There’s a lot we can learn from St. Joseph — humility, patience, obedience to God, the importance of silence, and devotion to family. This Sunday, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. In Year A, the…

One of my favorite cartoons from my childhood was the Super Friends — Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Aquaman, and others.  The Super Friends were “created from the cosmic legends of the universe … their mission to fight injustice, to right…

Thirty years ago this November, the Berlin Wall tumbled down and thousands of East Germans celebrated their new freedom.  Back home, a local grocery chain later sold fragments of the wall, and my dad purchased one of them for me as a…

One of my fondest memories of the last few years of my maternal grandmother’s life involves sacred art and our shared Catholic faith.  Three years before she died, the Cincinnati Museum Center in 2004 hosted a special traveling exhibit…

Summer offers us the extra time to appreciate God’s creation and presence — in nature, in the universe, and within our churches.  Recently, my family and I traveled to rural southeastern Ohio, far away from the bright city lights where we…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Catholic Digest won three awards from Catholic Press Association during its annual awards banquet on Friday. The magazine, which is published by Bayard, Inc., won honorable mentions in the magazine division in the…

Obeying the Third Commandment and its call to keep the Sabbath is an important part of our identity.  Yet we also know that, in our increasingly secularized world, the numbers of those who attend religious services regularly is declining.…

He’s the silent saint we associate with Christmas. The Gospels contain no words from him but instead offer us examples of his unfailing devotion as a man of God, a faithful husband, and a loving father.  In the wake of the recent Church…

Fr. Glenn O'Connor, who ministered to some of the biggest stars in motorsports, worked as a member of pit crews, and served several Indiana parishes during his life, has died. "It is with sad hearts that we need to let our St. Susanna…

The leader of the United States Catholic bishops’ board that provides advice on child protection said it will take the Church “at least one or two generations” to get through the clergy abuse crisis currently engulfing it.  Francesco…