Here in the middle of the United States, we are finally into spring - at least in our area it has been a struggle for flowers and trees to blossom. I always think of spring as symbolic of hope and new life. It is a forerunner ...

Today is the celebration of St. Polycarp, a martyr of the early Catholic Church.  Polycarp connects the apostles and the early church fathers according to some sources who identify Polycarp as a direct student of the apostle ...