I typed the email and hit Send. I walked into the kitchen and got a fresh fill of coffee. I came back to the laptop and saw: “Insert Boot...

From Safari……. Happy Fourth of July week! On July 4, 1776, delegates to the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence....

“How’s your prayer life?” I have a vivid memory of that question from my first days of the seminary 40 years ago, and it is a worthy...

“I am the food of those fully grown. Grow and you shall feed on Me. But you will not change Me into your own substance, as you do with...

From Safari……. Welcome to Ordinary Time. Before we fully enter into Ordinary Time we celebrate today the Solemnity of the Blessed...

Pentecost – The Birthday of the Church Jesus told the Eleven: “Wait here until you are clothed with power from on high; then you will be...

From Safari…. I recently came across this question: Are we living in the land of the dying or are we living in the land of the living? My...

Thank you to each of you who have been called to the beautiful and challenging vocation of being a mother. For many years, when we were...

While visiting one of the preschool rooms at St. Francis Xavier School, one of the students placed a sticker on me. The brightly colored...

I recently rescued a dog. She’s a terrier and rather adorable. And she’s crazy about me. She could spend all day with me. But I’m a...

From Safari… Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Day 15 of Easter. Each month on the second Wednesday there is an ecumenical prayer...

In 2001, St. John Paul II designated the Second Sunday of Easter each year as Divine Mercy Sunday. This celebration takes on new meaning...

From safari…… This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad! This is the day of Resurrection. Let us be illumined by the...

This week, the most sacred time of the Church’s year begins with Palm Sunday and culminates in the Triduum (“three days”) of the Lord’s...

From safari…….. An Indian peasant had a lifelong passion to visit Bombay. He talked about traveling there so often that his friends and...

Stories compel us. Authors, composers, poets, artists know this. The best stories draw us in, make us part of the drama, generate...

Another picturesque snowfall today, as newly fallen snow clings to the trees and freshens the winter landscape. The weeks ahead this snow...

MissionInsite: Stewards of God’s Gifts, Servants of God’s People In the last year, the Planning Office of the Diocese of St. Cloud...

From Safari….. It has been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. The pictures show the devastation that has taken place in Ukraine....

“Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” All over the Church, those words will be repeated countless times as Christ’s faithful people are...