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What is VSED and why should it matter to us?
More than 20 years ago, Dr. David Eddy, writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association , described how his mother, though not...
Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk
May 21, 20153 min read
Being together when you’re apart
This is a common scenario we see in our marriage coaching: the husband travels each week for his job while the wife is responsible for...

Matt and Mindy Dalton
May 21, 20153 min read
Reorienting religious education
This column is adapted from a May 19 address that Archbishop Aquila delivered to catechists at the Leadership Appreciation Breakfast....

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
May 20, 20153 min read
Forming saints in our midst
When we celebrate Pentecost this year, something will happen that people have been talking about since I was appointed Archbishop of...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
May 13, 20153 min read
Celebrating priestly gifts
“Without priests the Church would not be able to live that fundamental obedience which is at the very heart of her existence and her...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
May 6, 20153 min read
Mothers and the heart of God
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, I would like to give thanks for mothers—to pay tribute to the many ways they teach us about God...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Apr 29, 20153 min read
Risks for the kingdom
Anything worth doing requires risk. When Fathers Joseph Machebeuf and John Raverdy set out in 1860 for Colorado from Santa Fe, New Mexico...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Apr 22, 20153 min read
Four little words to make your marriage last
Seven years ago, I was having the worst thoughts about the one I was supposed to love the most, Matt. We were headed for a weekend away...

Matt and Mindy Dalton
Apr 21, 20152 min read
‘Wolf Hall’ and upmarket anti-Catholicism
“Wolf Hall,” the BBC adaptation of Hillary Mantel’s novel about early Tudor England, began airing on PBS ’s “Masterpiece Theater” Easter...

George Weigel
Apr 20, 20153 min read
The Resurrection in a violent world
When Christ rose from the dead and appeared to the disciples in his glorified body, he still had his wounds. In John’s Gospel we hear...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Apr 14, 20153 min read
Easter: a time for boldness
In the first reading for Monday, April 13, we hear that just after Peter and John were freed from jail, they prayed for deliverance from...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Apr 8, 20153 min read
Boundless mercy and two great saints
The first public trip St. John Paul II made outside of Rome after being shot in May 1981 was to the Shrine of Merciful Love in...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Mar 29, 20153 min read
Holy Week: Christian life in miniature
“Forever and ever and ever,” St. Teresa of Avila and her brother used to repeat to each other when they were little. For them, the saying...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Mar 23, 20154 min read
A mission of love
The World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia this September should be more than a vast Catholic “gathering of the clans” around Pope...

George Weigel
Mar 16, 20153 min read
The parish checkup and being faithful servants
Once a year we are supposed to see the doctor for a physical. He does some tests, draws some blood, and offers some advice on staying or...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Mar 16, 20153 min read
Not always as it appears
Marriages are usually not ruined overnight. One or the other usually does not wake up one morning and say, “I am miserable in this...

Matt and Mindy Dalton
Mar 10, 20153 min read
Looking for modern St. Josephs
The Church will celebrate the solemnity of St. Joseph , the second greatest saint after Mary, on March 19 and that has me thinking about...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Mar 9, 20153 min read
Confess and be free
“Conversation with God from the depths of the heart”—this is how the newest doctor of the Church, St. Gregory of Narek, began every one...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Mar 3, 20153 min read
Coptic martyrs give us strength
During Lent we pray, fast and give alms to help us focus on the mercy and love of the Father and to weaken our attachment to sin so that...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Feb 24, 20152 min read
Giving up cold hearts for Lent
If we allow Christ into our hearts through prayer, fasting and almsgiving, Lent can be a time of conversion and renewal that breaks us of...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Feb 17, 20153 min read
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