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Consider how the environmental community speaks to the world: you must change your ways; sacrifice for the good of others; deny your desires. You must become more selfless, charitable, and …
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William Patenaude
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3/22/18
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Retired priests engaged as part time help at a number of parishes, active pastors administering two adjacent parishes, and one or two priestly ordinations a year are unavoidable indications that …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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3/15/18
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By Father Brian Morris
Q: Recently, a group of friends had a conversation involving Purgatory, and whether the Catholic Church still teaches that it is a reality. Some feel that Christ dying on …
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By Father Brian Morris
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3/15/18
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Robin Hood, the legendary hero of English folklore who took from the rich to give to the poor — whose very name conjures up thoughts of fairness, justice and love for the oppressed – stands in …
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Tony Magliano
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3/15/18
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Wash yourselves clean! Put away misdeeds from before my eyes. Cease doing evil, learn to do good. (Is 1: 16-17)
Every once-in-a-while you come across a scripture verse that seems to summarize the …
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3/8/18
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Winston Churchill, certainly one of the great figures of the Twentieth Century, has recently been portrayed in two motion pictures concerning an epic event during World War II. About 400,000 British …
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3/8/18
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“To call the world’s nuclear situation dire is to understate the danger and its immediacy,” warned Rachel Bronson, Ph.D., president of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Famous for …
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By Tony Magliano
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3/8/18
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By Father Stephen Battey
Q. Why is it that these days it seems there are very few churches that offer Stations of the Cross on Friday evenings? It was a very nice tradition that I, and I assume …
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By Father Stephen Battey
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3/8/18
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Just before Christmas Pope Francis “tweeted” a brief holy day reflection: “Without love, both life and faith are worthless.” And certainly it is true that a faith life lived without love can …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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3/1/18
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By Father Brian Morris
Q: I can’t square in my head that God would tell Moses to have lepers go around and yell about how they are unclean and had to live away from everyone else. Do you think …
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By Father Brian Morris
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3/1/18
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According to the dictionary, a triptych is “a set of three associated artistic, literary or musical works intended to be appreciated together.” And that’s my intention here — to highlight …
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2/22/18
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The Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence was brought into line with the liturgical directives of Vatican II by Bishop Russell J. McVinney in 1970-71. During the extensive renovation, as well …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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2/22/18
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By Father Jean Joseph Brice
On Ash Wednesday, if a stranger had visited our world for the first time, he would have noticed something saliently striking. Young, old, men, women, office and street …
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Father Jean Joseph Brice
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2/22/18
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A number of Woonsocket civil officials, educators, foster parents, clergy and interested neighbors met recently at the invitation of the Rhode Island Department of Children and their Families (DCYF) …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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2/15/18
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As countless fellow human beings suffer terribly in a myriad of ways, and much of our planet groans from gaping human induced wounds, our government, other governments, and many well-off people, seem …
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Tony Magliano
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2/15/18
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By Father Stephen Battey
Q. Why do parishioners bring up gifts of bread and wine during Mass?
We’ve all experienced it at one time or another; the priest stands at the foot of sanctuary and …
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By Father Stephen Battey
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2/15/18
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The impending collision of Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day on the calendar this year might seem like in insurmountable conflict to some, and understandably so, for after all, the themes of one …
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2/8/18
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Over 50 years ago, when I was a seminarian at St. Bernard’s Seminary in Rochester, New York, Christine Jorgensen, the first American to undergo a sex change operation, made a guest appearance at …
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2/8/18
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What a wonderful sight to behold: From Capitol Hill as far as I could see, there was a sea of people on the march for life!
But the recent 45th March for Life was bitter sweat.
It was inspiring …
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Tony Magliano
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2/8/18
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Although I am well into my retirement years, I am still known among the family as “Johnny Boy.” My grandfather was “John;” my uncle was “Jack;” so my parents settled on “Johnny Boy” …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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2/1/18
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