The great celebration of Pentecost is, of all our liturgical feasts, the solemnity most focused on the Holy Spirit. And yet, the profundity of what it is we believe and celebrate about the Holy Spirit ...

In a world filled with exhaustion, anxiety, and endless striving, joy can feel like something reserved for the lucky few — ...

As I mentioned in my last column, I'm focusing a series of columns on the Holy Spirit over the next few weeks. Next I want to invite us to consider how and where we are to find the divine presence of ...

In Colossians 2, Paul shares, with every believer, a profound fact: "... in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority” (vs. 10). When Paul speaks of the ...

In this Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 photo, Rev. Mark Stelzer, administrator of St. Jerome’s Parish, in Holyoke, Mass., opens doors to the Catholic church before offering Mass. (Credit: AP Photo/Steven ...

The older I become the more I value the gift of a person’s presence instead of a tangible gift that is unwrapped, and then so many times forgotten. As I visit my 93-year-old mother, I hear her say in ...

And this is why I try to live in accordance with the healthy trinity every single day, finding time for spiritual exercise, ...

St. Francis of Assisi parishioners gather in the Harrisburg church's basement Sunday morning for a post-Mass meal. There they also watched news broadcasts of Pope Francis on a donated television.

The earliest Christians believed that Christ, although no longer present in the flesh, remained among them. Many words described this presence, but one of the most common was Spirit. New Testament ...

The effectiveness of our theological instruction depends ultimately on the presence and activity of the Holy Spirit. I have been a professor in the theology department at Whitworth University for the ...

We speak much about God as our Father, the one who created us and loved us enough to send his son, Jesus. We also seem to know much about Jesus, the second person of the Trinity, through the stories ...

Recently, a goodly number of older folks gathered at the University of Wisconsin Marathon County campus for a three-day program called “Good Ideas.” I enjoyed being part of a group of lifelong ...