Lessons From the Path to Holiness: Take Up Your Cross Saint of the Month September 2012 Blessed Teresa, or Mother Teresa, (Aug. 26, 1910 – Sept. 5, 1997) w... Read More
Why Don’t We Have to Follow All the Laws of the Old Testament? Theology 101 September 2012 Why don’t we follow all the laws of the Old Testament regarding cir... Read More
Revisiting the Spiritual Warfare Bishop Barron July August 2012 In the sixth chapter of St. Mark’s Gospel, we find the account of J... Read More
The Great Both/And of Catholic Social Teaching Bishop Barron July August 2012 For many on the left, Paul Ryan is a menace, the very embodiment of... Read More
As We Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Diocese of Lansing... Spiritual Fitness July August 2012 As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Diocese of Lansing, and... Read More
What does the Church teach about family planning? In the Know With Father Joe July August 2012 In an earlier issue, we looked at why the Church teaches us to reje... Read More
Perpetua and Felicity Saint of the Month July August 2012 The heartbreaking account of the martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity... Read More
What Did Jesus Tell Us About God the Father? Theology 101 June 2012 What did Jesus teach us about the Father that represented a radical... Read More
St. Justin Saint of the Month June 2012 Justin Martyr, was born at the end of the 1st Century, in a Roman s... Read More
How Do We Have Hope? Spiritual Fitness June 2012 Last month I wrote about the gift of faith: faith to believe that C... Read More
Let the Holy Spirit Radically Change Your Life Spiritual Fitness May 2012 On the last Sunday of this month, May 27, we celebrate the great fe... Read More
How Are We to Make Sense of God’s Justice in the Old Testament? Theology 101 May 2012 In the Old Testament, the people seem to experience God’s justice m... Read More
Dear Fr. Joe: What do you have to do to be excommunicated? In the Know With Father Joe May 2012 A. Well, I’m hoping you are asking this because you want to know an... Read More
St. Philip Neri Saint of the Month May 2012 St. Philip Neri was born in Florence, Italy in 1515. He gave up wor... Read More
Dear Fr. Joe: Why is the Church refusing to pay for birth control? In the Know With Father Joe April 2012 A. This is a great and timely question. Right now, one of the core ... Read More
St. Julie Saint of the Month April 2012 St. Julie Billart was born in 1751 in France, the sixth of seven ch... Read More
Mercy Abides in All Times of Strife Spiritual Fitness April 2012 I want to come back to a favorite passage of mine in Scripture as w... Read More
Can We Read the Old Testament as History? Science? Poetry? Law? Theology 101 March 2012 How should we read the Old Testament? Is it history, science, law, ... Read More
Dear Fr. Joe: What do I say when people ask, ‘Are Catholics really Christian?’ In the Know With Father Joe March 2012 A. This is a great question and, the answer is going to go a lot of... Read More
St. Joseph Saint of the Month March 2012 St Joseph was the husband of the Virgin Mary and foster father of J... Read More
How to Choose God's Way Spiritual Fitness March 2012 In last month’s issue, I wrote about the mercy of God. Mercy is par... Read More
Why We All Need Mercy Spiritual Fitness January February 2012 So often we associate it with kindness, generosity or going the extra mile. Read More
What Does the Church Mean When It Says That the Sacred Scriptures Are Inspired? Theology 101 January February 2012 In plain terms, the notion of the sacred Scriptures as inspired mea... Read More
How do I report liturgical abuse? In the Know With Father Joe January February 2012 A. Thank you for this question! In many ways, you’ve captured an i... Read More