Monthly Archives: September 2013

I’m in Canmore, Alberta, this week for meetings. Sometimes working for the Movement has its benefits. In some ways, Canmore (an hour outside Calgary) is similar to where I live in the Chicago suburbs. Both have scenic vistas. My neighborhood … Continue reading →

A friendly, quick-witted, blonde curly-top named Nicole Torregrossa has been one of my best friends since we were five years old. We met at CCD and our relationship has always been within the context of our faith. In middle school … Continue reading →

“Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.” – Saint Leo the Great Fidelity to marriage vows is the crown jewel of a person’s life and the greatest … Continue reading →

Deb Bauer continues her reflections on her experience at the Intellectual Task of the New Evangelization conference in Washington, DC. The event is sponsored jointly by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Doctrine and the Committee on … Continue reading →

“There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.” – Bishop Fulton J. Sheen Fair’s corollary: There are few … Continue reading →

Br. Lucio Boccacci offers ideas to engage young people in his blog. Below is an edited version of one of his recent installments. I’ve heard of many team competitions: building the tallest marshmallow tower, making a contraption that will safely … Continue reading →

Deb Bauer, Regnum Christi consecrated woman and President of Mater Ecclesiae College in Greenville, Rhode Island, writes about her experience at a conference in Washington, DC, the “Intellectual Task of the New Evangelization.” This conference is being jointly sponsored by … Continue reading →

A prayer reflection A person’s gaze is like a map of his soul, a window to what is in his heart. There are many types of gazes: Tender gazes which warmly welcome you, harsh ones that repulse or reject you. … Continue reading →

What is music? Rising, falling. Thunder in the depths, a piercing note from the heights. Silence, sound. A cry of sorrow, a shout of joy. Resounding base melodies and trembling harmonies, all swirling together in a wild drama which both … Continue reading →

This past summer the studies stage members of the formation center were sent to different teams of consecrated women around the United States to help with their summer activities. I went to Chicago and helped with the ECYD missionary program. … Continue reading →