Over the past year or so, I have been blessed with the opportunity to attend a number of beautiful Catholic weddings. Most of my close friends (and some of my siblings) are now of a marrying age, and it has been a joy to see many of them starting new lives with their spouses.
In every community of faith – as in any other society or family – there are always those who take on roles of enormous yet underappreciated significance.
I am sure many of you are familiar with the television series about the life of Jesus called “The Chosen.”
I was raised a Roman Catholic and essentially inhaled the religious ethos of Roman Catholicism.
Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to drive me to an airport, meet me at a train station or share the trunk of a car with me on a road trip can tell you one thing: I do not travel lightly.
Anyone who reads the daily newspaper finds within its pages a glimpse into the sorrow and despair that is – and always has been – a part of human life.
The road to negotiate depression and its impact on my life and religious views has been a lifelong one. What follows is a description of my decades-long and continuing evolution, unfolding more each day, as a Christian.
Since childhood, Kathy Izard felt like she was being called to do something important with her life.
As Director of Development for the Diocese of Superior, I am annually responsible for overseeing our special collections.
Jubilee 2025 began on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s in Rome, and will conclude Jan. 6, 2026, when that door of the Vatican basilica is closed.
