It’s National Vocation Awareness Week, and we’re sharing vocation stories from our members. Brother Ben Basile, C.PP.S., who this year celebrated the 50th anniversary of his profession as a religious brother, has the following wisdom to offer young people who are...
The following is reprinted with the permission of The Catholic Telegraph, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. By Susie Bergman The Catholic Telegraph Father Eugene “Gene” Schnipke had only been ordained for a few short years, but it seemed everyone knew he...
It’s National Vocation Awareness Week, and we’re sharing vocation stories from our members. Did an eighth-grade project lead to the priesthood for Fr. Matt Keller, C.PP.S.? It didn’t hurt. Fr. Matt grew up “half-interested in the religious life and the priesthood,” he...
Were you ever part of a team at the parish, school, hospital or any ministry site or function that made a big new bold pastoral plan? You spend weeks, months making this plan. Then comes the grand roll-out for the plan. The plan makes a good run for a few months or...
As a child and teenager, I gradually drifted away from the sacrament of confession. I thought: One can alone get rid of ones sins and faults with the love of God. Why do I need to go to a priest? Why do I need confession? Why must I confess my sins to another person?...
