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Through Darkness Comes Light
It is a long story how I came to lead a road trip through five countries in Central Europe. The passengers who talked me into the adventure were my then 12 year-old daughter Joy, her good friend, my mother, and my older daughter’s friend. We were five...

Discerning the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
I was baptized and confirmed as an infant. At age seven, I received Communion and was fully initiated into the church. That was many decades ago. Presently, our children are given more choices. “It’s the new curriculum,” my grandson explains. He is...

Building a Spiritual Family
I’m grateful to be a Catholic woman from El Salvador who was destined to form her family with an Indonesian man who was raised in a Muslim culture. Through our children’s schools, we developed lifelong friendships with a diverse group of folk—refugees from...

A Reflection on the Sanctity of Marriage
Growing up as a Roman Catholic, I learned there are two sacraments of service: the priesthood and holy matrimony between a man and a woman, who are both baptized and in full communion with the church. It was easy for me to understand the sacredness of a...