Today is the feast of All Hallows’ Eve. “Hallows” refers to “saints,” and “Eve,” of course, refers to the day before a feast. Tomorrow, November 1, is the feast of …
In today’s Gospel reading from St. Luke (19: 1-10), we hear the story of the call of Zacchaeus. In the story, Jesus was walking through Jericho with a crowd of …
Today’s mission hero is a Twentieth Century Maryknoll missionary, John Romaniello. The story begins in China in the middle of the twentieth century. A man named Mao Zedong brought to Communism …
This is the sanctuary of the church of San Juan Pablo II (St. John Paul II) in Yiguilaca, a community of Reitoca. The leaders of the community, as well as …
This is the church of San Juan Pablo II (St. John Paul II) in Yigüilaca, a community of Reitoca. I first encountered this community on March 27, 2019, when I …
Today is the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, and because it is the second-to-the-last Sunday in October, it is also known as World Mission Sunday. Pope Pius XI instituted World …
Teresa Kearney, known in religious life as Mother Kevin, was born on April 28, 1875 in Knockenrahan, Arklow, Country Wicklow, Ireland. Her father died before she was born, and her …
This is a photo of the altar area in the church of Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (Sacred Heart of Jesus) in Villa Nueva, a community of Curarén. For sure, this …
I first discovered the church of Villa Nueva in February, 2019. The community is part of Curarén and is one of the poorest of the poor churches of our parish. …
On this Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we encounter a beautiful story by Jesus on the importance of persistence in prayer. We read: Then he told them a parable about …
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