Archive for October 2024

We are in the midst of a Synod on Synodality. Perhaps its outcome will have far-reaching impact for Catholics around the globe. But the full effects of the synod may take years, and historians decades from now may be better equipped to report the synod’s results. The same was and is true of Vatican II.…

Autumn has arrived and with it my annual thoughts about breakfast cereal. (You’re saying “What?”) Well, I can’t help it. When I see straw bales, I immediately think of the Shredded Wheat that I ate as a kid. Anyone remember that cereal? The soft crunch of leaves underfoot reminds me of the crunch of Rice…

In 1850 two teachers at St. Lambert School in Coesfeld, Germany, professed vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. They exchanged their baptismal names Hilligonde Wolbring and Elizabeth Kühling to their religious names Sister Maria Aloysia and Sister Maria Ignatia, respectively. And the congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame of Coesfeld, Germany was born. You…