Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Boston Catholic schools leader Thomas Carroll stepping down at end of school year

Students who are all winners of the St. Joseph art contest stand alongside Thomas Carroll, superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Boston. / Credit: Archdiocese of Boston Boston, Mass., Aug 22, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA). Thomas W. Carroll, one of the most prominent Catholic education leaders in the U.S., will be stepping down […]

Ethan Hunt’s Second Act and Tom Cruise’s Third: The Unending Impossible Mission…

If there’s a “before” and “after” in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, an obvious dividing point is the Burj Khalifa. This now-iconic sequence in the fourth film, 2011’s “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” revolutionized the series around spectacular set pieces centered on Cruise actually performing jaw-dropping, death-defying practical stunts on location. By contrast, in 2006’s “Mission: […]

Sharing Your Faith With a World That Doesn’t Want It (and a Haka!)…..

In this episode of the Chris Stefanick Show, we are reminded of Christ’s call to be fishers of men! See firsthand the encouragement Chris gave to a huge crowd in Portugal on how and why to share the love of Jesus with others and hear from some Missionaries of Joy of how they live out […]

No human remains found at site of Catholic-run residential school in Canada

Over 100 churches, mostly Catholic, have been burned down or vandalized in Canada after the government and media began pushing the misleading narrative that potential ‘unmarked graves’ – soil disturbances picked up by ground-penetrating radar – had been discovered at Catholic-run residential schools.