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From Illinois comes this surprising story of a mother who is struggling to live the gospel by reaching society’s outcasts — in this case, young men and women who are gay: Jackie Frett of Notre Dame Parish has taken a shocking moment in her motherhood and now she is using it to reach out to…

What’s it like to be a missionary in the modern age? A couple hundred people called to that vocation are gathering to discuss that question this week in Pittsburgh. And, as the local paper describes it, the job is the same, whether it’s in Albania or Albany: Today’s Catholic missionaries work not only in jungles…

It’s unusual that brothers find themselves in the seminary studying for the priesthood at the same time — but that’s happened to two men in New Orleans. The Clarion Herald profiled them recently: At a time when the U.S. church is fervently praying and diligently searching for vocations to the priesthood,Notre Dame Seminary has a…

When I was visiting the monastery in Georgia, I heard about evangelicals making retreats there. I thought that was unusual — but this article seems to indicate it’s part of a growing trend: About eight years ago, I found myself in a convent in Bogotá, Colombia. I had not planned to get me to a…
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