Inspired by Pope, Boy Donates First Communion Money to Charity
Details from Allentown, PA: A young boy from Lehigh County is practicing what he preaches. Alex Trinidad, 8, recently celebrated his First Holy Communion. Family and friends gave him money for the...
View Article“Mend a Quarrel:” A Message of Mercy We Need to Hear
Over at the CNEWA blog, (where I toil as part of my day job) there’s a heartfelt remembrance of a Mercy Sister, Christian Molidor, who worked for the agency for many years. She died yesterday after a...
View ArticleBeautiful: watch this extraordinary teacher set his class on fire
This video is making the rounds once more. Since it’s back-to-school time, this seems like a great opportunity to meet, once more, a great teacher. I first posted this video last December. As I wrote...
View ArticleMust-see video: making the homeless smile in NYC
This is pretty great: A group of young Muslim YouTubers took a break from making prank videos to spread a message about giving to those in need, and it’s quickly becoming one of their most viral...
View ArticleHomeless man finds $40,000, turns it over to cops
And now he’s being hailed as a hero. Attention: preachers. Looking for a great story for next Sunday’s homily? Check out the readings and then try this on for size. Details: A homeless Boston man who...
View Article“God meddles in our miseries, he approaches our wounds and heals them with...
Using that stunning picture from earlier in the week as a starting point, CNS has posted an overview of some memorable photographic moments with Pope Francis. Writer Carol Glatz makes note of something...
View ArticleStop everything and read this. It will make your day. Really.
From Rebecca Frech at “Shoved to Them,” a testimony that will make you see everything differently: The older kids and I went to a different parish for Mass last night. The events of the day had run...
View Article“TipsForJesus” leaving thousands of dollars for servers
Amazing, from NPR: “Crazy-generous” tips, as Gawker says, have been showing up on checks across the nation as some anonymous good Samaritans known only as “TipsForJesus” add hundreds or thousands of...
View ArticleOne of the most inspired—and inspiring—fundraising efforts I’ve seen
Not sure how I missed this, but it’s a great story. It moved just before Thanksgiving: The Passage, a charity based in London, has come up with an ad campaign that proves how far a simple idea can go....
View ArticleA pastor’s investment: give each parishioner $50—and a challenge
Photo: Dan Gross/The Gazette What a great idea: It was like a collection basket in reverse. Instead of collecting money to help the church’s outreach programs, Pastor Anne Benefield of Geneva...
View ArticleNo greater love: the police officer who died after taking the place of a hostage
From The Catholic Herald, a story of heroism and abiding love: The police officer who died after taking the place of a hostage in France was a practicing Catholic who had “experienced a genuine...
View ArticleWATCH: After 23 years behind bars, innocent man returns to his old job as...
A great tale of justice, perseverance, and second chances: Nevest Coleman officially started as a Chicago White Sox groundskeeper Monday after spending more than two decades behind bars for crimes he...
View ArticleWATCH: The four-year old who is a superhero to the homeless of Alabama
This is something — from the great Steve Hartman at CBS News: Austin Perine may look like your average 4-year-old. But once a week, he turns into his alter ego: a superhero set on feeding as many...
View ArticleMust-see video: she suffered a stroke—and now her husband is learning how to...
This is just beautiful. Details: An apprentice at a Texas salon filmed a touching scene of a husband taking a crash-course in hair styling because his wife no longer had the fine motor skills after...
View ArticleWATCH: This will knock you out
Social media has lots of videos of babies hearing sound for the first time. It’s wondrous and wonderful. But you don’t often see this, from another point of view: the mother. Over the weekend, the...
View ArticleMust-see: young students surprise school custodian and bring him to tears
This is wonderful: Moody Elementary School custodian Eugene Hinton was called into the gymnasium by a teacher to clean up a mess, which was not abnormal for Hinton. What he saw when he entered the gym...
View ArticleIn a time of despair, working on behalf of hope
Earlier today, I was moved to share some thoughts about what is happening in the world these days over at the blog for CNEWA (Catholic Near East Welfare Association) which I edit. CNEWA has made...
View ArticleJewish nurse who treated alleged Pittsburgh gunman: ‘Love. That is why I did...
The story of Ari Mahler has gained a lot of attention: The nurse who cared for alleged Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers identified himself in a post on social media. Ari Mahler came forward...
View ArticleA stunning testimony of faith and hope from a young woman diagnosed with cancer
This could not be more timely or powerful, from Beth Haile. (H/T to Deacon Fritz Bauerschmidt for bringing this to my attention.) From Catholic Moral Theology: I have a brain tumor. Actually two. I...
View ArticleThe 100-year-old deacon still serving 8 Masses a week
From Patti Armstrong at The National Catholic Register: Woodrow Wilson was president, people drove their Model Ts to see Charlie Chaplin movies, and World War I had just ended when Deacon Lawrence...
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