Weeping at Tombs, Working for Peace

Weeping at Tombs, Working for Peace
As someone who has been in ministry for The Pontifical Mission Societies (TPMS) for almost twenty-three years, I often joke with people that my boss is the Pope. I mean, why else would we be called Pontifical, right? We really do have a Vatican office.

A Family Recipe Connection

A Family Recipe Connection
For many years, my family belonged to a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. This means we bought a "share" of the crop a local farm produced before it was grown. In the spring, weekly pick-ups of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables began. They continued until the end of the...

Generations of Children Helping Children

Generations of Children Helping Children
Recently, I enjoyed a visit to Ste. Jeanne d'Arc School in Lowell to speak to the students about their membership in the Missionary Childhood Association (MCA). The students know me and the programs of MCA well; only a pandemic kept us apart! They use their Mite Boxes as they pray and...

A Foundress' Vision

A Foundress' Vision
The year was 1822. The Catholic faith of secularized France was at a crossroads. An 18-year-old woman, Pauline Marie Jaricot, made a decision that would enliven the faith of France and change the Catholic world. She asked silk factory workers to gather weekly in 10-person "prayer...

Thanking God for His Bounty

Thanking God for His Bounty
A few years ago, I spent the night at the simple, comfortable home of the late Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda, James Odongo. Close to 80 years old at the time, the archbishop reminded me of my own father who had recently passed away -- warm, welcoming, and quick to tell a good story.

A Stranger and You Welcomed Me (Mt 25:35)

A Stranger and You Welcomed Me (Mt 25:35)
As we watch the crisis in Ukraine in collective horror, a few stories caught my attention. One was about a 104-year-old Jewish woman refusing to leave her city, taking refuge in her synagogue saying, "I survived the Nazis. I'll survive the Russians."
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