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Obituary: Sister Mary Catherine Nolan

ADRIAN, MICHIGAN—October 27, 2022—Sister Mary Catherine Nolan, formerly known as Sister John David, died on Thursday, October 27, 2022, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 89 years of age and in the 70th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Sister Mary Catherine was …
School News: MND Welcomes Author for Common Read Event

Reading, OH – Mount Notre Dame (MND) was honored to welcome New York Times best-selling author Immaculée Ilibagiza to school on October 26, 2022 for a day of interaction and conversation about her work, “Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa.” The book, …
Italian friar shares musical message

By Eileen Connelly, OSU Br. Alessandro Brustenghi, OFM, a Franciscan friar from Italy, will be the special guest during a choral concert sponsored by Miami University (MU), and Seton and Elder High Schools at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. The …
Why is St. Luke the patron saint of butchers? Here’s a clue

by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Oct 17, 2022 / 17:00 pm The Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Luke the Evangelist on Oct. 18. Luke, who wrote the Acts of the Apostles as well as the Gospel that bears his name, likely incorporated the Blessed Virgin Mary’s testimony into …
How can we suffer well? 10 quotes from St. Teresa of Ávila

by Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 15, 2022 / 06:00 am October 15 is the feast of St. Teresa of Ávila, when the Catholic Church remembers the Spanish Carmelite reformer and Doctor of the Church whose life of prayer serves as an example for many Catholics today. Teresa Sanchez …
Meet the Missionaries

Sister Elaine Kohls Medical Missioner Sister Elaine Kohls is a good example. Originally from St. Mary Church in Hyde Park just east of Cincinnati, she has lived most of her last 54 years in Ghana and Ethiopia. From an early age she knew that mission was her calling. During a …
March for Life 2023 theme announced: ‘Next Steps: Marching in a Post-Roe America’

by Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 13, 2022 / 10:45 am The 2023 theme for the annual March for Life was announced Thursday in preparation for the first march after the historic overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide. The theme of the …
Christian newscaster fired for circulating pro-life petition speaks out

by Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 12, 2022 / 14:00 pm A Nebraska television station fired its news director and co-anchor after she collected signatures for a pro-life petition aimed at making her hometown of Curtis a sanctuary city for the unborn. Melanie Standiford, a Nebraska native, told CNA …
VIDEO: Pro-abortion vandals caught in the act of spray-painting Michigan church

ny Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Oct 12, 2022 / 16:38 pm A Catholic church in Lansing, Michigan, has released a security video that captured three hooded individuals vandalizing the church Oct. 8 with pro-abortion and anti-Catholic graffiti. The three individuals can be seen approaching the Church of the Resurrection on …
Two Catholic movies back in theaters for encores after stellar showings

by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Oct 12, 2022 / 11:45 am Two new Catholic movies that debuted in theaters in September and October are coming back to the big screen for encores by popular demand. American moviegoers will be able to see “Saint Michael: Meet the Angel” in theaters Oct. …