Welcome to TOB Tuesdays Refreshed.  Over the next few months we will revisit Katrina’s past blogs followed by Jack Henz'* reflection.   Why Do We Have A Body? by Katrina J. Zeno, MTS Why do we have a body anyway? I’m so glad you asked. To answer, I’d like to quote a story from an Aussie [...]

In honor of St. John Paul II’s feast day (October 22), Katrina adapted a recent talk entitled, “Four Life-Changing Nuggets from St. JPII.” In this blog, she only covers 3 nuggets, but if you’d like a pdf of the whole talk, please email our JPII Resource Center assistant, Zelda (zgraham@dphx.org) and request  a copy. And [...]

This week, we continue with our special edition of TOB Tuesdays with Part 2 of Katrina’s experience of the death of her father.  We’ve included the ending paragraph from last week so as to pick up where she left off. *** But there was another mysterious element that didn’t yet make sense to me. After [...]

This week, we post Part 1 of a Special Edition of TOB Tuesdays where Katrina reflects on the recent birth of her first grandchild followed by the death of her father. We hope it speaks to your heart. Psalm 27:14       Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for [...]

This week, I am again delighted to present another guest “speaker,” Candida Kirkpatrick. Below is an adapted version of the talk she wrote on the “sacramentality of marriage” during our recent TOB Speaker Training. PLEASE NOTE: TOB TUESDAYS WILL BE TAKING A BREAK UNTIL SEPTEMBER. At that time, we will relaunch with a new format [...]

I am thrilled to present a guest “speaker” this week, Sharon Wenger. Below is an adapted version of the talk she wrote and gave during the TOB Speaker Training that I facilitated in Phoenix last week. And if you are a benefactor of the St. JPII Resource Center for Theology of the Body and Culture [...]

I am always intrigued by how each blog begins formulating in my mind. This week’s blog started as I was writing last week’s blog on maintaining the equilibrium between the unitive and procreative meanings of the conjugal act. The thought crossed my mind about how this aspect of Church teaching doesn’t apply to me since [...]

For over 15 years I’ve wrestled with one line from St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” It’s this: “The link of purity with love, and the link of the same purity in love with piety as gift of the Holy Spirit, is a little-known guiding thread of the theology of the body, but [...]

[In honor of the Ascension this week, I dusted off an article I wrote years ago for Our Sunday Visitor. Enjoy!] The first time I ever met my spiritual director was on the Feast of the Ascension. He surprised me by saying this was his favorite feast day - even more than Christmas or Easter. [...]

It’s no secret that I love to dance salsa. As a result, many people ask me if I have a regular salsa partner. The answer is “no.” I simply show up at the salsa venues and hope (and pray!) that the good dancers will ask me to dance. My favorite salsa partner in San Diego [...]