Finishing Lent Strong
I noticed that my two middle school aged sons had transformed the palm leaves handed to them when entering Mass into “Palm Crosses.” I asked why they always make crosses out of the palms on Palm Sunday? The reply was one that got me thinking about Holy Week...

Report Cites Fewer Sex Abuse Cases in US
Numbers relating to the sexual abuse of minors by clergy are at the lowest they've been since 2004, and most allegations in 2009 were regarding earlier decades. This is one of the positive trends reported in the 2009 annual report on compliance with the U.S. bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People...

Prom Dress Trends for 2010 is "Slutty Chic"
Where's Molly Ringwald when you need her? We'd take a butchered pink polka-dot sack any day over the latest trend to hit the prom-dress circuit: "slutty chic"...

9 Charged with Bullying Teen who Hanged Herself
Insults and threats followed 15-year-old Phoebe Prince almost from her first day at South Hadley High School, targeting the Irish immigrant in the halls, library and in vicious cellphone text messages...

NBC's Minute to Win It
We are always trying to think up new games to use in our ministry. NBC has done a great thing for youth pastors! The new game show Minute to Win It has between 60 and 70 doable games that can be used as youth ministry crowd breakers...

Baptism Water Rosary Photo