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Faith carries Catholics who lost family to 9/11 terror attacks
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1229+ words) (OSV News) — Joseph Connor had his back turned to the large window of his 36th floor office when he “suddenly more felt than heard” the massive impact of a commercial jet slamming into the north tower of the World Trade Center…...
Catholic schools??? faith-based approach eases kids??? testing fears
1+ week, 3+ day ago (485+ words) Help us to serve you better Small figures of the Blessed Mother stood on the desks of Kristina Juliano’s fourth-grade students as they completed New York State assessments at St. Lawrence School in Greece last spring. Juliano gave the figurines…...
Holy and Beloved - Couple's Retreat
4+ week, 1+ day ago (139+ words) August 21 @ 5:00 pm – August 23 @ 12:00 pm EDT Strengthen your relationship with one another and with God at Notre Dame Retreat House’s Couples Retreat, August 21–23, “Holy and Beloved.” Marriage is a journey of growing together in faith, love, and holiness. This retreat offers…...
Pope: Faithful must actively participate in the liturgy
2+ week, 3+ day ago (779+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Firmly rooted” in the Church’s living tradition, the liturgical reform put forth by the Second Vatican Council grew from the need for the faithful to celebrate the liturgy more “consciously and actively,” and not “as strangers and…...
Pope encourages deepen prayer through Liturgy of the Hours
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (499+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Returning to his weekly general audiences after a monthlong summer break, Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to embrace the Liturgy of the Hours more fully in their daily lives, saying the church’s public prayer is an antidote…...
Pope: Catholics cannot be 'unengaged spectators' amid current events
1+ week, 3+ day ago (419+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The faithful are called to leave behind “all passivity and indifference” toward current events and the lives of others, especially amid the “rapid and profound changes we are experiencing today,” Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly…...
Catholic Charities spend summer responding to various disasters
1+ week, 1+ day ago (920+ words) (OSV News) — Catholic Charities has been responding to various disasters in the United States this summer and although this is not the most disaster-prone season in recent memory, it did have memorable events. Catholic Charities USA in Alexandria, Virginia, has…...
US pilgrims already gearing up for World Youth Day 2027
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (964+ words) (OSV News) — All across the United States, pilgrims are preparing to travel to Seoul, South Korea, for Pope Leo XIV’s first World Youth Day — as the successor of Peter — Aug. 3-8, 2027. WYD 2027 will be the 18th event of its kind. It convenes…...
Camp Koinonia???s Family Camp strengthens relationships, faith
1+ week, 5+ day ago (459+ words) On a whim, Cathy Houston-Wilson and her husband decided to bring their children to Camp Koinonia for a week of Family Camp 25 years ago. By the end of the week, they knew there was something special about Family Camp, especially…...
Rochester parish celebrates 125 years of faith, outreach
1+ week, 3+ day ago (587+ words) Mary and Jim Holleran did not know anyone in town when they moved to Rochester as newlyweds in the 1980s. At Blessed Sacrament Parish, however, they soon found a home away from home. “Those people really became gifts in our lives,…...