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For the last few years, my parish has offered a unique interpretation of the Stations of the Cross during Lent: “Mary’s Way of the Cross,” by Fr. Richard Furey, CSsR. It’s a dramatic, poignant, heart-wrenching retelling of the Passion, through the eyes of Christ’s mother.  We  do it with up to 20 altar servers, music…

I’ve never heard of someone making a public apology for something he said in a homily. Until now: The Gloucestershire Gay and Lesbian Community has accepted a Catholic deacon’s apology for preaching that “marriage is between Adam and Eve — not Adam and Steve.” Following the January homily in which he made his remarks, Deacon…

At first blush, I thought this brief essay was a classic example of someone who had a deadline to meet, and nothing to say, and an editor breathing down his neck. But I’m thinking, no:  he actually has a good point to make. While sitting in church the other day, I was contemplating the meaning…

Well, out of Hawaii comes this item, and it’s certainly something I haven’t seen in New York City: Attend any Big Island rodeo and you will see small leather crosses attached to the saddles of many of the riders. Each cross — a simple, durable profession of faith in God’s protection in a rough and…
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