Contents

Cover Story

10   Got Happiness? Finding Bliss Is No Trivial Pursuit, Joe Baumgarten

Features

7    Self-Love: Simple Things to Do for Others, Liguori Publications Staff

9    My Cup: Poem, Glenda Wiegard

14  Cross-Training: Catholics making time to shape up soul and body, Ray Cavanaugh

24  A Father & Son’s Devotion: “Ite Ad Ioseph,” I said to my father “Go to Joseph.” Joseph Russell Baumgarten, Jr.

26  A Nun’s Practice: Profiles in Service: The wisdom of “Sister Storyteller”

28  Relax. Enjoy. Repeat: Pictorial: Time for a real vacation, Andrew Tran-Chung

32  Sodie-Can Angel: Fiction, Dave Bachmann

36  Precious Epistles: Meditation: Letters from loving hands, Ken Neuser

Columns

2   From the Editor: Grandma’s Chair, Elizabeth A. Herzing-Gebhart

5   From the President and Publisher: Eroding Reality, Fr. Byron Miller, CSsR

6   Just Live It: “An Incomparable Role” María Ruiz Scaperlanda

8   Plain Talk: Invisible Man ….. Most Reverend Bruce Lewandowski, CSsR

18 The Redeemer, Mary, and You: Unimaginable Holy Light, Br. Daniel Korn, CSsR

31 Faith Hits Home: A Model for All Men, Bonnie LeMelle Abadie

In Every Issue

4   Contributors

4   Mail

34 Game Answers

35 Around the Table

38 Bible Quiz

38 Prayer and Blessing

39 Catholic Crossword

40 The Lighter Side