With graduations coming next month, many people and students, high school, college, and beyond, are no doubt working on updating their resumes…

Sister Mary Cyriline BVM seemed ancient to my fourth-grade self at Saint Eulalia School…

A couple of friends posted recently to Facebook, “We are an Easter people, and Alleluia is our song…”

As I have said many times before, I often need a nudge or smack in the head to help me realize what is right in front of me…

I guess you could call it one of my mom’s sayings, but it was also more than that. It was a unique command, one that I’ve never heard uttered by anyone else before or since…

This week has been a week where many of us needed extra strength to carry us through…

Growing up my brother and I had both sets of grandparents active in our lives…

Somewhere warm and near ocean waves has always been my preferred happy place…

I felt good. I had way more energy than I usually do at 7pm on a Friday evening. The projector and slides were up. I was ready to give a talk…

Over the past few years, I have noticed the major impact social media has made on my kids, my students, and even my own life, positively and negatively…

Loopholes. Not a common word in my vocabulary nor one I even think about very often…

About two Sundays ago, I did a reading for Catholic Schools Week…

A few weeks ago when I wrote my Faith Friday I included pictures of images with captions for inspiration…

It was important enough for Jesus to climb a hill and deliver a message to a huge crowd of people. The 8 Beatitudes offered in the Sermon on the Mount have survived and been passed on to us over the ages for a reason…

"We all limp along with something." - Father Eric

That thought has not left me since Sunday’s homily…

On December 30th, I was looking through my Instagram account, where I follow friends and family; I also follow some Catholic and Christian groups and individuals…

Attending Mass for the first time after the funerals of each of my parents was especially hard for me. I would find myself near tears during much of the liturgy…

I was walking from the kitchen into the living room, and that’s when I saw it: my 2-year old son was pretending to be in battle…

Around this time of year, you often hear people say to look at this through the eyes of a child. I would say to you - look at these next few days from the eyes of a mother…

My mom was a great storyteller. She would entertain us six children with stories about her childhood growing up in Madison, Wisconsin…