"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as EAGLES. They shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
– Isaiah 40:31
Kathy Schiffer is the wife of a deacon and mother of three grown children, and currently works as Communications/ Media Relations Coordinator for Guest House, the treatment center for Catholic clergy and religious.
ShareYesterday was a big day for the 300,000 Catholics in New Hampshire. Pope Benedict XVI named Most Rev. Peter Anthony Libasci as the tenth bishop of Manchester. A New York native, Libasci has served since 2007 as Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Bishop Libasci is bi-ritual—that is, he is able to celebrate [...]
ShareWho can you trust for news about faith in the world around you? Not the mainstream media, according to Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., soon-to-be-installed new Archbishop of Philadelphia. Archbishop Chaput spoke to World Youth Day pilgrims in Madrid, cautioning them that the major media outlets may not give us the straight story regarding religious faith—either [...]
Share I have Rome Fever. It usually takes a bit longer to set in—I was, after all, stumbling on the cobblestones just three months ago. But the news that St. Peter’s Square is about to undergo a major renovation has me thinking: I’ve gotta see that!! The restoration project, which was just announced in L’Osservatore Romano, [...]
ShareToday Cardinal Edmund Szoka, archbishop-emeritus of the Archdiocese of Detroit and president-emeritus of the Vatican City State, celebrates the 40th anniversary of his episcopal ordination; and all of us here in the Detroit archdiocese join in honoring him for his long, outstanding service to the Church. He is a man to be reckoned with, a [...]
ShareEarlier this week, I told the story of how Archbishop Pietro Sambi, papal nuncio to the U.S., had so generously welcomed Guest House to the Vatican Embassy in 2006. Guest House, the treatment center for Catholic clergy and religious, was celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding; and the nuncio’s enthusiastic support for our mission [...]