A great nation begins to come to its senses
This past weekend in Houston, I had the opportunity to speak at a religious liberty conference about transgender issues, homosexuality and contraception. The conference...
Missing the boats
I never know what the final layout of each Anchor edition will be until a day or two before press day. So, when the smoke...
An important Papal contribution to the Eucharistic Revival
Ten days after the Church in the United States began the three-year national Eucharistic Revival on June 19, Pope Francis gave a major contribution...
The classroom writ large
Three of my children are now parents, and they are to varying degrees intrigued with the Montessori philosophy of child rearing. While I didn’t...
Supporting our spiritual fathers
Time moves fast, but hopefully not too fast to remember last Sunday. It was Father’s Day! And since no edition of The Anchor was...
Waltzing Matilda
As the great Irish seanchaí (story teller), Eamon Kelly, would say, “I take you back now to the days of the parish carnival dances...
My most unforgettable character
When I was a kid, we always got the Readers Digest. It was a magazine that had a smattering of everything — human interest...
One at a time
One at a time. It’s a common phrase I have to use with my kids, whether it’s when they grab all their toys at...
The news comes, and goes too quickly at times
I was seven years old, a first-grader at St. Anne School in Fall River, when President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed. We were...
The fitting response to Christ’s Sacrament of Love
Today, June 24, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is particularly special this year, for two reasons.
First, June...
