Communication
Sharing Hope with Gentleness
Rob DeFrancesco Comments Off on Sharing Hope with Gentleness
In today’s fast-paced, often-contentious communications environment, the way we interact with one another matters more than ever. Pope Francis, in his message for the 59th World Day of Social Communications, urges us to “share with gentleness the hope that is in your hearts” (cf. 1 Pt 3:15-16). This is important for everyone to remember, but Read More
A Pastoral Principle for Preachers
Father Robert J. Hater Comments Off on A Pastoral Principle for Preachers
Father Bill and I stood in my basement paging through theology books once used in the seminary. As we examined them, he turned the pages of an old book. While looking at its worn pages, he smiled, repeated a scholastic principle, and applied it to preaching, following Christ and remaining active in today’s Church. The Read More
Five Ways to Communicate Better
Msgr. Jim Vlaun Comments Off on Five Ways to Communicate Better
I grew up in the 1960s watching television and becoming “family” with the likes of Captain Kangaroo, Mister Rogers and others! Television was a window that connected the world in a way like no other medium, arguably even more so than radio. As a boy, I remember being drawn to that component of television — Read More
‘Read the Experiences of Life’
Bishop David J. Bonnar Comments Off on ‘Read the Experiences of Life’
When I was a Catholic high school student, I vividly remember our morality teacher saying, almost like a daily mantra, “Read the experiences of life.” What he was telling us students was to prayerfully take time and consider how God was speaking to us in our everyday lives. The point was that God is always Read More