Articles By: Joe Pisani

A free gift that’s priceless May 8th, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic gave me a glimpse into the void, and it was frightening. Not the void in prevention. The void in the lives of… Read More ››

Friends in very high places February 8th, 2020 - Years ago, I learned an important lesson about life at my summer job, where I worked the night shift on a factory assembly line that… Read More ››

The greatest destroyer of peace today January 21st, 2021 - There is a famous photo from the Vietnam era of a teenage girl holding a flower up to a phalanx of National Guardsmen with their… Read More ››

How Father McGivney touched one family October 23rd, 2020 - Venerable Father Michael McGivney will be beatified during a special Mass October 31 at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford. Earlier this year, Pope… Read More ››

The forgotten value of suffering July 9th, 2020 - I’ve never been a person who could endure suffering without complaining. Even a little suffering. I wish I could learn from saints like Padre Pio,… Read More ››

Nana, Papa, everybody up there, pray for us! April 29th, 2020 - Sometimes I look up to heaven in frustration and grumble about the way things are in the world, my country and—let me not forget—my family.… Read More ››

The best advice I ever got March 24th, 2020 - I gave my public speaking class a homework assignment to write a speech on the topic, “The best advice I ever got.” Students know a… Read More ››

A model for all grandparents January 30th, 2020 - I’ve often wondered what kind of grandparents St. Anne and St. Joachim were. Did St. Anne dote over Jesus because he was her only grandchild?… Read More ››

Breaking the Second Commandment September 20th, 2019 - Every so often I rent a movie to watch on my iPad because I don’t own a television. We’re not Amish. We just gave up… Read More ››

A saint like the rest of us July 26th, 2019 - I still remember the time I didn’t get the job. Well, actually there were a few times I didn’t get the job and I don’t… Read More ››

The Divine Healer June 4th, 2019 - In 2002, a prison chaplain contacted Father Larry Carew about working with an inmate who had been sexually abused by a priest. When Father met… Read More ››

Back to college … defending the faith May 10th, 2019 - Melissa decided to go back to college. After 25 years. Things had changed and she had the misfortune, or dumb luck, of taking a course… Read More ››

Shelter from the storm February 20th, 2019 - When my grandparents arrived in America almost a century ago, they moved into a second-floor flat on Sherman Street in Bridgeport, across from St. Mary… Read More ››

One Thing, the most important thing September 25th, 2018 - Every day I get emails from my non-Catholic friends about the crisis of sex abuse and accountability in the Church. They want to know: What… Read More ››

Who is God, Mommy? June 29th, 2018 - ​My friend’s 5-year-old son came home from school and started to share the day’s events with his mother over a glass of milk and cookies.… Read More ››