Be a Lifeline for Mission Seminarians!Maureen Crowley Heil
All around our country, seminarians are arriving at their summer formation assignments and, with any luck, enjoying some well-earned time with family and friends. Compare that with men who are studying ...
Mainstay of Seminarians in the Missions: The Society of St. Peter Apostle Maureen Crowley Heil
Our latest visitor to the Pontifical Mission Societies of Boston took me on a walk down memory lane. Archbishop Lambert Bainomugisha from the Archdiocese of Mbarara, Uganda was in town to be the main ...
Forming WitnessesMaureen Crowley Heil
Twenty-five years ago, I was offered a job by my pastor, one that I could do in less than ten hours a week. Here's why he said I was right for the position: I was good with kids, I like to talk, and ...
Leave a Legacy of Love Maureen Crowley Heil
And then, there were three. First, my prayer sister, Kathy, whose claim to fame was showing up to an audience with then-Pope John Paul II in the loudest madras plaid known to God or man, joined that ...
A Rule NOT to be BrokenMaureen Crowley Heil
Why is it that, though we all know the folk tale that death comes in threes, the second one that quickly follows the first still seems to catch us off guard? So, it was on a regular Wednesday when Father ...
Praying With the Best Maureen Crowley Heil
Call it an old wives' tale or a superstition but somehow, it seems to bear itself out -- death comes in threes. In the last two weeks, I've experienced it myself; after the first one, the thought ...
The Most Wonderful TimeMaureen Crowley Heil
Everyone sing along! It's the most wonderful time ... of the year! Can you hear the bells ring as you hum the tune? I know that the song has already been co-opted from Christmas to the "Back-to-School" ...
A Most Unusual Mission Mosaic Maureen Crowley Heil
With tombstones for beds and grave markers for pillows, thousands of families in Manila will go to sleep tonight in the cemetery they call home. In the bustling capital city of the Philippines, the most ...
