"A wise priest once asked me what I thought the most important aspect of religious life was," said Tim Mouton, C.S.C., a temporarily professed seminarian at Moreau Seminary. "I kind of shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Faith, I guess.' He gave me a smile that seemed to say, 'Really?' Then he...

"A few weeks ago, I began preparing for Lent by deciding what I would give up," writes Michael Marshall of Old College Undergraduate Seminary. "As I pondered these questions, a random question came into my head. What do priests give up for Lent? … It will have to remain a mystery for now...

"The National Shrine Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida, Our Lady of Aparecida, 'Queen and Patroness of Brazil' is located between Sáo Paulo and Rio de Janeiro," writes Fr. Jim Phalan, C.S.C. "I have come to Aparecida to consecrate our work here once more to Our Lady, and...

"To fast is to experience absence and emptiness," writes Fr. Willy Raymond, C.S.C., of this Lenten discipline. "Fasting is a reality check. It reminds me that I too am poor like those who are compelled to fast by hunger and extreme poverty. Everything I have has been given to me by someone else...

"Roses, Oranges, Fiestas. Sugar and Cotton. The first week of January in America is all about college football, crowning champions, and dishing out glory," writes Mr. Stephen Barany, a postulant at Moreau Seminary. "And while there is nothing wrong with a perishable crown here or there, we know...

The Division of Student Affairs at the University of Portland celebrated the feast of St. André Bessette this year with a day-long retreat. Fr. Kevin Grove, C.S.C., was invited to lead the retreat, which focused on Blessed Basil Moreau's vision of a Holy Cross education. He stressed the...

"As a celibate priest and a math professor, I certainly must occupy a place that our culture would least associate with expertise in matters romantic," writes Fr. Charlie McCoy, C.S.C. And yet, he says, the students still come for advice. "No resident of Villa has been silly enough to ask me...