"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.
Those of you who, like me, spent your aimless youth slathered in Coppertone and languishing on a hot beach in a vain attempt to get a suntan will appreciate this story. St. Lawrence, one of seven deacons who served under Pope Sixtus II, died on this date in 258 A.D. According to legend, he was […]
Earlier 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 […]
When I was in elementary school, my parents splurged on a membership to the Catholic Youth Book Club. I was an avid reader, and we lived quite a distance from the library—so each month I’d thrill to tear open the box which arrived in our mailbox, and to reveal the new hardcover biography of one […]
John Corapi has released another statement. In what has emerged as a pitiful volley of “he said-he said,” Corapi again defends himself against accusations leveled against him by his own order. The S.O.L.T., similarly, had been defending itself against Corapi’s blunt criticisms. There has never been any sexual impropriety, Corapi insists. Never any paid hush money. Never […]
My husband and I went in two different directions today. He, a deacon, has been helping out in the last week before our new pastor arrives, so he preached at two Masses this morning. He helped a kindly but somewhat befuddled visiting priest, hugged a newborn baby, talked to a hundred or so souls and […]