The Church in the World
From a letter by Flannery O'Connor to Cecil Dawkins December 9, 1958
August 19, 2026
Glibness is the great danger in answering people's questions about religion…. but I will give you…my own perspective on them. All your dissatisfaction with the Church seems to me to come from an incomplete understanding of sin….[W]hat you seem actually...Read more
The Arlington Diocese’s Mission in the Dominican Republic
This Sunday's Mission Appeal
August 11, 2026
In the middle of the large island of Hispaniola, about as far from the beach as you can be in the Caribbean, is a mission of two parishes that the Arlington Diocese has run in the Dominican Republic for 35...Read more
Banica, Dominican Republic
Suupport the People in our Mission!
August 7, 2026
The Arlington Mission in the Dominican Republic August 16 Mission Appeal by Fr. Steve McGraw Support the Banica Mission here. In the middle of the large island of Hispaniola, about as far from the beach as you can be...Read more
THE MANHOOD OF ROBBIE BINTER
A Short Story by Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
August 5, 2026
The Manhood of Robbie Binter A short story by Fr. Frederick Edlefsen Matthias Robert Binter, known as Robbie, turned fourteen on May 1, 1968. That day, after Fr. D’Amour’s morning Mass at St. Luke’s, Robbie’s little sister Julie crowned...Read more
The Mysteries of Matthew 14
August 4, 2026
By Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
The Gospels at Mass, lately, have been from Matthew 14. Last Sunday, we heard about Jesus boating across the sea to pray after the death of John the Baptist. Upon arrival,...Read more
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