Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Once again, we begin the annual season of Lent, as a time of preparation for the celebration of the Lord's Paschal Mystery, during Holy Week and Easter. During ...

Sunday, Jan. 13, is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Just as when the clocks change it is a great time to check the batteries in the smoke alarm, on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord it is a ...

Birthday celebrations are a cultural standard in our part of the world, happy occasions for all. Each year on a child’s birthday, we remember with great joy in our hearts that this child was given to ...

1285 Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the "sacraments of Christian initiation," whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful that ...

What is the appropriate age for Catholic children baptized in infancy to celebrate confirmation? It might seem a relatively minor issue. Yet I believe the great efforts the U.S. Catholic Church has ...

Weston Baughman, left, and Henry Schwerdtfeger, elders with the Jehovah's Witnesses, are eager to bring the faith group's annual convention to the Tacoma Dome. Witnesses have rented the Dome for their ...

The Easter Season is the transition period between Christ’s resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit, which makes it the time when we must prepare to take his message out into the world. To ...