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July 2014

July 14, 2014

“Being hopeful doesn’t mean being ‘Little Mary Sunshine’ all the time”

Rachel Balducci, the co-host of Catholic TV's "The Gist" and best-selling author of How Do...

July 09, 2014

I like to be in America!

Cross-posted from my "personal stuff" blog, The Dawn Patrol: The online home of America magazine...

June 2014

June 06, 2014

Editor of America’s leading pastoral magazine endorses My Peace I Give You

Cross-posted from The Dawn Patrol: Fr. David Meconi, S.J., editor of Homiletic & Pastoral Review—the...

April 2014

April 21, 2014

A note regarding Dr. Philip J. Mango

I recently received an e-mail from a reader of My Peace I Give You, my...

April 18, 2014

“This is the night”: A Holy Saturday reflection

Holy Saturday is particularly meaningful for me because it was on Holy Saturday in 2006...

February 2014

February 04, 2014

“Learning that Catholics themselves were grieving over abuse…helped me become more open to entering the Church”

Catholic World Report today features an interview with me by John Burger in which I...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

“Perhaps God’s greatest miracle is not creation, but re-creation”: My talk at the Courage conference

I wrote to you earlier about the beautiful experience I had last month at the...

August 03, 2013

Healing with Courage

Since returning last Sunday from the four-day Courage/EnCourage conference, where I spoke about healing sexual...

July 2013

July 19, 2013

Catholic News Agency reports on my talk to graduates of the Project Dawn Court: “Women with prostitution charges find compassion, new start”

[Cross-posted at The Dawn Patrol:] Ever since writing My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

UPDATED WITH AUDIO: Welcome, “Morning Air” listeners!

UPDATE: My "Morning Air" interview is now online! Listen here. I'm very thankful to Sean...

June 18, 2013

Do you or someone you know need to forgive? Then you need to watch this program

UPDATE, 8/3/13: As of this writing, most of the links to "Women of Grace" episodes...

May 2013

May 01, 2013

Dominicans’ Angelic Warfare Confraternity director urges members to read My Peace, calling it “a powerful aid for healing and renewal”

As a member of the Angelic Warfare Confraternity, the Dominican Friars' apostolate for Catholic men...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

AUDIO: Outstanding homily on spiritual healing and forgiveness

Audio Sancto, which offers free podcasts of Catholic sermons, currently features a beautiful homily given...

February 22, 2013

St. Margaret of Cortona: All things are possible to Love

Today is the feast of the 13th-century holy woman St. Margaret of Cortona, whose journey...

February 09, 2013

A free podcast of the talk I gave today at Notre Dame on healing sexual wounds with the help of the saints …

... awaits you on my personal blog, The Dawn Patrol.

November 2012

November 29, 2012

The saints “rose above their violations through a deep conviction of divine love in their hearts”

Melissa Kimiadi of A Journey Through NYC Religions writes beautifully of how the saints, having...

November 13, 2012

WATCH NOW: My interview on EWTN’s “The Journey Home”

Here is the video of my interview on "The Journey Home" that premiered last night...

November 12, 2012

TONIGHT: Watch me on EWTN’s “Journey Home”

Tonight's the night that my interview for "The Journey Home" airs on EWTN, in...

November 01, 2012

Purchased at a price

On this All Saints Day, in honor of the late Barbara Curtis, I am republishing...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

“I no longer felt alone”: Angela Sealana reviews My Peace I Give You

Catholic new-media expert Angela Sealana, who blogs at Inspired Angela, confesses today that she used...

October 22, 2012

A new saint for sufferers of childhood trauma

Pope Benedict's canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha yesterday gave the Church a new patroness for those...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Entering into the “memories of God”

I wrote yesterday about how "I have come to believe that people who have suffered...