On Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics, a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this… Continue reading Returning Catholics FAQs: What to Call a Priest
Category: Spirituality
On the Nightstand: February 2015–And an Invitation
Don’t you love it when God keeps gently tapping at you to do something? That’s the way I’ve been feeling about the writings of Joyce Rupp, OSM. I’ve been reading her work in Living Faith for several years and enjoy her perspective very much. An author and speaker, she’s a Servite sister and describes herself… Continue reading On the Nightstand: February 2015–And an Invitation
Being Christ in Our Lives: Sister Christine Wiltrakis
Sister Christine Wiltrakis, a Missionary Servant of the Most Blessed Trinity (MSBT), had the privilege of journeying to Latvia soon after the Eastern European country’s liberation from Russia to share the Catholic faith with their teachers. She learned that it was primarily the “babushkas” or grandmothers who kept the faith alive underground during their care-giving of the… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Sister Christine Wiltrakis
Wednesday’s Woman: St. Bathild
The Basics: Birthdate and place unknown; died 680 in France; canonized in the ninth century by Nicholas I; feast day, January 30. Queen, slave, philanthropist. The Story: Bathild (also known as Balthilde and other spellings) came to the attention of King Clovis II when she was a slave in a friend’s palace. Bathild’s intelligence and other virtues… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Bathild