If there’s one thing notable about this week, it is a celebration of love. Valentine’s Day means you’re searching for date ideas or chocolates to buy your special person. But among the flowers, there ...

When you’ve committed a behavior you’re not very proud of, the chances are you’ll try to close your eyes and make it go away. It can be tough on your sense of yourself as an upright individual to ...

Lent is a time when a lot of people think about returning to the sacrament of reconciliation. But if it’s been a while, that can be kind of a daunting idea. What are the words I’m supposed to say, ...

Do you peruse church bulletins online to find convenient-for-you confession times? Do you have a “game plan” for making it to the confessional ahead of a popular Mass time? Mary Farrow is one of the ...

Everyone's committed an indiscretion at some point in life. Perhaps you've been caught in a white lie, which soon becomes exposed. Do you come out with a confession or do you try to cover it up? A ...

In my training class on hearing confessions, we did case studies that hit all ten commandments, the seven deadly sins and, occasionally, the plotlines of major movies. (When asked to improvise a ...