By CNA Staff Fatima, Portugal, Oct 13, 2023 / 04:15 am Oct. 13, 1917, marked the last Marian apparition in Fátima and the day on which thousands of people bore witness to the miracle of the dancing sun — a miracle that shattered the prevalent belief at the time that …

by Mary Farrow Fatima, Portugal, May 13, 2021 / 07:01 am America/Denver (CNA). It’s the most popular and well-known Marian apparition in the recent history of the Church. One hundred years ago, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in a field in Fatima, Portugal. She brought with …

I was a brand new speaker preparing a talk that I had struggled to put together for over a year. There I sat, tapping my pencil on another blank sheet of paper next to a growing pile of crumpled up ideas. I was out of time. In just a couple …

Father William Joseph Chaminade founded the Society of Mary in 1817, in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Born in 1761, as a young priest he barely survived the Revolution’s carnage and terror. When the revolutionary government demanded every priest in the country swear allegiance to the new government or …

Just in time for its inaugural academic year, Xavier Jesuit Academy, a new Catholic grade school in Bond Hill, will serve as the anchor site for this year’s Community Makeover. Now in its fifteenth year, the Community Makeover is a collaboration by the Cincinnati Reds, Procter and Gamble, the Cincinnati …

The Our Lady of Fatima statue at the south end of Logan County’s Indian Lake was a longtime staple in that community, but it was blown away by an EF-3 tornado on March 14, 2024. At 19-feet-6-inches-tall, the fiberglass statue stood on a concrete pedestal as part of the 43-feet …

As students prepare to complete the current school year, opportunities await for the 2024-25 school year with the expansion of Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship program. Once designated for students living in underperforming school districts, this program is now open to all students. “Universal EdChoice Expansion aligns with the Catholic Church’s teaching …

Near the scenic Rhine River in Germany is a little shrine devoted to the Blessed Mother where Father Joseph Kentenich founded the Marian movement called Schoenstatt, meaning “beautiful place.” This apostolic movement seeks to renew the Church by connecting faith to daily life through Mary’s example. Now established across the …

Chaminade Julienne High School (CJHS) in Dayton celebrates two milestone anniversaries this year: their 50th as a co-educational school and the 10th of its Senior Capstone Project program that celebrates the impact of Catholic social teaching. The program is now integral to the school and a hallmark of the schools’ …

For the formation of religious and seminarians We pray that religious women and men, and seminarians, grow in their own vocations through their human, pastoral, spiritual and community formation, leading them to be credible witnesses to the Gospel.