On Aug. 6 and 9 the world will observe the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The 75th anniversary raises the

This coming August marks not only the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II but also of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and

The first weekend of quarantine, my husband and I decided we were not going to attend Mass. Things weren’t publicly suspended yet in our diocese,

St. John XXIII Parish is 15 years old this summer. I have been pastor throughout that time. There was the initial planting of a new

As the COVID-19 pandemic made its way around the globe in 2020, people of all races, ages and walks of life watched and waited. A

We are waiting. Waiting for what? We don’t really know. We used to wait in line, on hold, in traffic. We waited with anticipation for

Among the most difficult challenges in navigating the pandemic have been uncertainty and change over which we seem to have little control. From a novel

When our current social isolation started and the public celebration of Mass was canceled, staff at Anna Ferguson’s parish in Papillion, Nebraska, got busy with

Three weeks after her husband died, I called the widow to see how she was doing. Sadly, the man had died shortly after the state

Some days, the losses we have sustained from the COVID-19 pandemic seem almost too great to comprehend. So many families and friends are mourning the

“Peace be with you,” Jesus says in the Gospel reading for Pentecost Sunday (Jn 20:19). Peace — as in harmony, or even as in a

Today’s responsorial psalm uses brief excerpts from the lengthy Psalm 104, a paean to God’s work as Creator. In keeping with the theme of Pentecost,