Need some direction in darkness? Look to St. Catherine of Siena
If the scandals tempt you to distance yourself from the Church, she has a lesson for you.
Sherry Antonetti
Latest articles by Sherry Antonetti
How to spend an hour in adoration
Taking time to be with Jesus in the Eucharist is a recipe for finding the peace your soul needs.
7 Spiritual lessons to learn with your sneakers on
Have you ever noticed how much working the body helps you to understand the soul?
10 Inexpensive ways to create great summer memories with your kids
A mother of 10 shares her secrets for making fun, affordable memories for the whole family.
5 Tips if you’re botching Lent
Forty days is not short. Old habits and sins are hard to root out
Why we need to be careful about rejoicing at the accomplishments of people with Down syndrome
As a mom of a son with Trisomy 21, these stories thrill me, but also fill me with misgiving.
Date nights are little Sundays for your marriage
They ought to be almost as obligatory as weekly Mass (but they don't have to be expensive or complicated!).
7 Things you can do to prepare for Pentecost
How you and your family can celebrate the fact that the Holy Spirit is with us.
The Holy Week I really walked the Way of the Cross
I'd never lived a Resurrection Day like that one.
How I learned being a saint is as easy as … bedtime
There's a two-word recipe for holiness, but unfortunately, it's not as easy as it sounds.
This Lent, try becoming empty
Make room in your soul for God
That time the Holy Spirit hit me right upside the head
There is nothing like getting an instructive and providential message, just before the phone rings
The happiest, most inspiring, pro-life story you’ll read today
Sometimes the best thing you can do for the pro-life cause is just to "smile and walk out into the world."
12 Ways to be more mindful this Advent
Here's how to spend the 28 days before Christmas in the right frame of mind.
The dead come back to life when you share the family lore
Tell your kids stories about their relatives who've passed on; live your life so one day they'll tell stories about you.
The surprising thing that happened when I took my kids to early Mass
A quieter Mass brought a mix of tranquility and heightened alertness to my busy brood
The Dark Night of the Soul might not be for me
Perhaps our paths to holiness are as individual as our crosses
My son is so much more than Down syndrome
He didn't and doesn't know or care about his capacities being somewhat limited. And his siblings fully expect that he will do everything they do.
What my dying friend is teaching everyone around her about faith
Her luminous witness of a peaceful spirit despite real and ever present danger has directed the attention of everyone around her to the Divine Physician
My challenge to my teenaged son (and his to me)
A mother turns her son's concern about her physical fitness as an opening for a conversation about growing in faith