Today is the first day of Advent. Advent is a season of penance and anticipation in preparation for Christmas. Over the days of Advent, this blog will… Read more “First Sunday of Advent: The Jesse Tree”

Below is a link recommending internships and job opportunities for students by the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department at Fordham University. The link includes job opportunities… Read more “Fordham Caves on Abortion”

This has become one of my favorite Scriptures. I’ve put it up on my family’s refrigerator and on my locker at work: “May you attain full knowledge… Read more “A Life Worthy of the Lord”

Today, November 30, is the Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle. As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called… Read more “Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle”

Dorothy Day was born on November 8, 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of John Day, a sports journalist, and Grace Satterlie. Her family moved to… Read more “Sanctity in America: Servant of God Dorothy Day”

“In the same fire, gold gleams and straw smokes; under the same flail the stalk is crushed and the grain threshed; the lees are not mistaken for… Read more “Are We Gold or Straw?”

Today, November 26, is the Solemnity of Christ the King, when the Church celebrates the universal kingship of Jesus Christ. The Solemnity of Christ the King was… Read more “Solemnity of Christ the King”

One of the great blessings of living in the United States is that we enjoy rights that many others around the world do not. Not least among… Read more “Trouble for Free Speech”

Christ, our Savior and our King, renew in me allegiance to Your Kingship. Day 9 – I pray that You will reign in every area of my… Read more “Christ the King Novena, Day 9”

In 1995, the first House of Representatives in forty years controlled by the Republican Party passed the Congressional Accountability Act. The intention of the Act was good… Read more “Revealed: Congressional Shush Fund for Victims of Sexual Harassment”