Saying ‘Dayenu’ for All of Life’s Blessings
November 23, 2016
by Maria-Pia Negro Chin, IT IS ALWAYS A good time to stop and notice the hand of God in different...
Maria-Pia Negro Chin
Youth Banish Indifference With Concrete, Little Steps
October 12, 2016
This Year of Mercy, young people have been rediscovering the meaning of our mission to be signs and instruments of...
Renew Commitment To Care for Creation
September 21, 2016
“Young people demand change. They wonder how anyone can claim to be building a better future without thinking of the...
Web-Exclusive: WYD Pilgrims Experience Closing Mass
August 11, 2016
From the opening ceremonies to the closing Mass at World Youth Day, local pilgrims learned much about themselves and their...
The Transforming Effect Of World Youth Day
August 11, 2016
I recently came back from covering the diocese’s contingent to the World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow. It was a...
Web-Exclusive: Mercy and the Cross
August 10, 2016
Among their World Youth Day experiences, diocesan pilgrims attended catechesis focused on the Cross and mercy as well as Stations...
Youth Views from World Youth Day Poland
August 3, 2016
It’s something that you don’t see every day: youth coming together and searching for the One person that we are...
Being Close to Pope Is An Amazing Experience
August 3, 2016
When Pope Francis made his way to the Campus Misericordiae (Field of Mercy) vigil site at Brzegi, Poland, he was...
WYD Report: First Encounter with Pope (with slideshow)
August 3, 2016
“Once the pope came out everyone’s spirits lifted up,” Goncalves said. “They ran to the gate to see a glimpse...
WYD Report: Auschwitz Visit
August 3, 2016
“All I could do really was stand there and read the sign and take off my hat out of respect...