LYNDALL BERGER, at sixteen, wrote to her parents for permission to be confirmed. “Are you mad?” Sidney’s gaze was a pair of outspread arms, stopping his wife short whichever way she might turn. “Well, ...

For as many ordinations and professions of vows as I’ve witnessed, the awe of His call never fades ... Religious vows at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary in Summit, New Jersey (photo: Courtesy ...

I gaze upon the crucifix at Holy Mass, contemplating the image of Christ’s broken body, poured out for the Church, as he is truly present — his body, blood, soul and divinity — on the altar. A sense ...