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When I was recently visiting with friends, a group of young girls was playing in a neighboring yard. Every few minutes, for more than an hour, one of them would scream at the very top of her lungs. A …
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7/13/23
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God never shows up at the door unannounced. He knows that there might be cat hairs all over the living room couch and that the kids probably left their gym shoes and sweatshirts in the den and that …
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12/7/23
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Let us say once again: we need the greater and lesser hopes that keep us
going day by day. But these are not enough without the great hope, which
must surpass everything else. This great hope can only be God . . . God is
the foundation of hope: not any god, but the God who has a human face and
who has loved us to the end, each one of us and humanity in its entirety.
(Spe Salvi, #31)
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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4/10/08
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The Bishop of Rome has many titles. Certainly referring to our church’s earthly leader as “pope” is the most common usage. “Pope” is probably a development from “pater,” the Latin word for “father,” into the Romanesque “papa” and then eventually into the Gallicized “pape” and the Anglicized “pope.”
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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4/16/10
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The end of the world is regularly thought to be a dreadful event. The end-times connote destruction for the universe, condemnation for sinners, even trials for the righteous.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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11/12/10
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Since we took some time off for the holidays, we need to catch up on a few items.
*** First, once again, a word of sincere thanks to all those who helped to make my 25th Anniversary of Ordination …
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1/11/18
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The Woonsocket Call caused quite a stir recently when the local newspaper highlighted the questionable future of some of the city’s older parishes.
No one sympathizes more with the parishioners …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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4/5/18
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“Women and children first” has been the motto of gentlemen perhaps since the chivalrous days of the Middle Ages and certainly since the era of stiff courtesy that marked the nineteenth century. …
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Father John Kiley
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2/14/19
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WARWICK — Bishop Hendricken High School is proud to announce the launch of Hendricken Cares, a new initiative aimed at helping students navigate wellness, and the challenges that come with it, …
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5/19/22
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The recent “yoking” of the parishes of Christ the King and St. Anthony in West Warwick has brought a new ministry to the parishes. In September of this school year, the staff and …
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10/20/22
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You’ve probably seen the TV commercials for the Progressive Insurance Company in which a counsellor, a “Parenta-life Coach” identified as Dr. Rick, tries to stop young adults from …
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3/9/23
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The various books in the New Testament were not written days or even weeks or even months after Jesus returned to his Father in heaven. The sacred written word had at least 30 years to mature and …
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7/13/23
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We have just celebrated Thanksgiving and the air is now filled with Christmas music, special offers and sales. This materialistic culture invites us to buy and buy the latest, newest thing. However, …
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By Silvio Cuéllar, OSV News
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12/7/23
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Years ago, the last week of January was celebrated throughout the Catholic world as the Church Unity Octave. Beginning on the former feast of St. Peter’s Chair at Rome and concluding on the current feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, observers of the octave prayed for the unity of various Christian communities with the Church of Rome.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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1/25/08
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The sad news from Pew Research Associates that the percentage of Rhode Islanders who claim to be Catholic has diminished to 42% is matched by the equally distressing information that the number of Rhode Islanders who have no religious affiliation at all has increased to 20 percent.
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By Father John Kiley
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6/11/15
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The best way to remember those who have been killed in battle is to work for the day when others will no longer be sent to take their place.
Prayerfully reflecting on how to move away from war and …
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Tony Magliano
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5/26/16
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The Gospel accounts of Ss. Matthew, Mark and Luke as well as the passage from the Acts of the Apostles to be read at this coming Sunday’s Mass list the twelve apostles with amazing similarity. St. …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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5/25/17
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My arriving early for the 8 a.m. Saturday Mass at Sacred Heart Church allowed me time to examine closely the décor of the modest Romanesque building on Second Avenue in Woonsocket’s Fairmount …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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10/5/17
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Although Napoleon Bonaparte is often recalled as a French military celebrity, the Emperor was no Marshall Foch or General deGaulle. If fact, the Corsican usurper was more like Attila the Hun than …
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Fr. John A. Kiley
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11/8/18
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RUMFORD — On Thursday, April 28, students from Saint Margaret School were provided a unique opportunity to tour “Shower to Empower.” Shower to Empower is a mobile unit which …
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5/19/22
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