"And what they saw has been retold countless times throughout our history, and it brings us together this night," preached Fr. Thomas Eckert, C.S.C., the Pastor of St. John Vianney Parish, at the parish's Easter Vigil. "This night we celebrate what they saw: the Resurrection of our Lord...

"Each year, on Good Friday, the blood that is shed by Christ in His betrayal, His agony and pain, and His suffering upon the cross is the sign of a perfect love that can never be broken," writes Fr. Steven S. Wilbricht, C.S.C., in his homily for Good Friday. "The blood poured out from the Lord's...

"This priesthood He instituted was to be embodied not in power and majesty, but in humility and service," preached Fr. Thomas J. O'Hara, C.S.C., at the Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart this evening. "For at the conclusion of the meal, after washing the feet of His...

Br. Richard Critz, C.S.C. writes, "Holy Week gives us a new opportunity to acknowledge that we need to be saved, especially from ourselves. Positioning ourselves with Jesus before his Father, we seek, like Jesus, to abandon ourselves to God and thus find true life in Him."

"If you had told me that I would one day travel with the Notre Dame Men's Basketball Team when I was applying to the seminary in the fall of 1999, I would have probably written my essays with less anxiety and more hustle," writes Fr. Pete McCormick, C.S.C., on his work as the team's chaplain. "A...

"The Brothers of Holy Cross (originally the Brothers of St. Joseph) were for us during formation the clearest earthly example of the humble but effective adoptive-father saint," writes Fr. Don Fetters, C.S.C., in reflecting on St. Joseph, the Patron of the Holy Cross Brothers. "They taught us...

"In many ways, Ash Wednesday is the biggest day of the year for Mexican Catholics," writes Fr. John Herman, C.S.C. "I've asked many people why Mexicans value their ashes on Ash Wednesday so much. There are so many different responses. … Whatever the case, there's something that the people...

"Sometime ago, I got a frantic phone call from a bride-to-be. Her paperwork was not done. A wedding was to take place in Wisconsin in a few weeks' time, and she was not prepared," writes Fr. Paul Ybarra, C.S.C., Parochial Vicar at St. John Vianney Parish. "Could I help them, they begged."

The Most Reverend Gerhard Müller, the Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), made his way to Moreau Seminary earlier this month. Mr. Michael Thomas, a postulant at Moreau, reflects on his visit, including the Archbishop's homily and candid Q-and-A with the...

"The Chair of Saint Peter has been vacated. This is a surprising situation that has left us unsure of how to respond," writes Fr. Jim Phalan, C.S.C. "Most importantly, I just want to say to a man who has become a 'holy father' to me: 'Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.'"