The readings for Sunday, July 30, 2017, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A, are 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12; Romans 8:28-30; and Matthew 13:44-52.

Incoming college freshmen, while excited, often find themselves faced with uncertainty and challenges, according to Tim Taylor, director of the Newman Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

“What makes you feel strong, happy, sad or scared?” Father Juan Gaspar, OMI asked young Hispanics on June 17 at the Diocesan Pastoral Center in Belleville.