A few days ago one of my younger children, a 7-year-old daughter, celebrated her first Confession. It was beautiful. She is the ninth in the family. Along with two of her siblings, she attends our ...

GREAT BARRINGTON My church, St. Thomas Aquinas, is in the news a lot these days. I don't live in Adams anymore, so I haven't been there too often lately, but I have fond memories of growing up a ...

My Catholic first Communion was circa 1962. I was 7-years-old, but my first confession was the stepping stone, which brings back dress rehearsals and the sins of omission. We second-graders had to ...

We're eating spaghetti, talking about sin. The father, who is Jewish, grew up in a household where the word was not thrown around casually, so he's absorbing his discomfort with jokes. The mother, who ...

This is my first column for The State Press and I feel as though I need to clear the air right up front; for, you see, I have a dirty little secret. Actually I have two secrets but they are opposing ...