by Fr. Jim Chern
Some years ago, I was asked to spend a couple of weeks serving as a chaplain for FOCUS - the Fellowship of Catholic University Students - during their summer missionary training. It was held at…
At 3:38 in the afternoon, Gordon Yeager died in an Iowa hospital. He was 94 years old. His wife, Norma, lay in the bed beside him. They had both been badly injured in a car…
Of the vast array of saints in the Catholic Church, one of the most fascinating, brilliant, and complex has to be St. Augustine. He lived in the fourth century, so it was still relatively early…
There's a billionaire named Peter Thiel who's been making some pretty unusual headlines recently. If you don't recognize the name, he's one of the most influential people in Silicon Valley. He co-founded PayPal, was an…
There are certain books from childhood that somehow stick with you. I can barely remember books I read a couple of years ago, but I can still tell you all about The Monster at the End…
“The Breakfast Club.” For me, when I hear that title, I immediately think of the 1985 movie. Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez — the whole Brat Pack thing. Which probably tells you something about…
There are some parables of Jesus that are so powerful and beautiful that they are even known outside of Christian circles... Like, “The Prodigal Son” where the rebellious son takes his inheritance early, squanders it,…
For a good number of us, we can’t remember a time when we weren’t Catholic Christians. We were baptized as babies. We grew up going to Mass. Maybe Catholic school, CCD, First Communion, Confirmation. We…
I have to be honest with you guys. The 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that we mark today has been weighing much heavier on me than I ever anticipated. At that point, I had…
Anyone who has spent time around little kids has probably played some version of the “opposite game.” When you’re trying to help them build their understanding of things and their vocabulary, you go back and…