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March 21, 2025Faith

It may be disappointing, but contrary to the lyrics of the well-loved John Denver song, "Country Roads" won't ultimately take us home. It's not just because relatively few of us hail from the ...

Faith & Family

One Family in Mission: An Attitude of GratitudeMaureen Crowley Heil

Throughout the year, our Mission Family has the opportunity to give thanks for many blessings. We are grateful to serve the people of God both here in the Archdiocese of Boston and throughout the mission ...

Faith & Family

HumilityArchbishop Richard G. Henning

How would you define humility? I searched the definition online and found the following in Oxford Languages: "a modest or low view of one's own importance." The definition makes sense when you consider ...

Faith & Family

Passion timeFather Robert M. O'Grady

Our Lenten journey continues and its second phase, previously called Passiontide, brings us in a more focused way to the events of the Paschal Triduum. The prayers of the Fifth Sunday of Lent up to the ...

Faith & Family

Fruits of the figScott Hahn

In the Church, we are made children of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob -- the God who makes known His name and His ways to Moses in today's First Reading. Mindful of His covenant with Abraham ...

Culture & Events

The vibrant tapestry of the church in BostonWendy Mejia

With Archbishop Richard G. Henning as our new shepherd in the Archdiocese of Boston, we are in a very exciting time. This will be his first Boston Catholic Appeal campaign, and he has been enthusiastically ...

Faith & Family

Scripture Reflection for March 23, 2025, Third Sunday of LentFather Joshua J. Whitfield

Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15 Ps 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12 Lk 13:1-9 This certainly isn't Jesus at his most pastoral. By pastoral, of course, I mean things like kindness, gentleness, speaking ...

Faith & Family

Does the church grant annulments in cases of marital infidelity?Jenna Marie Cooper

Q: I know the church investigates divorces and grants a "Decree of Nullity" if there is sufficient evidence of some foundational issue with the marriage, such as deception, unwillingness to have children, ...

Faith & Family

Addressing unnecessary human suffering: Migration todayBishop Nicholas DiMarzio

In the more than 30 articles I have written in the last three years, I have spoken from the perspective of a person with a Ph.D. in social work, concentrating on the study of migration. My doctoral dissertation ...