"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...

"Not many parishes ever get to have the ordination of one of their parish 'sons' actually take place in their own church," writes Fr. John Herman, C.S.C. "It was a great blessing for Nuestra Madre de La Luz Parish here in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, México to be able to witness and celebrate...

"With the numbers of people in our parish and the rapid nature of the burials, I might have two or more funerals in my day that I don't even know I'll be having when I wake up that morning," writes Fr. John Herman, C.S.C., Pastor of La Luz Parish in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, México...

"After 17 years of being a priest, Sunday mornings still never get old for me," writes Fr. John Herman, C.S.C. "One of the most valuable things that I learned from Fr. Joe Corpora, C.S.C., my first pastor, was the importance of being present before and after the weekend Masses to greet and...

Fr. John Herman, C.S.C., writes about his father's death and how his brothers in Holy Cross helped support him and his family in this time of loss and pain. "As important as it was for me to be with my Herman family throughout my dad's illness, death and funeral celebration, it was also an...

"As I reflect upon the reality of our people and the anxiety and uncertainty under which they live now here with the drug cartels of Mexico, I think of Mary and Joseph and the people of Israel living in anxiety and uncertainty under the presence of the Roman army in their land," writes Fr. John...