What Is True Love?

It’ll soon be six years since I’ve been at BC.  I’ve watched people come and go,…

Thanksgiving Reflections and the Single Life

Five years ago, I wrote my first Torch article on St. Martin of Tours. As I…

My Good Friend, St. Therese

I would like you to meet a dear friend of mine, St. Therese. Her feast day…

Our Last Supper

“Bakit, Diyos?!” or “Why, God?” During most of this semester I have prayed in a language…

500 Years of the Faith in the Philippines

In the Philippines, Masses are celebrated within shopping mall chapels. Crucifixes hang on the walls of…

Finding God in Isolation

My heart yearns for the sunny days back home in California instead of these long, dark,…

Can Catholics Believe in Ghosts?

What exactly do Catholics believe about ghosts? There’s no official teaching by the Church on this…

Eternal Birth Through Decay

It is so easy to lose the courage to love, knowing that everything one cares about…

How to become Catholic as an Adult: RCIA

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) consists of four steps in which one receives…