A parish in Little Rock, Arkansas, has instituted a program to encourage children to bring a “passport booklet” to Mass each weekend to receive a sticker from priests and deacons. Associate pastor Father Joji Reddy Allam puts a sticker on the Massport of first grader Brettie Danforth after Mass on …

by Gail Finke Origins St. Lawrence Church in Price Hill began as a parish for German immigrants, who hired one of the most popular German-born church architects in America to design the immense and elaborate Gothic building. Parishioners worshiped in a basement area they called “the catacombs” while the church …

Cardinals in the United States and elsewhere are raising concerns about just war and about the death and destruction caused by the ongoing conflict with Iran. Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7, 2026. The United States and Israel …

March 12 – Thursday of the Third Week of Lent Readings: Jeremiah 7:23-28; Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Luke 11:14-23 Invitation to Prayer: “If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.” (Ps 95:8) Reflection:  On the whole our culture does its level best to control God.  It seems mankind has …

Catholic At Home | Katie Sciba  “Do you know the Litany of St. Joseph? Have you prayed it?” This is how I answered an incoming call from a priest friend. I was in the process of reading Fr. Don Calloway’s Consecration to St. Joseph and felt as though the included …

Join Archbishop Robert Casey for Catholic Family Night at the ballpark on Friday, April 10, 2026. First pitch at 7:05 PM. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Catholic Athletes for Christ at several local Catholic high schools: Archbishop Alter High School, Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School, St. Xavier High School, and …

At the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo invites the 15,000 pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray that “the roar of bombs might cease, that weapons might fall silent, and that a space for dialogue might open, in which the voice of the peoples may be heard.” Vatican News After …

by Dominick Albano I’d rather have one pair of hands put to work than a million pairs of hands clasped in prayer. Driving to school over twenty years ago, I read that bumper sticker on the car in front of me, and I’ve never forgotten it. The message felt more …

It’s Saturday, and I don’t know about you, but there’s a lot of chores to get done today. I haven’t figured out when I’m going to Mass. Looking at the calendar, it’s already the third Sunday of Lent, and I haven’t started. I can’t remember what I gave up. My …

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