This past Trinity Sunday we were invited into the mystery of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — one God in three persons – on Father’s Day! The Trinity is not a puzzle to be solved, but a relationship to be entered into. Over the past several weeks, the Church […]

This year, I had the incredible blessing of visiting the Vatican during Holy Week, something I had dreamed of for many years. Despite Pope Francis’ recent illness, I held onto a faint hope that we might catch a glimpse of him, even from afar. But more than anything, my heart […]

Today we celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples in the Upper Room.  Did you know that there were 120 followers gathered there that day, in addition to the Blessed Mother, the Apostles and the Holy Women? (Acts 1:15) I try to imagine what it was […]

Bishop Robert Prevost was elected pope and chose the name Leo XIV on May 8th, 2025. Like many who saw his face for the first time, his pastoral presence struck me, as did the kindness of his features, and his obvious intelligence of as a multi-lingual Church leader. Peruvian Catholics […]

And we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. (John 14:23) My maternal grandfather was a tall, vibrant, strapping man, who worked most of his life as an outdoor caretaker for a large estate, and then as a steam‑engine pipe fitter from 1930 through the 1960’s. He […]

When the soul speaks to us in silence and memory fills with light from the moments we have lived, we understand that not all is lost. For true love — the one born from God and expressed through shared tenderness — never dies. Amid the pain that dwells in our […]

At some point in life, we all face difficult situations that place us in unexpected, even uncomfortable places. This happens without exception, at any stage of life—whether in youth, adulthood, or even when we feel like we’ve already seen it all. Facing these moments of difficulty becomes a personal challenge, […]

Hope does not disappoint. (Romans 5:5) In October 2020, something small but beautiful was born in a dusty, windblown corner of the Archdiocese of Bamenda: The St. John Paul II Mission Station. It was a tiny spark lit on the feast day of its namesake, Pope St. John Paul II, […]

As parents, we are the tour guides who help our little blessings figure out this world. We impart knowledge, wisdom, values, social skills, academic skills, life skills and faith! We show them sights they haven’t seen and guide the path that they will soon learn to walk on their own. […]

When Adam and Eve first ate of the forbidden fruit, they experienced a shame that led them to cover their nakedness. This carries a significant spiritual weight. Their physical state of nakedness, prior to the fall, pointed to the spiritual truth that nothing lay hidden between them, their hearts were […]