I had agreed, along with 11 other people from my congregation, to attend a program on congregational discernment, but I was not looking forward to it. I was skeptical of the diocese’s ability to teach ...

It is the time of year when resolutions are freely tossed about, more as conversation starters than commitments to the coming year. They often fall in the categories of would’a should’a could‘a or the ...

ROME – Since the beginning of Pope Francis’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality in 2021, the concept has been notoriously abstract and difficult to define. This week, however, rank-and-file pastors from ...

In a world increasingly optimized for speed, automation and reaction, discernment may quietly become one of the more valuable ...

As a college teacher and as someone who works with a wide variety of people of all ages, I hear a lot of generalizations and assumptions about a broad scope of topics ranging from business, to ...

'We often talk about voting well, and voting well requires some form of prudent judgment that is sharpened and clarified through a process called discernment' With the elections coming up, ...