By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing, May 18, 2023
Stephen P. White is executive director of The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America and a fellow in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
A note from Robert Royal: We’re slowing down in our fundraising and we simply CANNOT. Not yet. We’ve done well and are doing okay. But if you can help and expect others to do what needs to get done, please, don’t assume that. On the contrary, I often tell readers during these twice-yearly campaigns that those with means need to consider making up for those who don’t have them – and still come here every day out of a commitment to the Catholic thing. …
My eldest daughter was Confirmed this spring. She took as her patron Pope St. John Paul II, a choice she made on her own but of which I could not be more approving. The bishop came to the parish and sealed her with the Holy Spirit. Afterward, her head smelled of chrism just as it did at her baptism. She has grown so much, as children do, to the never-ending joy and sorrow of her parents.
It is First Communion season now. In our parish, as in parishes across the country, little boys and girls are receiving Our Lord in the Eucharist for the first time. My own son made his first Communion this past weekend, along with many of his friends and classmates. It was a joyful occasion. Parents and grandparents flushed with pride, fawning over the innocence of the young ones. …
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