As we consider Catholic education, we tend to focus on our elementary and secondary schools as well as colleges. One could also include CCD (or PREP), RCIA, adult education or enrichment, Pre-Jordan and Pre-Cana.

“Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature…” (Mark 16:15)

Once while commenting on Jesus’ teaching that “the truth will set you free,” Venerable Fulton Sheen said, “It is easy to find truth.” He quickly added, however, that “it is hard to face it, and harder still to follow it.”

In his letter to the Romans, St. Paul tells us, “The Gospel is the power of God for salvation” (1:16). This simple verse is rich in meaning. When Paul says “the Gospel,” he means the proclamation of what God the Father has done for us in the Person of His Son, Jesus of Nazareth, born of the Virgin Mary.

In 1996, I was a newly ordained priest at a parish in Philadelphia. There, I met a little girl named Sarah. She was 10 years old, with long dark hair and the biggest blue eyes I had ever seen. Most of her time was spent at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia because a virus had damaged her heart. She loved rainbows and had made drawings of them in crayon. They were taped to the walls of her hospital room. For six months, the entire parish prayed for Sarah’s recovery.

Unlike the rest of material creation, human beings are self-conscious, thinking beings invested with the capacity for free choice.

The Christian life depends upon multiple things that work together to draw us closer to God. Beginning with Baptism, we receive the gift of God’s grace to assist us on our journey through life.

Among Catholics, A phenomenon has taken place across the United States in recent months as COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted to varying degrees in different dioceses and geographical locations. What is this phenomenon? Low Mass attendance.

“Things have a price and can be for sale, but people have a dignity that is priceless and worth far more than things.” – Pope Francis

Church tradition tells us that parents are the primary educators of their children even in matters of religion. It pertains to the parents to do the day-to-day job of forming the minds of their children regarding those things which they are to believe regarding the Catholic faith. The goal of parenting is for the child to reach the age of majority with an adequate knowledge of his Catholic faith and the sufficient virtues to lead a Catholic life.