Commentary

“Anyone with eyes can see that something is off,” said Harrison Butker, addressing the crowd gathered for commencement at his alma mater, Georgia Tech. “It would seem the more connected people are to one another, the more they feel alone,” the two-time Super Bowl champion said.

When we begin our marriages as Catholics, we always do so in a Catholic Church, under the guidance of a Catholic priest or deacon, who administer the sacrament of matrimony before the witnesses gathered there. We have also engaged in all the preparation required for a successful wedding day. But primarily, our focus must be on the union we are creating in the eyes of God.

If you've never heard of World Communications Day, you're not alone. Each Sunday before Pentecost (May 21 this year), the Church celebrates social communications media as God's gift to humanity, with great potential for evangelization. World Communications Day reminds the Church to embrace media technologies for the proclamation of the Gospel and the spread of goodness, and  to educate her sons and daughters to be critical thinkers when engaging media messages.

In 1961, the young, popular and Catholic President John F. Kennedy signed the Peace Corps into law. In 1962, the Catholic Youth Center in Minneapolis launched Peace Corps, junior grade, to capture the spirit of its namesake and empower high school students from across Minneapolis and the west metro to put their faith into practice for two weeks (or more) of their summer vacation under the supervision of young adults.

It all started with a used coat.

Why your voice matters even in the final stages

While praying in the adoration chapel one afternoon, a little girl (who was with her mom) came quietly over to me, with a big smile, and whispered as she pointed to the monstrance, “That’s baby Jesus…” and pointing to the Mary statue, she continued, “…and that’s his mommy.”

Reminding myself to live in the joy of Easter throughout the year may sound like a lofty sentiment and a daunting quest. Yet we are in Eastertide — giving me plenty of opportunity keep that attitude alive and create the fruitful habit of proclaiming the Gospel message of Easter joy at every opportunity God presents me.