Saints

________ " " St. Joseph How could someone with so few recorded words—none to be exact—speak volumes to the heart of the Church? Through his action and love. This doesn't mean that St. Joseph was a "yes dear" kind of husband that we see so often, or that he was a side character not worthy of a spotlight. He had a HUGE role in protecting the Holy Family from all of the outside forces and enemies who would rather see the Christ Child snuffed

________ My parish priest reached out to me back in January and asked if I would consider being a young lady's sponsor for OCIA (formerly RCIA). Without hesitation I quickly said yes and was thrilled to finally experience what the formation process was like at our parish. Like so many OCIA programs world-wide, our OCIA group has seen significant growth over the years in individuals wanting to either become Catholic or receive the remaining Sacraments of Initiation (ie Euchari

________ In 2022 I was blessed to be part of a year-long project called Awaken the Saint, where we shared a 3-minute reflection on a saint of the day in both podcast and video. Before I began the project I thought to myself, how are we ever going to be able to provide an entire year of content, let alone enough content for 6 months? What I surprisingly—and rather quickly—came to realize was that there weren't enough days in 10 YEARS to talk about each saint of the Church! A s