Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Selling the mansions: It’s a very good start…

It seemed to fly under the radar of both secular and most Catholic media, but recently some heartening news came out of the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois, when Bishop Michael McGovern announced that he would be selling the 13-bedroom manor that has been the home of Belleville’s shepherds for over 150 years. In a splendid example of the Church putting its money where its mouth is…