Catholic identity

"Be more human": Those three words engraved on a sign on a crucifix in Switzerland opened up for me a portal of understanding — in terms of my faith, my vocation as a monk, my self-understanding, and on a more universal level as well...

 ... Read more at Toledo Faith & Values, a hub website in Toledo, Ohio, for Religion News LLC's three-year community religion news project, funded through the Lilly Endowment. The recently launched site provides non-sectarian coverage of faith and values news in the Toledo region. As a former resident of the Toledo area, and at the invitation of former newspaper colleague David Yonke, the site's editor, I will be making occasional contributions--writing about Christian prayer, spirituality, and monastic life.