Saturday, December 21, 2024
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Articles by Michelle McDaniel
The harrowing story of an LA priest who survived a shooting in Nigeria
Apr 22, 2021 / 17:00 pmFather Aloysius Ezoenyeka didn’t know how long he had been unconscious. A gentle slapping on his face stirred him, and his eyelids flicked open to an African hospital room filled with people clapping and cheering.
Discerning in, and discerning out: What happens when seminarians leave?
Dec 31, 2019 / 07:15 amCatholic journalists know that discernment stories are popular because they give readers hope. And they often follow a pattern: They usually include a “God moment” in which the subject, through a dramatic circumstance, hears the word of God and finds with sparkling clarity, the call to become a cleric or religious. They end with ordination or follow final vows.