Editorials & Commentary
Vocation awareness week provided local opportunities to talk about, pray for vocations
As director of vocations I spend the majority of my time each week driving around the diocese to visit, pray, and share about vocations with our people. National Vocation Awareness Week was no different, and my odometer just kept on rolling.
The gift of intentional parenting
As we begin a season of gift giving, I want to cut through the “Jingle Bell Rock,” deciding whether to use last year’s wrapping paper, and the “elves,” to invite you to a place that will give your children the best gift of all: your healthy, happy, and holy parenting.
O Come Let Us Adore Him: Midnight Mass at Mount Saint Joseph in 1939
On December 24, 1939, at 11:20 p.m., Mount Saint Joseph’s bell rings out across the freezing cold night in St. Joseph, Kentucky.
Pilgrims of Hope: Fostering Hope Through Advocacy
Serving as an advocate for the Tribunal of the Diocese of Owensboro has proven to be a unique calling – one rooted in compassion, understanding, and above all, hope.
Pilgrims of Hope: Leaving a Mark of Hope
This summer I was fortunate to work at Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp, spending each week growing around the Jubilee theme as “Pilgrims of Hope.”
Unintentionally traveling light
The Christian tradition of pilgrimage is often defined by a profound paradox. It is a quest for spiritual enrichment accomplished by leaving behind the comforts of home.
The battle for souls: The Diocese of Owensboro’s military chaplains
It’s early 1945, and the United States digs in their heels for a war they fear may last another decade.
Un informe muestra que la fe católica prospera a pesar de las diferencias regionales
El Centro de Investigación Aplicada en el Apostolado (CARA por sus siglas en inglés) es un instituto de la Universidad de Georgetown en Washington, D.C. Durante más de seis décadas ha proporcionado datos pastorales y estadísticos sobre la Iglesia católica en los Estados Unidos. A su vez, las diócesis y las comunidades religiosas utilizan su valiosa investigación en la planificación pastoral.
Stewardship of time and life
As November arrives, the Church invites us into a season of reflection.
Report shows Catholic faith thriving despite regional differences
The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) is an institute of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. For more than six decades they have provided pastoral and statistical data on the Catholic Church in the United States. In turn, dioceses and religious communities utilize their valuable research in pastoral planning.
