? As a school counselor and administrator, that was my job: to intervene with students, teachers, parents, even police, in any kind of conflict or [...]

By Angie Koenig     I’ve always struggled with my freedom.  Not my freedom as an American citizen, I am very grateful to live in this beautiful land whose independence we celebrate [...]

By Allison Gingras The Epiphany celebrates the Wise Men’s historic visit to adore Jesus.  Not long ago, I had an epiphany of my own.   We, like those Kings of old, are called to seek Jesus.  The [...]

  When Women Pray: Eleven Catholic Women on the Power of Prayer My mind can be so cluttered with competing thoughts.  The moments right before, during, and just after receiving Communion [...]