by Rev. Peter Stravinskas | Aug 10, 2026 | Blog
Editor’s note: This homily was preached on the Seventeenth Sunday, July 26, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. Last Sunday, we considered the centrality of grace in the Christian life and took Saint Anne as a model of such grace, embodied in her...
by Rev. Peter Stravinskas | May 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
Education is not an ancillary activity but forms the very fabric of evangelization: it is the concrete way in which the Gospel becomes an educational gesture, a relationship, a culture. – Pope Leo XIV The Catholic Education Foundation presents The Priest in...
by Rev. Peter Stravinskas | May 28, 2026 | Blog
The work of absolution is central to the priesthood as those words are uttered in Baptism, Penance, and the Anointing of the Sick, paving the way for any other sacramental encounters that increase the divine life within. May 24, 2026 Editor’s note: The following...
by Rev. Peter Stravinskas | Apr 21, 2026 | Blog
We have no right to expect a share in Christ’s Resurrection if we refuse to be identified with Him by accepting a share in His sufferings. In the midst of the Easter season, we re-read the twenty-fourth chapter of St. Luke’s Gospel, the Emmaus story, my favorite...
by Rev. Peter Stravinskas | Mar 31, 2026 | Blog
Editor’s note: The following is Part Two of an address given to The Thomistic Institute of Fordham University on February 26, 2026 (read Part One). Does a Catholic university have a distinctive curriculum? John Paul II would seem to think so, and it is what we might...