“For it was you who formed my inmost parts. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you that I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” Psalm 139:14a Wonderfully Made Psalm 139 reminds us that we are so precious to God that nothing can remove us from his supporting and comforting presence. Knit together […]

VATICAN CITY A Vatican magazine has denounced how nuns are often treated like indentured servants by cardinals and bishops, for whom they cook and clean for next to no pay. The March edition of “Women Church World,” the monthly women’s magazine of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, hit newsstands Thursday. Its expose on the underpaid […]

A picture came across my Facebook newsfeed this week, a stick-skinny boy, ankles poking out of his black trousers, flat belly peeking between the gaps of his partially buttoned shirt, grimly smiling as he holds out what looks like a tub of margarine. It was posted by Welcome Home Africa, the Ugandan orphanage from which […]

BEIJING Chinese authorities have ruled out arson as the cause of a fire that damaged a 1,300-year-old monastery that is considered the spiritual heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Saturday’s fire at the Jokhang in the center of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, burned an area of about 538 square feet, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The […]

“For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.” Psalm 62:1 Care of the Soul Lent is a good time to be looking after the well-being of our souls, that place within us which is the center of our spiritual lives. The soul is a place of great depth and value, […]

Why do we need love? If I were to say that love is the source of true economy, what would people think? Yet this is what Baha’is believe to be true. It may sound simple, but we feel many would agree that if people would truly love each other, there would be no extreme wealth […]

This week as students and faculty were laid to rest in Parkland, Florida, I sat at my computer and studied their faces, praying for their families. I read about their too-short lives, gunned down on Valentine’s Day by a violent and mentally disturbed young man who should have never been allowed access to a gun. […]

BRUNSWICK A community raffle in Brunswick raised $30,000 for the new All Saints Parish multi-purpose facility. Not only that, but a St. John’s Catholic School student earned free tuition for next school year by selling the most tickets, and one lucky winner received a $5,000 trip voucher. And, Kathleen Gleeson of Connecticut was the grand […]

“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil.” Luke 4:1-2 Lightening Up The season of Lent invites us to take stock of our lives. How are we progressing in our spiritual journey? Do we […]