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All Souls’ Day

November

Welcoming November

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Each November, our Catholic imaginations are invited to enter a world filled with memory and hope. The eleventh month in the Northern Hemisphere floods our hearts with rich colors, festivals and liturgical memorials, shrouded with ever-darkening days. This autumnal time of year calls us to savor the intricate communion in which we exist. It sets Read More

Remembering in November

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A few months ago at a wedding reception, a young woman stopped me on my way back from the dessert and coffee bar. “Father, do you remember me?” I must admit to my chagrin that I did not. I was more focused on eating my cannoli and going home as fast as I could. She Read More
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Praying for the Faithful Departed

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When World War I ended in 1918, over 116,000 U.S. military members had died in the “war to end all wars.” Of those killed, some 1,200 were not identified. There was in the United States a movement to honor all who had given their lives, and especially the unidentified. While military cemeteries were soon erected Read More