Welcome to Holy Thursday. This evening marks the start of the Easter Triduum, the summit of the Roman Catholic Liturgical Year. In our first Journey of the Heart video of the day, Sr. Ellen Marie Hagar, DC, a teacher at Holy Innocents School in Philadelphia, is joined...
The Easter Triduum is important. It is the center of every Christian’s faith and life. Charity, which is “inventive to infinity,” also needs its time to find its center. The website famvin.org will not publish any new content until Easter Monday …...
Some years ago, I read a piece that discussed how much the modern world depends upon the work of strangers for its survival and wellbeing. Our food, our clothes, and so many of our resources are provided through the efforts and goodness of people that we never know. ...
We encourage you to watch as Adaeze of The DePaul Catholic School in Philadelphia; Joan Marie, a frequent visitor of the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal; and Deacon James Mahoney, associate director of the Basilica Shrine, share their personal...
Who is listening? The world wonders who Putin is listening to. People in Ukraine wonder whether the world is listening to their cries. Red states wonder if blue states are listening… and vice-versa. Catholics of certain age wonder if younger people have faith. Poor...