Feb 06

Scrapbooking through Lent

by Lee Danesco

Here's a creative and entertaining teaching
tool to present a serious and sacred season.
Just add your personal enthusiasm to this
guide and you can present a multi-week project
that will encourage learners to discover for
themselves some of the spiritual richness
of the centuries-old spiritual disciplines
of Lent.

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Mar 09

Editor's Note: Challenge Your Excuse List

I'm not a joiner. I easily can come up with a Six-Excuses-Not-To-Join List.

I don't like to drive after dark.
I'm very bad at names.
I'm not good at small talk.
My work schedule demands some evening hours.
I'm an introvert.
I fear over-committing my professional and personal time and resources.

That said, I joined a group.

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Mar 07

Editor's Note: God Waits at the Next Station

My dear son Jerome and his wonderful wife Melissa found themselves overwhelmed in a New York City subway for the first time -- and on a holiday weekend at that.

Seeing the chaos, they made a pact: "If we get separated getting on the train, whoever gets on will get off at the next station and will wait, and whoever gets left behind gets on the next train and gets off at the next station."

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Feb 25

The Lord's Prayer Background Material

by Jeanne Heiberg

I recently saw in an art exhibit a gentle landscape in which gold leaf or paint was worked into the clouds of the sky and the hills of the earth. Its title was “On Earth as It Is in Heaven.” Gold is a symbol of heaven, and this is what God wills for us: the happiness of heaven already experienced here on earth. Jesus taught us this in the Lord’s Prayer, in which the words of the painting’s title are preceded by “thy kingdom come, thy will be done.”
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May 12

Lessons for the Gospel: Ascension of The Lord

Reflecting, Sharing, Acting
and Praying Ideas

Ideas for teaching your students about the Ascension Gospel, including reflections, sharing ideas, activities and prayer.

May 16: Ascension of the Lord
Luke 24:46-53
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May 11

At Home with the Easter Season: Week Seven


We Pray and Celebrate with Wheat
by Maryann Ziemer

From the time of the Jewish Passover meal that
became Christ’s Last Supper, our rituals and
prayers have been rich in references to the grain
of wheat, to harvests, to bread. We express it in
our communal meals, in our mission to feed the
hungry, in thanksgiving for abundant crops, and
in the ultimate bread of life that we share in
the Eucharist.


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May 04

At Home with the Easter Season: Week Six

We Produce Much Fruit
by Maryann Ziemer

To the listening crowd of people, Jesus describes
the fate of a grain of wheat: “Unless a grain of
wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains
just a grain of wheat, but if it dies, it produces
much fruit” (John 12:24). From a single grain will
come many.

Jesus’listeners know what he is talking about.
They understand wheat. It’s fundamental to their
well-being. From it is made bread, the staff of
their life.
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Apr 26

At Home with the Easter Season: Week Five

We Pray and Celebrate with Light
by Maryann Ziemer

The Easter Vigil brings the blessing of fire
that symbolizes the dispelling of the darkness
of sin and death. The light of the paschal
candle, touching its flame to the wicks of
many smaller candles, symbolizes Christ
spreading his light to all. Easter is the
feast of light overcoming darkness.

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Apr 20

At Home with the Easter Season: Week Four

We Reflect the Light of Jesus
by Maryann Ziemer

Our Catholic faith tradition and Judaic heritage are rich in the imagery of light. God provided a column of fire to give the Israelites light through the night in their journey out of Egypt (Exodus 13:21). Isaiah calls the house of Jacob to walk in the light of the Lord (Isaiah 2:5). The psalmist praises God as light and salvation, and so knows no fear (Psalm 27:1).
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Apr 13

At Home with the Easter Season: Week Three

We Stand in the Light of Jesus
by Maryann Ziemer

Jesus says to the people, “I am the light.” Now the people of the time knew the importance of light. It was during the hours of daylight that they could tend their fields and vineyards, herd their sheep, and manage their daily chores. Their light sources—lamps and burning oils—were valued possessions, tended to carefully. In fact, the lighting of lamps each evening was a blessing ritual. In declaring himself “the light,” Jesus places himself within the people’s everyday experience—familiar and essential to life itself.


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