My regular visits have guided how I approach my home and family life, which, though not a monastery itself, can emulate the regular rhythm of prayer, work, and fraternity.

I -- like so many others -- saw the winter's first snowfalls. Since weather is a perennially popular topic for small talk, it did not take long to see that snowfall receiv ...

Although the current American GIRM clearly indicates standing as the normal posture for holy Communion in this country, it does not seek to impose this on those members of the faithful who personally ...

Deportation is often seen as a last resort in enforcing immigration laws. It is not considered a punishment but rather an exercise of a government's sovereign right to exclude from its nation whomever ...

The Liturgy last week revealed the mystery of God's plan -- that in Jesus all peoples, symbolized by the Magi, have been made ...

Spotlight on an Emmaus Ministry Adoption Site Since 2009, the Emmaus Ministry for Grieving Parents (EMFGP) has been mentoring parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston in serving the spiritual needs of p ...

Q: Some Evangelical friends were recently quizzing me on the Catholic understanding of baptism. They were especially asking ...

Nurses and doctors can encounter distressing images as death unfolds for their patients. Those approaching death may make odd bodily movements, give off stenches, or emit strange groans. Perhaps they ...

Hours after Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego was announced Jan. 6 as the new archbishop of Washington, the prelate ...

"All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ for he himself will say, I was a stranger and you welcomed me." -- Rule of Benedict, 53:1 A woman was walking on the grounds of ...

The Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center in Sierra Madre was badly damaged by the Eaton Fire, according to Passionist ...

St. Joseph's Abbey is a monastic community of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, commonly known as Trappists. We are a contemplative order, following the Rule of St. Benedict. The comm ...