St Hilary of Poitiers
Dear Heidi, You feel like you’re in exile? Long dark nights, short grey days, cold icy windowpanes and the same boring “gruel” each day (I
Category: Uncle Eddy
St Arcadius
Dear Kate, Your resistance to pain is edifying. I remember the strain we used to undergo in conditioning exercises for football, but judging from the
St Theodosius the Cenobiarch
Dear Theodore, It is possible, you know, to overdo things. Certainly the pleasures of the world are God’s gifts to us, his beloved children, but
St William
Dear Bill, Your latest discernment update begs a response. Just because you “feel attracted” to the vocation of marriage (most normal young men do, you
St Marciana
Dear Marcia, I know that it is hard to keep living the demands of your faith in the middle of that decadent campus culture. I
St Apollinaris
Dear Polly, You baffle me. How is it that you send me such frequent and eloquent descriptions of your campus culture’s unjust treatment of Catholic
St Raymond of Penyafort
Dear Penny, Sometimes we just have to stand our ground and trust that God will work things out. If the young man you have been
St Raphaela Mary
Dear Raff, I can understand your consternation at not being promoted to president of the Newman Center. I can understand it, but I don’t countenance
St Joan of Arc
Dear Joanne, My dearest of nieces, as you prepare for your graduation (this afternoon, I believe?) I am reminiscing here in my drab and almost
