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March 24, 2023Faith

As we draw near to the end of Lent, today's Gospel clearly has Jesus' passion and death in view. That's why John gives us the detail about Lazarus' sister, Mary -- that she is the one ...

Faith & Family

Three days: they make all the differenceFather Robert M. O’Grady

They are the three most important days on our Catholic calendar, but they are not holy days of obligation. They are, though, holy days. Commonly referred to as the Triduum, it is better if the words Sacred ...

Faith & Family

Sharing Our Hope-Filled FaithMaureen Crowley Heil

His first function as an ordained priest in South Sudan was to assist at the funeral Mass of 14 teenagers killed in the civil war. Like the 2 million orphans in his country, violence has been Father Onesimo ...

Culture & Events

Safety concerns over crowded churches in the 19th centuryViolet Hurst

Some of the most beloved photographs held by the archives are those that show enormous crowds packed into Boston's Catholic churches in the mid-to-late 19th century. These are the photographs that ...

Culture & Events

Endless filth needs transparency, truth, tiers and tearsElizabeth Scalia

It was terrible to learn that Jean Vanier -- whom so many Catholics had looked up to as the saintly, heroic founder of L'Arche -- had been manipulating and abusing women who came to him seeking spiritual ...

Culture & Events

Sunset Point Camp offers new day camp option this summerShannon Lyons

Located in the seaside community of Hull, Catholic Charities Sunset Point Camp has provided a carefree week of adventures to thousands of children for over 100 years. The magic of Sunset Point camp will ...

Culture & Events

Confession: a great opportunity to get right with GodRussell Shaw

When Dr. Bernard Nathanson died of cancer in February 2011, the obituary writers dutifully recorded that he'd become a Catholic back in 1996. Some even recalled the reason he gave for taking that ...

Culture & Events

Join us on April 27 to honor Peter LynchMichael Reardon

If you ask anyone who grew up a Celtics fan in the 1980s what comes to mind when they hear the number 33, I highly suspect the answer will be Larry Bird. The greatest player of a generation and one of ...

Culture & Events

At last, good news for American familiesRussell Shaw

There's a glimmer of hope for the embattled natural family emanating suddenly from a source that lately has been anything but family-friendly -- I mean the federal government. But before getting into ...