Today would have been my late father’s 87th birthday. Manuel Jorge Hidalgo loved being Catholic, in large part because he loved the Church’s solidarity with

Holy Week calls forth our courage. As the people of God, we enter the Triduum with the courage to look squarely at death and still

“What comes from the Holy Spirit cannot be stopped.” Whoa. The words were published in the Synod’s Final Document in October 2024, wedged between the

As the words and music of the Spanish language liturgy washed over me this last Friday evening at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress,  the

On Wednesday afternoon, January 28th, something both heartbreaking and holy unfolded outside Miami’s Immigration Court. A South Florida Guatemalan teenager stood before more than 200

“The diaconate, following the high road of the Council, thus leads us to the centre of the mystery of the Church. Just as I have

As the choir led us in the communion hymn on Sunday — “One bread, one body, one Lord of all…” — I felt both a

Todos los que estaban sentados en el Sanedrín fijaron su mirada en él y su rostro les pareció el de un ángel. (Hechos 6, 15)

Dear Discerning Deacons Community, What a profound joy it is to share with you the flourishing of PROCLAIM—a dream that began in our community and