“Never see a need without doing something about it,” Australia’s first saint, Mary of the Cross MacKillop liked to say. Mary would have loved Monica McBrady. Monica made her Cursillo Weekend in New Jersey, and when she and her husband moved to Northern Virginia, they were both struck by just how much the Cursillo teams… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Monica McBrady
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On the Nightstand: April 2015
I don’t read as much fiction as I once did, which makes me sad sometimes. But that sort of reading seems to get crowded out by the daily readings, devotions, and writings by or about the saints. Not this month! I met Bill Peak, the author of The Oblate’s Confession,at a writers’ conference in February,… Continue reading On the Nightstand: April 2015
Being Christ in Our Lives: Mary Ann Rozum
St. Frances Cabrini once said, “Give me a heart as big as the universe.” I don’t know if my friend Mary Ann Rozum here in northern Virginia ever prays that prayer, but she lives it every day. Mary Ann’s heart is almost as huge as her faith. Now retired, her federal career took her to… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Mary Ann Rozum
On the Nightstand: March 2015
A few weeks ago, Pope Francis named St. Gregory of Narek a Doctor (teacher) of the Church. Doctors are recognized not only for their sanctity but also for what we can learn from them, generally through their writings. You may not have heard of Gregory of Narek–I hadn’t but then, it’s women saints who generally… Continue reading On the Nightstand: March 2015