Art and Culture

As Summer Ends in One Hemisphere and Begins in Another, a Look at Leisure

“The Kingdom is a person, and the faith is often best transmitted between persons: from one heart, alive in Christ, speaking to another”

Aug 12, 2016 18:56

Bishop James Conley

Local Church

Forming and Encouraging Good Shepherds

“May each one of us continue to form and encourage young people in their vocations, and may the Lord continue to bless us with loving pastors—good shepherds—who have a true zeal for souls”

Jun 02, 2016 16:43

Bishop James Conley

Art and Culture

Boethius' Counsel: Time for Healing, Not Lamenting

In light of Obama’s bathroom mandate, the 6th-century philosopher offers the advice we need today

May 18, 2016 19:57

Bishop James Conley

Spirituality

There Is Only One Way to Find Out

“Our time is not unlike the time in Narnia, in which the truest things in the world seemed like a fairy tale”

May 12, 2016 18:50

Bishop James Conley

Art and Culture•Justice and Peace

Discipleship and Citizenship

We build a just social order, one step at a time, in the ordinary experiences of our lives

Apr 28, 2016 18:30

Bishop James Conley

Marriage and Family

Dialogue, and the ‘Joy of Love,’ From the Heart of the Church

US bishop invites diocese to send him questions on issues Pope raises in Amoris Laetitia

Apr 14, 2016 18:35

Bishop James Conley

Local Church

Eyes That Are Seeing

Since at least the fifth century, in one form or another, the Church has remembered Christ’s passion during the sacred Triduum in a haunting ritual called Tenebrae

Mar 17, 2016 14:23

Bishop James Conley

Spirituality

Men of Prayer and Action

Like St. Joseph, all men are called—as friends, and husbands, and fathers—to lead, to act, to form, and to protect. And to do these things, all men, like St. Joseph, must be men of prayer.

Mar 10, 2016 20:00

Bishop James Conley

Spirituality

The ‘Reckless’ Mystery of Mercy

In the sacrament of confession, God enters our hearts, and, if we allow him, gives us new lives in his friendship

Mar 03, 2016 17:21

Bishop James Conley

Justice and Peace

Building Bridges: the Principles of Just Immigration Policy

Pope Francis is not naïve

Feb 25, 2016 11:21

Bishop James Conley

Archives

Remembering Justice Scalia: The Wisdom of This World

In 2012, I was seated next to Justice Antonin Scalia at a small dinner of Catholics in Denver …

Feb 14, 2016 19:24

Bishop James Conley

Spirituality

The Call to Consecrated Holiness

Pope St. John Paul II wrote that consecrated life reminds us that this world is not our home—that we are passing through as servants of Jesus

Jan 28, 2016 12:51

Bishop James Conley