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Greg Hartman
Lumen Fidei award for Catholic school teachers.
Greetings from the University of Dayton! We hope this finds you all doing well and preparing for an amazing school year and the excitement of the fall which will soon be upon us. The University of Dayton’s Center for Catholic Education, housed in the School of Education and Health Sciences …
U.S. bishops nominate candidates for conference president and vice president
by Zelda Caldwell Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 4, 2022 / 11:41 am The U.S. bishops released on Tuesday the names of the 10 candidates nominated to be the next president and vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). An election will be held during the bishops’ Fall …
New EWTN poll: Where do Catholics stand on abortion ahead of the 2022 midterms?
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 5, 2022 / 13:31 pm U.S. Catholic voters are split on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, but a majority agrees that abortion should be restricted and that there should be at least some protections for the unborn child in …
A Slice of Life
I sat in a hospital room with my seven-year-old son, the blood pressure cuff inflating and counting down, his heart rate registering on a monitor. After months of being in and out of Children’s Hospital with a mysterious illness, he was about to go under anesthesia for a biopsy and …
Companions of Saint Gerard
October 16 marks St. Gerard’s feast day. The patron saint over many causes, he is especially called on to intercede for children (particularly the unborn), a safe childbirth, expectant mothers, motherhood and those experiencing infertility. Thus, when Bradley and Meghan Barnes founded a ministry to support infertile couples, they named …
The rosary: common myths and facts
by Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 1, 2022 / 02:00 am October is designated by the Catholic Church as the “Month of the Rosary.” Here are seven common myths and facts about this devotion to Our Lady. Only Catholics can pray the rosary. False. While rosaries are typically associated with …
House of saints: Visiting St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s home has inspired conversions
by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Oct 1, 2022 / 01:00 am Scenes from St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s beloved spiritual autobiography “Story of a Soul” come alive when walking through the rooms of her childhood home in northern France. The red brick home in Lisieux in the region of Normandy nurtured a …
Are modern Bible translations always better? A Catholic linguist praises St. Jerome’s Vulgate
by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Sep 30, 2022 / 01:00 am Most people know that St. Jerome — whose feast day the Catholic Church celebrates on Sept. 30 — is famous for translating the entire Bible into Latin in the fourth century A.D., creating a widely read edition later known as …
Supreme Court Justice Alito: faith ‘should affect the way you treat people’ as a judge
by Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 28, 2022 / 16:45 pm Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito — author of the deciding opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade — stressed the importance of his Catholic faith to serving on the highest court in the country Tuesday in a lecture to …
Pope Francis Prayer Intentions for October 2022
A Church Open to Everyone We pray for the Church; ever faithful to, and courageous in preaching the Gospel, may the Church be a community of solidarity, fraternity and welcome, always living in an atmosphere of synodality.