Tis the season. I go to the storage room and begin to pull boxes out to get things ready for decorating for Christmas. I begin to move furniture around to get things in place. One of the first things ...

The Three Kings brought expensive classic gifts because they thought they would meet a king or potentate, which of course ...

Joseph is often the forgotten member of the Holy Family. Do you remember as children when we wrote "J.M.J." at the top of our papers in parochial school? That was to remind us to have the intention of ...

After Mary became pregnant, her betrothed, Joseph, a carpenter, considered quietly leaving her until an angel came to him in a dream and told him not to. The birth of Jesus is mentioned in just ...

What if a stranger comes to your door one bitterly cold evening and thrusts into your arms a newborn baby, frail and wrapped in crude cloth? And all the man says is, “Here, take it. This child is ...

What's the best time to visit Xcaret?I've been there during different seasons and know that some months are better than ...

Shutterstock The Only Medieval Art Museum in America Sitting high above Manhattan in Fort Tryon Park, The Cloisters looks out ...

There's never a dull moment in the Howell household with 8-year-old Maisley's hilarious renditions of the Bible.

Conscious of the conflict between her then-feminist values and what would become a fascination with Marian art, she started on a quest to discover the Blessed Mother. The Mary Pages is the result ...

Drawing from the Gospel of Luke (2:22-40), which recounts Mary and Joseph bringing the infant Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem, Pope Francis focused his catechesis on three significant aspects of ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Response for the following: Have mercy on us. Jesus, knit so wonderfully in the womb of Mary Jesus, conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary Jesus, ...

Mexicans restore their baby Jesus figurines in time for Candlemas, on Feb. 2, the Catholic feast marking the end of Christmas celebrations that commemorates the Virgin Mary’s purification and ...