Category: 2015 January

Touching Forever

Written by Virgil Tipton Buried in a musty cardboard box—under a stack of letters, postcards, books, and old bank statements—I found a photo created by a little miracle of timing. My siblings and I believe it may show our parents’ first touch. My mother told us a story years ago...

Bearing Gifts

The Epiphany is the perfect time for a closer look at the Magi and their gifts Cologne’s magnificent cathedral stands on a rise overlooking the Rhine. As is true of so many Catholic churches, the cathedral’s architect designed it in the shape of a cross. On the church roof, at...

The National Shrine of Saint John Neumann

Managing Editor Elizabeth Herzing interviews Fr. Matthew Allman, CSsR, about the ministry at the National Shrine of St. John Neumann. Q. What is the history of St. John Neumann? A. Saint John Neumann, a Bohemian missionary born in 1811, came to the United States in 1836 seeking to serve the...