Guest Columnists

The statistics on teen suicide are sobering. But, adults, particularly parents, can help teens face problems and build resilience through honest, open communication and the deep blessing of support through faith.

"Priestly celibacy makes sense only when we grasp the priesthood as a vocation to spiritual fatherhood," says Father Carter Griffin. "A priest is a man whose life is lived for others and who gives life in the order of grace."

Our family learned this summer that we are expecting a baby in March – due on the feast of the Annunciation. A delightful date to think of welcoming another child.

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.”

Those who've been yearning for a fix of interwar elegance ever since the popular ITV and PBS television series "Downton Abbey" went off the air in 2015 can rejoice: program creator Julian Fellowes' well-loved characters have made a successful debut on the big screen.