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Photo by Marissa Elion of SouthFloridaPaddle—For many years I worked with young people as their Campus Minister at John Carroll, encouraging them to make a difference in the world. It’s a theme that I repeat often in my talks, my prayers and invocations, and my writings. “A single, ordinary person

Because Leo is interested in Garfield comics, I made lasagna for our Sunday dinner. He was excited to eat it, but he mentioned more than once how good it would taste without the meat and cheese.So the next night I took cooked lasagna noodles and a jar of spaghetti sauce,

“You are going to LOVE Inside Out,” my 8-year-old niece told me. “It is the best movie!”So I took her, two of her siblings, and our two sons to see it. Our boys claimed they didn’t like it, but they laughed many times and asked enough questions that I’m not

Parents have long worried about what goes on at college. Catholic parents, in particular, worry that their children will fall away from the faith, with peers pressuring them into abandoning religious practices and liberal professors swaying them from their religious beliefs. Concerned parents might go as far as keeping their

In eighteenth-century England, many good Christian people ignored the inhumane treatment of slaves. Slavery was far away. It did not involve them. They were too busy. Then in 1781, an overcrowded slave ship, the Zong, veered off course, and began to run low on water. The crew reviewed the insurance

Today John is taking our sons to visit his parents. Last night I thought I would be a good daughter-in-law and send a homemade blueberry cake with him.This is what was supposed to happen. (Photo from the archives)Sadly, the pans I picked were too small for the amount of batter I

 Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos of Tequesta, Florida have been missing at sea since last Friday afternoonLife, as we know it, can change in an instant: Last Friday afternoon, two 14-year old boys from Tequesta, Florida, a small town in Palm Beach County, cruised through the nearby Jupiter Inlet to go

Perry Cohen (left) and Austin Stephanos of Tequesta, Florida have been missing at sea since they left on a fishing trip on a small boat last Friday afternoon.It’s Day 7 in the search for Austin and Perry…And the family and friends of the boys from Tequesta, Florida who disappeared

After avoiding organized sports for years, we’re taking the soccer plunge this fall—with both boys.I have been worried about sacrificing our family time for sports. What I didn’t know is that you don’t just show up and start kicking a soccer ball. You have to wear shin guards and cleats.So

One night you’re trying to get your children to fall asleep when one of them says, “My nose really hurts when I push it here.”You look at his nose, which looks fine.You could worry. You could google “nose soreness” and read about all the horrible illnesses it could be.Or you

When buying a carton of eggs,You should check that you don’t have the dregs.I did not and boo-hoo,Back at home found one few.We were cheated—or the twelfth sprouted legs.