There are two things that can make my sports viewing experience turn negative in a heartbeat. The first is wokeness (more on that in a future column), and the second … Continued
A new year has come, and I find myself drawn to such rudimentary activities as making bread and reading Scripture, seeking a grounding in the fundamentals of life. I’m a … Continued
American Underdog dramatizes the real-life story of American football quarterback Kurt Warner, from inauspicious beginnings as an obscure college player and underemployed grocery store attendant to Super Bowl champion and league … Continued
Twenty-seven columns later it’s time for another retrospective look at the year we just left behind. When I wrote last year’s look-back it primarily focused on a single column I’d … Continued
Excerpt from Archbishop Miller’s homily at the annual pro-life Mass on the Feast of the Holy Innocents. From her earliest days, following the example of her Founder, the Church has … Continued
Baptism of the Lord, Year C Readings: First: Is 40:1-5,9-11 Second: Ti 2:11-14, 3:4-7 Gospel: Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is important. In 1955, … Continued
St. Francis de Sales highly valued purity of heart. His disciple Bishop Jean Pierre Camus wrote, “I can never express to you, or convey a right idea, of the high … Continued
As the great feast of our Saviour’s birth draws near, all of us are acutely aware that this will once again be a “pandemic Christmas.” We will celebrate this most … Continued
Following are Father Hawkswell’s homilies for Christmas, the Feast of the Holy Family, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and Epiphany. Christmas, Year CFirst Reading: midnight Is 9:2-4, 6-7; … Continued
St. Francis de Sales loved poverty. In the house where he lived, the apartments assigned to him as bishop were very elegantly furnished. However, he chose to take up his … Continued