In short, we won’t be content with our path in life, our vocation, until we ask God to guide us, for He is the source of all joy.

With the distribution of this issue to the faithful of the Diocese of Birmingham, the Church is in the midst of the Lenten season.

As we begin a new year, we once again direct our focus on one of the Church’s many gifts, Catholic schools.

The idea for this issue originated from an experience I had with my children last year.

In early June, I had the pleasure of attending the Catholic Media Conference in Baltimore.

May we all strive to guide our youth and young adults to view our Catholic faith as the true treasure that it is.

I remember daydreaming as a youngster about being a housewife and stay-at-home mother.

Visiting and being present to the sick, elderly, and homebound represents the presence of Christ.

As we start the new year, our focus is again directed on the importance of Catholic education.

It’s hard to believe we are closing in on the end of 2022.

As a child, I remember thinking that life was progressing at a snail’s pace.

Before every issue of the One Voice magazine, I meet with Bishop Raica and Donald Carson, the director of communications, to discuss the theme of the upcoming issue.

I have been fortunate to have priests and religious present throughout my life, in good times and bad.

Beauty, no doubt, like God, is all around us, and nature is a ubiquitous source of beauty easily attributed to God.