It has always been difficult, at least for me, to imagine Advent as a season of penitence. In our tradition, the days leading up to Christmas are second only to the days leading up to Easter as an ...

Keeping with the Marian theme of October, a trip to the Shrine of Our Lady of South Carolina, Our Lady of Joyful Hope. The Marian shrine in Kingstree, S.C., honors Mary with two titles: the Shrine of ...

Ahead of releasing their debut album via Idée Fixe Records on April 29, drone-hymn experimenters Joyful Joyful (a.k.a. Cormac Culkeen and Dave Grenon) have shared a new music video for "Oh Jubilation, ...

December has arrived and it ushers in the Christmas season brimming with joy, laughter and of course, carols! Contempo, the past pupils’ choir of St. Bridget’s Convent has been part of many Christmas ...

This is yet another unsettling gospel. The ‘door’ to our salvation, we’re told, is open, but not wide, and it will not remain open indefinitely. We cannot enter, in other words, as and when we please.