We all know there’s a vocation shortage — and that extends, of course, into the military, where they just don’t have enough chaplains. So it’s even more unusual, and inspiring, to hear of a chaplain winning the Purple Heart: U.S. Army Chaplain Father Eric Albertson, deputy installation chaplain and Catholic pastor at Fort Belvoir, was…

God knows, the sex scandals of the last five years have been costly, not only in dollars, but in believers. I know a few people who have had their faith shaken, or even shattered, by the feelings of betrayal that have rippled out from all the deception, cover-ups, denial and hurt. But along comes Amy…

Trolling the web, I stumbled on this great little prayer, via Amy Cunningham over at Beliefnet: “Warm all the kitchen with Thy love, and light it with Thy peace.Forgive me all my worrying and make my grumbling cease.Thou who didst love to give men food, in room or by the seaAccept this service that I…

It’s been coming for a while, and it finally happened: one of America’s largest archdioceses has closed its high school prep seminary: For more than a century, Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary has prepared teenage boys for the priesthood, largely unchanged as the city transformed around it from gritty industrial center to modern metropolis. But another…

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