Jill Boughton holds a doctorate in philosophy from Yale, but writing has always been a central part of her life: even while raising six children and eight foster children. Her books include “You and Your Aging Parent: The Practical Side of Love” (with Julie Walters) and “God's Icebreaker: The Life and Adventures of Father Ted Hesburgh of Notre Dame.” She has written a children's Liturgy of the Word curriculum, together with her husband, John, and ghost-written several other books. She is also a parish catechist.
Instead of sending your children off to camp, how about making camp an experience for the entire family? Catholic Familyland in Bloomingdale, Ohio, is a ministry of the Apostolate for […]
SOUTH BEND — Motels4Now is a housing-first program in South Bend that was created in August of 2020 that houses the chronically homeless in dignity and helps people move into […]
When you hear the words “summer camp,” what comes to mind? Tents or cabins, s’mores over bonfires, mess halls, swimming holes, boating, archery, skits, silly songs? How about growing faith […]
“I was so surprised when Miss Bailey told me not only that the formal dress drive would continue at Marian High School, but also that they would call it Payton’s […]
Bishop Rhoades never has trouble remembering the date of the death of Father Luigi Giussani, founder of the Communion and Liberation movement, since Feb. 22 is also the date of […]
Ablaze Mission is a Catholic apostolate that “strives to set the hearts of young adults ablaze with the Holy Spirit, who sends them out to set the world on fire […]
Celebrating “First Friday Mass and Clarification of Thought” at Our Lady of the Road Center in South Bend with members of the St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker community and their […]
“We can move with confidence into a pro-life future focused on radical equality,” declared Charles Camosy of Creighton University School of Medicine, one of four speakers on a panel discussion […]
When Campus Minister John Fyrqvist asks the 50 second, third, and fourth grade students who come to the after-school Chiara Luce Badano Club at Cathedral School of St. Matthew in […]
In the three kindergarten classes at St. Pius X school in Granger, there is a “letter of the week” with a corresponding “saint of the week” whose name starts with […]
“What do women do at St. Margaret’s House?” a reporter once asked its founder, Episcopalian Deacon Sarah Tracy. “It’s not what we do,” Tracy shot back. “It’s who we are […]
“There hasn’t been a single course I haven’t thoroughly enjoyed,” says Julie Schleitwiler, Director of Religious Education at St. Jude Parish, Fort Wayne, who is in her final semester of […]
