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I am sitting in the front seat of a car with Dad.  Perhaps I am four years old.  We are parked on a street near the garden apartment in...

What treasure do we seek in our lives, and where can it be found? As people of faith, we seek God, the ultimate treasure.  And our faith...

Co-led with Sister DorothyJean Beyer A most beautiful season of the liturgical year, Advent can easily become lost in the hurly-burly of modern life, holiday observances and all the multiple demands we face.  We can miss the spiritual gift of quietly waiting — anticipating — with Mary the birth of Jesus, the Word made Flesh, coming to dwell among us. This retreat will help you prepare for a fruitful Advent and a holy Christmas.  You will learn how to incorporate two tradition

During the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney, visiting his home state of Michigan for the first time in a long time, said how glad...

Writing class assignment for the prompt “$100”. Standing in the checkout lane at the supermarket, I glanced down on the floor and caught...

One day Dad gave all three of us kids a bed-making lesson.  Not about how to pull up the bedspread and neaten the bed after you’d gotten...

I never set forth a five- or ten-year plan for my career.  I don’t have a bucket list.  Don’t make to-do lists either.  It’s not that...

I am delighted that I am now part of a regular feature of the Catholic Artist Connection’s blog: interviews with artists, conducted via...

My watercolor “Petunias for Dad” was featured in the weekly newsletter published by Catholic Artist Connection (the August 5, 2024...