To Be Catholic

"To be Catholic is to live one's whole life 'in' the gospel, to rest one's case in the pierced hands of Jesus Christ the Savior; to think of oneself as having been adopted into 'the whole family in heaven and earth' as St. Paul teaches, to be profoundly conscious of one's place in an immensely ancient tradition...that stretches back to the beginning (Archbishop Christoph Schonborn, Archbishop of Vienna, Austria)."

Rev. William J. McCarthy, M.S.A.
The Joy and Splendor of Being Catholic, My Father's House