It has been on my heart to make my first writing piece about feeling distant from God. I held off on writing this piece until now because after countless times of praying to feel God’s presence and answers, He made something known to me. I haven’t had it easy for the past two years. I was trying to heal from heartbreak and 2017 felt like the worst year of my life. I had a lot of trouble feeling God’s love and God’s presence in my life during that year and I would constantly p

Authenticity is so hard. I often struggle to be completely real with people. This is a common struggle that most of us deal with every day. However, sometimes a fear of being genuine reveals deeper insecurities in us. Recently I’ve been discovering that somewhere along my life journey I started believing a lie. A lie that I was only lovable if I presented certain images of myself to people. I remember being a little girl and trying to be as cute as I could so that my siblings

The term, “Men for Others” is one used frequently at St. Paul’s High School here in Winnipeg. It is used to describe what a graduate of that institution must exhibit, someone who takes the interests of others before his own. This motto is displayed everywhere, and it is frequently used by the teachers to remind the young students of their true purpose. During my first few months at St. Paul’s I had a hard time understanding the deeper meaning of the phrase, but I soon realize

From finishing bio homework plus reading a book that’s due the next day plus doing chores and having some “downtime” for yourself, it seems that God does not really fit in this equation. Even when we do find time to pray, it seems as if we are too tired to even do so because we have left it at the bottom of our list of things to do. No one ever said that balancing life’s everyday tasks and challenges would come so easy and sometimes we feel as if we are facing all of life’s o

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing…” -Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 Season

From the beginning of our life to the very end, there is a father, who loves us, protects us, and reminds us of who we are. They are our fathers, men who have dedicated their lives to the service of their own. The love of a father is not measured nor is it questioned. A father serves for a very long time; but a time of joy it is. The title, “Father,” is one of the most important and special titles any man can receive in his lifetime. In our Catholic lives, we are given many o

If you were told right now that there was a chest of endless riches underground and that you’d have to dig with some effort to get to it, would you? If you were told you had to go to confirmation classes (or take your child to confirmation classes) for a year to be confirmed, how might you respond? As a confirmation catechist, I believe that there are many fantastic reasons to be confirmed right here in our Archdiocese. However, I have encountered many parents who want to ski

There is so much strength that comes with courage but from experience, I know that courage does not at all mean the absence of fear. Courage allows us to face any situation even when fear wants to stare at us straight in the face. Courage allows us to trust in our Heavenly Father’s faithfulness and know that He will provide. I know many courageous people but among the most courageous people that I have come across and whose strength I have witnessed would have to be all of th