Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity St. Joseph, the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster-father of Jesus. Today is the only Solemnity celebrated in the 2024 Lenten season since Easter is so early this year and the Solemnity of the Annunciation is transferred to the Second Week of Easter. St. Joseph was probably born…
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Catholic Sisters Week 2025 March 9 – 14
Happy International Women’s Day!! Celebrating Catholic Sisters Celebrating 10 Years of Catholic Sisters Week As we kick off the 10-year anniversary of Catholic Sisters Week, we are thrilled to share an exciting initiative that places a national spotlight on the profound impact of Catholic Sisters. For generations, Catholic Sisters have been breaking barriers, advocating for…
Memories of Past Generations
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FEBRUARY INTENTION:
FEBRUARY INTENTION: We pray that the ecclesial community might welcome the desires and doubts of those young people who feel a call to serve Christ’s mission in the priesthood and religious life. For those who are addicted to substances or behaviors that are harmful and destructive to themselves and to those who are part of…
World Day of Consecrated Life February 1-2, 2025
February 2, 2025 (Celebrated in Parishes February 1-2, 2025) In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd. This Feast is also known as Candlemas Day; the day on which candles…
The Feast of the Presentation
The Feast of the Presentation D.D. EMMONS According to the Church’s liturgical calendar, the feast held on Feb. 2 each year is in honor of the Presentation of the Lord. Some Catholics recall this day as the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary because such was the feast day named until the…
To Love Is To Give – February
FEBRUARY If Jesus would allow me to carry out that to which He is drawing me, it will make me very happy. I have a special liking for that inconspicuously virtuous life because, after all, that is the imitation of Jesus and Mary in Nazareth. (III, 49) I trust that with God’s grace I will…
World Day for Consecrated Life, February 2, 2025
World Day for Consecrated Life The purpose of such a day is threefold: in the first place, it answers the intimate need to praise the Lord more solemnly and to thank him for the great gift of consecrated life, which enriches and gladdens the Christian community by the multiplicity of its charisms and by the…
2025 Jubilee Year
The Italy Jubilee, also known as the Holy Year, is a special event or year of grace in the Catholic Church that typically occurs every 25 years. This is a special year of spiritual renewal and celebration for Catholics, and it causes a significant increase in pilgrims visiting Rome. What are the significant dates during…
U.S. sister killed in the Amazon honored at Rome ‘new martyrs’ shrine
ROME (CNS) — “It’s quite an honor for her to be here with the likes of St. Oscar Romero,” Tom Stang said after a relic of his sister was placed on an altar in Rome alongside a relic of the martyred archbishop from El Salvador. A cross containing dirt stained with the blood of Sister…
Five Franciscan Missionaries
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has formally recognized that five Franciscan missionaries ministering in what is now the U.S. state of Georgia were killed for their faith. By signing the decree in the sainthood cause of the Georgia martyrs Jan. 27, the pope cleared the way for their beatification, although a date for the…
The Blessing of the Home
Epiphany of the Lord Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day is traditionally celebrated the twelfth day after Christmas, January 6, but in the United States it is celebrated on the Sunday between January 2 and January 8. In 2022 it is celebrated on January 2. The Blessing of the Home There are many traditions…