Starting over after the divorce or death of a spouse difficult but possible with support, love

By Kathy Keaton
   Many of you who are reading this are divorced, about to get a divorce or separated, or have experienced the death of your spouse.  You may have a friend or family member who is experiencing such a loss and be anxious to offer help to other.  Those experiencing these situations may be [...]

Midland parishioner discovers power of Rosary after years

(Editor’s Note: Ellen Hopkins is a Midland-based freelance writer and parishioner at St. Ann’s in Midland.)
By Ellen Hopkins
   The nuns who taught us in the 1950s and 60s deepened our Catholic faith immeasurably but their repeated point about the rosary being a “powerful prayer” always eluded me, until recently. Of course, my idea of “powerful” [...]