This past week, your inbox and social media feed were most likely inundated with promotional information about holiday sales, gift guides, and the like.
And even though we are about to enter a time of year that is marked by a general sentiment of “peace on earth, goodwill toward men,” charitable giving can easily fall by the...
Gratitude is a buzzword on social media this time of year, and while it’s always worthwhile to count our blessings, for a Christian, gratitude must go farther. The greatest act of gratitude to God for the gifts we’ve been given is to share them with our brothers and sisters in need.
This year, we invite you to prayerfully...
It's that time of year again. The time of year when families and friends begin to gather for Thanksgiving and holiday parties, when people begin to think about their Christmas lists, and all the shops put up holiday decorations and play holiday music.
This is a time of preparation for the birth of Christ and of thanksgiving for...
After my ordination to the priesthood in April 2013, I was assigned as the assistant parish priest of the St. Roch parish in Grosse-Roche. Grosse-Roche is a vast village that stretches through the majestically high mountains of the Commune of Vallieres, in the North-East of Haiti.
It is only traversed by one very rocky road,...
One of the most challenging corporal works of mercy to practice is that of visiting and caring for the imprisoned. Unless your church or faith group has a prison ministry, most of us never get the opportunity to love this population of our brothers and sisters.
One of the other challenges with this kind of ministry is that it can...
Missionhurst Missionaries build Catholic communities in frontier situations: places where the gospel is not preached or lived. This blog is about their work in the four corners of the globe, and their holistic work in four areas of focus: relief and healthcare, socio-economic development, education, and pastoral work.
