by Joe Pinto, a friend of Madonna House
When I was a child in Karachi, Pakistan, one of the practices at my Catholic school was that once a month, the whole class would...
by Charles Lewis
About five years ago I was at Toronto Western Hospital for what I could only describe as an uncomfortable medical procedure. I had recently undergone...
by Katrina Boguski
Under Mary's Mantle: Our Lady's Love for Canada by Fr. Émile-Marie Brière, Madonna House Publications, 222 pgs., $16.95 *** These days, people are looking for solid ground on...
by Caryll Houselander
What do you do when Mass has been cancelled—indefinitely? Many, perhaps most of you, have suffered that deprivation recently. Perhaps by the time you get...
by Fr. Michael Shields
In 1994, less than three years after the fall of communism, Madonna House opened a house in Magadan. This city in northern Russia was built...
by Polina Rukosueva, friend of MH Russia, translator of Catherine’s works
An old woman with enormous earrings, with eyes full of life and inner vigor. A beautiful young woman who catches your eye right away—probably not...
by Sister Andrea Wild, Fr. Bob Wild’s twin sister
Wish not to anyone a WONDERFUL desert experience. ‘Tis a contradiction in terms, a misnomer, like square circles and finite gods and diet doughnuts. Rather, shift the emphasis– though you have only my word — to...
by Hope Mercugliano
The idea of doing God’s will used to be a very scary thing for me. I somehow had this idea that although God knew what...
by Deacon Dr. Bob McDonald
Chris Wilson was a highly successful executive in London, England. He and his wife Elizabeth had two children: an eighteen-year-old daughter Susan whom he adored...
by Irma Zaleski
This is another task of forgiveness that we all need to undertake. We must also ask for the grace to forgive ourselves. And that may...