With his documentary Mercy at the Gates, Newtown’s Dan Tarrant films not only the poor and addicted souls of the community, ...

It would be hard to overstate the importance of Paul of Tarsus in the history of the early Church and, for that matter, the last two millennia of human history. His extraordinary missionary travels ...

Spring surrounds St. Mary's Central High School. Outdoors, it's greening. Indoors, another generation of students grapples with the mysteries people have knitted their brows over for much of history.

Perhaps if you remember, just a couple of weeks ago in our reading from the Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke, the author, described the early Christian community in a very extraordinary way. He said, ...

to remain faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart, for he was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and faith (Acts 11:23-24). When I was in college, my friends would gently tease me about my ...

In my last column, I wrote about the importance of self-care and the need to embrace forms of political, intellectual and spiritual resistance in the months and years ahead. Just days after Donald J.

Women who have played a prominent role in the Catholic Church, often despite condemnation by the church's male leadership, will be celebrated during a prayer service at 7 p.m. next Saturday in St.

The celebration continues marking the 100th anniversary of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School. The culminating event is a ...

The Rev. James Shea poses a question to students in his senior seminar class, "The Catholic Disciple," during a discussion last week at St. Mary's Central High School. (MIKE McCLEARY/Tribune) KAREN ...