During my years in seminary formation, I spent summers continuing my education by serving in various communities. There was a summer when I lived...
![A Cross-Formed Heart, Crayon Circles, and Colorful Communities](https://www.holycrossusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/FrRaabArtJune2024.jpg)
During my years in seminary formation, I spent summers continuing my education by serving in various communities. There was a summer when I lived...
Maximilian Kolbe, OFM Conv, born Raymund Kolbe, was a Roman Catholic priest and a conventual Franciscan friar. He was martyred in the German death...
The Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated this year on June 7. This devotion to the Sacred Heart of Christ is a place of...
On Pentecost, the Church proclaims John 20:19-23. In this familiar scene, the disciples are huddled behind locked doors, threatened and filled with...
The Lenten season is a journey with spiritual twists and turns. Various models of fidelity and faith help us unfold God’s mystery within us as we...
The image of the Good Shepherd is proclaimed in John 10:11-18 on April 21. It is a rich reflection each year on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, an...
By Rev. Ronald Raab, C.S.C. On the first Sunday of Lent, we proclaim Mark 1:12-15 at Mass. After Jesus’ baptism, the Holy Spirit led him into the...
By Rev. Ronald Raab, C.S.C. Brother André Bessette was born on August 9, 1845, and died on January 6, 1937. He was canonized a saint on October 17,...
By Rev. Ronald Raab, C.S.C. The Church begins the new liturgical year in Advent. The scriptures and liturgical prayers of these four weeks invite us...