Becoming, as author Matthew Kelly says, the “best version of our self” is to follow God’s plan.

“God wants me to be a saint!” This is the universal vocation.

The Catholic faith is rich with tradition which culminates in a Mass known as the Easter Vigil.

God wants to speak to us – all we need is to pause and listen.

The GDC indicates that adults “have a right and a duty to bring to maturity the seed of faith sown in them by God.”

Think you don’t have time to pray? Think again!

As a priest, I sometimes receive requests to visit a person who wants “last rites.”

It seems to me that it is one of my more serious faults. What do I do?

Its roots are in the Ten Commandments, which are an example of divine law.

Truly following Jesus has always included care of the sick and the suffering.

Holiness represents the culmination of little daily decisions, actions, virtues and surrenders.

Visiting the imprisoned might seem, at first glance, a work of mercy that’s out of reach for most families.

Do you know about the African Popes?

Over and over, I remind them that the name “saints” is more than their school mascot, it’s who they are!

Pope Francis asks that Catholics all across the world join in prayer for these monthly special petitions.

How can the average family take steps to harbor the homeless and provide a place for the vulnerable?

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was the first native-born North American to be canonized.

Advent is a season that invites us to prayerfully prepare and wait for Christmas Day.

The time spent planning, shopping, wrapping, and assembling is all worth it when they see the gifts.

St. Olympias was orphaned and widowed, and she still managed to serve God and the poor.

During Advent, we undertake a spiritual journey to meet the infant Christ.

Blessed Carlo Acutis is the patron saint of the first year of the National Eucharistic Revival and one of its intercessors.

I hope these ideas can be a gentle nudge to step out as the domestic Church and seek those in need.

Sainthood seems unattainable until you realize: all the saints were just like us, but with an unshakable faith they relentlessly pursued.

A warm welcome to all members of the “STEM” community who are members of this cathedral parish.