Never Underestimate the Amazing Things God Wants to Do Through You
By John Beaulieu, Director of Partnerships and Engagement Steubenville Conferences One of my heroes is a man named Gordy. When I was 18, Gordy invited to be a part of...
Called to Life (Easter Sunday)
Easter and the mystery of salvation is probably one of the hardest things to talk to long-time Christians about, because we aren’t shocked by it anymore. We’ve heard the story...
Darkness and Tension (Holy Saturday)
I’m not a patient person and I absolutely hate sitting in the “unknown.” Before I go to see a movie, I look up how it ends online. I read the...
He Chose You (Good Friday)
When my oldest daughter was four years old, our family made a pilgrimage to the quaint and almost hidden St. Anne’s Shrine in Massachusetts. While praying the Stations of the...
Never Forget (Holy Thursday)
By Mark Hart I don’t have the greatest memory. I’m constantly setting reminders on my phone and sending emails to myself so that I remember to do certain tasks, whether...
Lent with Pope Francis
1. Read Sacred Scripture Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our conscience. (Message for Lent, 2015)...
Into the Desert
“To change and to change for the better are two different things.” ~German proverb Our Lenten journey takes us to a desolate, solitary place. It is understandable why some Catholics...
Deacons in a Broken World: Serving with Love and Truth
By restoring the Vocation of Permanent Deacon within Holy Orders, the Church is making an effort to reach out to the laity. The Deacon brings the image of the “Kingly...
Witness as Gateway to Conversion
I will never forget the first time I entered a Catholic Church to attend my first Mass. It was a strange, otherworldly experience. Not because I felt I was entering...
Baptism: The Gift of the Kingdom
My new grandson will be baptized next week and he will be “born again to a living hope… to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven...
