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Editor’s Note: Radiate Christ Boldly
Who radiates Christ to you in your life? Whose love for their faith shines so brightly that they can’t help but pull others into God’s love? For me, there will always be the legendary Sister Martinetter Rivers, OLS. Sister Martinette, or, as she called herself, “The Butterfly Queen,” walked into …
Augustine of Hippo: The reluctant Saint
St. Augustine did not live the sort of life that you would expect from a saint and doctor of the Church. And yet, his life witnesses to the incredible power of God to convert our hearts and transform sinners into incredible disciples.
my life was almost VERY different
My life is full of coincidences. Major ones. What do I make of that in light of faith?
USCCB on today’s suicide bomber in Kabul
Let’s take a moment to pray for those who have lost their lives at the #Kabul_Airport this morning, including several U.S. citizens. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.
What Catholic School Taught Me
My siblings have long joked that I am a teacher’s pet. To make their case, they need only to point out that my favorite day of every summer as a child was school supply shopping. While my three siblings groaned and grudgingly filled the cart with the required items, I …
Little Sisters of the Poor Honor the “Donut Ladies”
Volunteers Katy Riehle and her sister Nancy Bolander were presented with engraved desk clocks as Volunteers of the Year for their service to the Residents of St. Paul’s Home for the Aged in Clifton. Mother Superior Marie Edward Quinn, lsp and the Sisters who work and care for the Residents …
Asking for Help
“So what do you think you can do before our next session that would help your relationship?” I stared blankly at our therapist. My husband and I had just spent the last hour revealing pains and sores in our marriage. She had already asked Andrew this question and now turned …
August 23: Saint Rose of Lima
On August 23, the church celebrates the first saint of the New World, St. Rose of Lima. Isabel Flores de Oliva was born in Lima, Peru on April 30, 1586, daughter of Gaspar Flores and Maria de Oliva. She was baptized in the parish of San Sebastián in Lima by …
Calculating the Future
Calculating the Future CISE Partners with Hamilton County Educational Services to Design Math Curriculum and Give Schools a Boost by Eileen Connelly, OSU Ask Kal’el, a sixth grader at Corryville Catholic School, how he feels about math, and he cheerfully responds, “I like studying it and solving problems.” That wasn’t …
Making Catholic Memories: St. Bernard Honey Lavender Cupcakes
My grandfather was well known in his small town. He was a farmer, a veteran WWII officer and a bus driver. There wasn’t a student in the Marion Local School District who didn’t know Bernard “Ben” Droesch. He had a gruff exterior and was known for his choice of words …