Your Stories

Teenager Helps the Homeless Through Her Confirmation Project
Anna said she wanted to do good because her faith teaches her that it’s important to help others. And so she put her heart into the effort.
Peer Ministers Reach Out to Neighbors in Need
Montini Catholic High School’s peer ministry team wrapped up their Neighbors in Need fundraiser for the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry.
U.S. Bishops React to McCarrick Report With Sorrow, Calls for Repentance
“This is another tragic chapter in the Church’s long struggle to confront the crimes of sexual abuse by clergy.”
Do We Have To Talk About Work When We Spend All Day “in the Office” Together?
Regardless of your subject matter, talk with the intent to grow in your understanding and love for one another.

Diocese Sets Up Fund to Help Educate Seminarians
Your Life

Spotlight on Two of Daybreak Center’s Awesome Volunteers
Evelyn Mytyk (left), and Diane Meader Schenk (right), receive Volunteer of the Year awards from Courtney Suchor, Director of the Daybreak Center homeless shelter.
Diocese Selected to Partner With Leadership Roundtable to Train Hispanic Leaders
Hispanic Ethnic Ministries Office begins training the first cohort of Hispanic/Latino Catholic leaders in January.
I’m Feeling Overworked and Underappreciated at Work
How to talk to your boss, in person or remotely.

When Making Do Makes Something Great
Your Faith

Spotlight on Consecrated Life and Jubilarians for Religious and Priests, Brothers and Sisters
The Diocese of Joliet held a Mass that celebrated consecrated life and jubilee for religious and priests, brothers and sisters living and serving in the diocese.
St. Peter Damian
A voice of truth and reform when the Church was struggling with corruption and immorality.
When Was the Last Time You Thanked God?
I was literally raised in a barn. My father bought a barn that had been used to store hay and moved it onto our property.
On the Road to Becoming a Saint
Father Michael McGivney was a parish priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus.
