Bach on a mountain: Wilderness experience informs faith at Wyoming Catholic College

Incoming students at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming, are required to take a three-week wilderness trek that challenges them both body and soul. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Aeja DeKuiper Cheyenne, Wyo., Jul 16, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). Incoming students at Wyoming Catholic College experience an unusual introduction to their academic life — […]

Praying for celebrities as a charitable act?

Did you ever decorate your room with posters of your favorite famous people when you were a teenager — a sports figure, movie star or musician? Growing up, I sure did. I had posters of John Denver, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in my bedroom. There’s no doubt that we in the […]

The Invisible Battlefield: How Military Chaplains are Fighting the Spiritual War

What does spiritual warfare look like on the battlefield? On a captivating episode of “The Catholic Talk Show” with hosts Ryan Scheel, Ryan Dellacrosse, and Father Rich Pagano, we meet an unsung hero of these silent battles—Caption Father Peter Pomposello. Serving as a United States military chaplain, Father Pomposello understands firsthand the spiritual struggles the […]

12 Keys to Using the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Joseph Pronechen A window at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, New York, depicts Our Lady appearing to St. Simon Stock in 1251 in Aylesford, England, to give him the Brown Scapular. According to tradition, the scapular, as it is now known, was given by the Virgin Mary herself to […]