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The Speech that Echoed Around the World
The tradition of sharing God’s truth lies at the heart of Catholic education
I remember being a 14-year-old high school freshman in 1965. There was tremendous excitement in my school, in my neighborhood and throughout the United States of America — for the very first time ever, the pope was coming to New York City! For the first time ever, a pope was going to address the members of the United Nations! For the first time ever, a pope was going to celebrate Mass in Yankee Stadium!
A Field of Dreams Comes True
Partnership brings a New Catholic school to Somersworth
By Rosemary Ford
When Father Andrew Nelson looked out over the slice of land that bordered St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish’s St. Martin Church parking lot and the nearby cemetery, he didn’t see a field with a few trees.
He saw a dream.
He envisioned a school for local children, connected to his parish, that provides both rigorous academics and exploration of Catholicism.
With So Much Knowledge at our Fingertips, Why Are We So Confused About How to Live?
Q: Dear Father Francis, we currently have access to more information than any generation in history. With just a few taps on a phone or clicks of a mouse, we can learn almost anything we want to know. Why, then, does our world still seem so confused about how to live?
A: Dear Friends, we live in an extraordinary technological age. Never has so much information been so readily available to so many people.
In just a matter of seconds, we can settle a debate, learn a new skill, translate a foreign language, research a medical condition or listen to lectures from some of the world’s greatest scholars.
A Saint for Lecturers, Orators and Preachers
St. John Chrysostom taught the lessons of Christ with clarity, charity and truth
How many of you remember a teacher who truly stood out to you?
Perhaps it was a particular lesson, the way they taught or the mentorship they offered. Many of us can immediately picture that person. There was something intentional and caring about the way they interacted with their students. St. John Chrysostom, much like that memorable teacher, became well known for the care, wisdom and courage with which he taught others.
Walking with our Eucharistic Lord
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage traveled to 18 Catholic archdioceses and dioceses on the East Coast of the United States, including here in the Diocese of Manchester.
Meet Our New Priests
One from New Hampshire and one from Vietnam recently ordained
By Daniel Sarch
New priest, Father Guillaume Temkkit, probably summed it up best when he tried to explain what the vocation of the priesthood means.
He compared it to love, which requires loyalty, sacrifice and giving yourself entirely to one person. But as a priest, that devotion belongs to the people and God, he explains.
“It’s meant to be crazy. It’s meant to be radical. That’s what makes it love,” Father Temkkit says.
Beyond School Choice
Rediscovering the family as the first school of love
When my daughter was still an infant, long before she could even say a word, I found myself in a conversation with other young mothers about our children’s future education.
Would they attend public, private, Catholic school or be homeschooled? Which curriculum would we choose? Which educational philosophy was best?
Debunking the Myths of Physician-Assisted Suicide
Over the years, our Legislature has repeatedly rejected various proposals to legalize the practice of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in New Hampshire.
Nevertheless, it seems that PAS supporters are planning to take yet another stab at it in the upcoming legislative session.
Check out the Finding Communion podcast where Rosemary Ford, the editor of Parable magazine and Robert Dunn, the director of Public Policy for the Diocese of Manchester discuss politics, the Eucharist and the common good, expanding on themes readers will see in the latest editions of Parable.
Becoming Your Own Hero
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry shows how escaping reality can lead to firmer roots in the real world.
“Come with me, and you’ll be, in a world of pure imagination.”
These lyrics from the original film adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory invite us into a realm where we expect everything to be perfect.
Instead, we find that the world of imagination can be challenging and instructive. It has its own heroes and villains, its own successes and failures.
Sitting in the Right Chair at the Right Time
Along the way in life, there are little moments we all experience — moments when it seems as though the world stops and, for just an instant, we find ourselves looking in on our own lives.
Suddenly, everything that has led to that moment seems both apparent and fitting. In those rare instances when it all comes together, God has a way of making us smile, laugh and stand in quiet awe of all that has been and all that has come to pass.
I remember one of those mornings well.
