This was unexpected! Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, recently sent a letter endorsing the book Primal Loss, edited and self-published by Leila Miller, which reveals the often traumatic experiences of children whose parents divorced. Miller is a well-known Catholic...
In my capacity as regional bishop of the Santa Barbara pastoral region, which covers two entire counties north of Los Angeles, I am obliged to spend a good deal of time in the car. To make the long trips a bit easier, I have gotten back into the habit of...
I treat May in a similar fashion as I do Lent. Not as a time of penance, but as a time to take on something more in terms of my prayer life. Since May is the month of Mary, I try to deepen my Marian devotion in some way. Do...
May is celebrated as the month dedicated to Mary. Many parishes will ask their children to participate in a May Crowning, in which one student will be selected to place a crown of flowers atop the Blessed Virgin’s head, crowning her the Queen of the May. Besides knowing that...
This looks really cool! Blogger Amy Brooks is working on a beautiful new journaling book for Catholics girls, and it’s now available for pre-order. Called Be Yourself! A Journal for Catholic Girls, it will have “more than 80 pages of fun activities, quizzes, personal ‘letters’ from women saints, and...
Most Catholics know that Lent is a time of fasting, prayer, and alms giving. But for many it is also a time to abstain from some of our more frivolous pastimes. The idea behind giving up things like television and social media is to make a meaningful sacrifice for God...
