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A few years back, the Swiss did a study on the roles of parents in passing on faith practice to their children. Some of their results: If both father and mother attend church regularly, 33 percent of their children will end up as regular churchgoers, and 41 percent will end up attending irregularly...

Coming from India to the United States, I’ve become more aware of the value of time. People are so busy here, and everyone travels in cars— it seems like the whole city is moving! Each person is meticulously scheduled, and it makes sense to me that some people say they don’t have time to pray...

During some of my time away these past few months, I found myself on the road and had the opportunity to face the challenge of finding and attending Mass. As we enter the more intensive road trip season, it’s a blessing to know that weekend and weekday Mass is available all over the place and that there are apps to make the search much easier...

I awakened to my daughter saying, “Something’s happening at the neighbor’s house. All kinds of emergency vehicles are there.” Something told me to run over, and when my friend opened the door, her words were chilling, “. . . she’s not responding.”

To My POP Family, At the end of May, I will finish my time serving as POP’s Echo Apprentice. It’s been a wonderful two years during which I’ve seen so many changes at POP—new buildings, new ministries, new faces, death and new life—I’ve truly witnessed the ebb and flow of parish life, and it’s been a privilege...