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Catholic Educators Play a Crucial Role
I was raised in a loving, Catholic family. We went to Mass every Sunday, prayed the Rosary weekly as a family and attended Catholic school. We all played sports, served Mass and participated in Catholic youth groups and other faith building programs. I am grateful for the opportunities my parents …
Catholic volunteer killed on way home from adoration was ‘old soul’
By Matt McDonald National Catholic Register, Jan 24, 2024 / 13:00 pm Volunteering to help people was a big part of who Ryan Realbuto was. He scrubbed dishes in a soup kitchen, did yard work at a foster home, repainted the chapel at a home for women, and helped high-school kids …
Here are 5 Catholic practices to help strengthen your faith life in 2024
By Diego Lopez Marina ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 17, 2024 / 07:00 am In the constant search for spiritual growth and connection to the sacred in everyday life, discovering new ways to strengthen your Catholic faith can be transformative. Here are five ways that could renew your life of faith in …
Book Review: Hope: An Invitation
To look at her picture on the cover of Hope: An Invitation, you would not think that Sr. Josephine Garrett — a member of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth—hails from what she described as a hopeless childhood. “I am a woman full of hope,” she states frankly …
What’s behind the Church’s veneration of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
By ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 04:00 am Every Jan. 3, the Church celebrates the Most Holy Name of Jesus. In the words of St. Bernadine of Siena: “This is that most holy name longed for by the patriarchs, anxiously awaited, called upon amid cries of suffering, …
St. Francis and the story of the first Nativity scene
by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Dec 23, 2023 / 07:00 am It’s a well-known origin story: how the young and wealthy Francis of Assisi freely abandoned his noble patrimony to serve Christ’s Church as a poor, itinerant preacher. One of the world’s most beloved saints, the founder of the Franciscan …
Advent Reflections 2023
Introduction to Advent 2023 Invitation to Prayer: Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord. Reflection: The first candle is about to be lit! Tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent. Hopefully, you are participating with an Advent Wreath in your home this season. In his excellent article, …
Closure of St. Martin of Tours Catholic School, Cincinnati
St. Martin of Tours Catholic School, operated by St. Martin of Tours Parish in Cheviot, will close following the completion of the 2023-2024 school year. The pastor, pastoral council and finance council of St. Martin of Tours Parish — in consultation with the Catholic Schools Office of the archdiocese — …
Vatican doctrine office encourages single mothers to receive Communion after confession
By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Dec 14, 2023 / 13:50 pm The Vatican’s doctrine office published a letter on Thursday confirming that single mothers can receive Communion after going to confession and urging the need for further “pastoral work” in parts of the world where single mothers might still face harsh …
A cardinal, an archbishop, and a bishop reveal their vocation stories
By Joe Bukuras CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2023 / 09:00 am Serving at the altar for Venerable Fulton J. Sheen played a major role in one U.S. cardinal’s vocational journey. For another bishop, falling to his knees at the tomb of St. Peter was a pivotal moment. And an archbishop said …
