Jones lost a medallion containing some of his father’s ashes when it came loose from a chain he was wearing around his neck during a September 20 game against the Detroit Lions.

St. Anthony the Great had a problem. He was 105 years old, he lived in fourth-century Egypt, and he was famous.

One of the saddest situations I encounter is when a daily Mass attendee, after decades of devotion, dies and does not receive a Catholic funeral or burial.

One godchild was in the habit of saying “Now I lay me down to sleep” at bedtime.

A couple of times — for a neighbor and for a cousin — I’ve been invited to a “celebration of life” rather than a funeral.

A decades-long partnership between a Catholic cemetery and a Catholic hospital.