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July 4, 2015

O beautiful for tourists’ feet: getting lost, seeing a presidential motorcade, gawking at food prices, and taking in history on a trip to Washington, D.C.

We live so close to Washington, D.C., that it’s a little embarrassing that we’ve never really taken our children there. So, when my father, sister, and her four children decided to make a day trip to D.C. on Thursday, our boys and I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to tag along.Independence
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Military, faith form Texas Catholic’s sense of duty to country, church

Master Sgt. Pablo H. Villescas was serving with the Army Reserve in Afghanistan when that country held its first free, direct elections.
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St. Clare parishioners see responsibility in religious freedom

For some parishioners at St. Clare in Essex, the “freedom to bear witness” is not just a warm, fuzzy concept, but a call to action.
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