In mid-March, John Edwards, a Catholic podcaster from the Diocese of Memphis, Tennessee, was packing his suitcase to leave the next morning for a men’s conference in Milwaukee. He was scheduled to ...

Divine Mercy University (DMU) is pleased to announce the launch of The School of Spiritual Direction, a School and courses created for individuals seeking to deepen their relationship with God.

Spiritual direction at St. Mary's Ryken in Leonardtown, Maryland, started six or seven years ago, when one theology teacher, John Olon (whom I've written about, along with his brother Rich, here) ...

Elisabeth Román ordered a pizza on Easter Sunday and turned on her TV to watch Cardinal Blase Cupich celebrate Mass. It was a sad and lonely day for her, she said, heightened by the fact that it's ...

Previewing selections from their latest book, Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of Old and New (Paraclete Press, 2012), the editors discuss how spiritual practices help strengthen the life of ...

Becoming a spiritual leader takes some getting used to for Roman Catholic school principals who previously worked in public schools. After all, in their old jobs, public-turned-Catholic-school ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus will close its two retreat centers, citing a decrease in their use and concern for the future needs of its parishioners. “There's been a lot of parishes that ...