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Anyone worrying about the bleak vocations picture in the Catholic church might want to reconsider. It’s not as grim as you may think. Or so says a Catholic sociologist — and one reason for his optimism is (brace yourself) the growing number of deacons: James Davidson, a Catholic sociologist of religion from Purdue University in…

Back during Benedict’s visit to the United States, I wondered about the deacons serving beside the pope. Did anyone know who they were? Now, I have at least one answer, from the Catholic Standard — and his story is really quite wonderful: In the spring of 1999, Joseph Curtis Jr. reflected to a reporter about…

There’s a shiny new blog on the block, A New Song, from a colleague of mine, Douglas Souza, who toils from time to time (as I do) for Liturgical Publications. Doug’s latest post is worth reading for a variety of reasons — not least being that it is the eloquent testament of a man who…

A business journal in Albany, New York has just profiled a “woman who means business,” and it turns out to be a nun in charge of Catholic Charities: Sister Maureen Joyce never moved far from her roots, but her benevolence gets around. Since becoming a Catholic nun 47 years ago, the Albany native has advocated…
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