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Today’s Video: A look back at SMOY Fest!!!

SMOYFest, the annual parish festival of St. Margaret of York, takes place the last weekend of July. It is a special time when the community comes together to connect and have fun. The efforts of countless volunteers make the festival a positive experience for the Loveland, OH community and beyond.
New coffee shop in Archdiocese of Denver aims to be ‘outpost of evangelization’

By Francesca Pollio Fenton Denver, Colo., Aug 23, 2025 / 06:00 am Step into More Coffee and you’re immediately greeted by the smell of fresh ground coffee, vintage images of the London skyline on the walls, quotes from Catholic saints on the chalkboard, and a crucifix hanging by the pickup counter. …
‘The Knight:’ The untold story of one of the 20th century’s greatest saints

By Michelle Laque Johnson Birmingham, Ala., Aug 22, 2025 / 07:00 am Most people think of St. Maximilian Kolbe as the heroic martyr who traded places with another prisoner in Auschwitz, resulting in a painful death by starvation, but there is much more of the story to tell. What would give …
What is the ‘Queenship of Mary’ and why does it matter?

By Bishop Robert Barron Mundelein, Ill., Aug 22, 2025 / 04:00 am The Catholic Church annually celebrates the feast of the Queenship of Mary on Aug. 22. Most people, upon hearing of this celebration, would think of it as something rather sweet and sentimental, a quaint devotion for grandmothers with a taste …
August 22: Queenship of Mary

In this feast, particularly cherished by the Popes of modern times, we celebrate Mary as the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Pope Pius XII in the Papal Encyclical Ad Coeli Reginam proposed the traditional doctrine on the Queenship of Mary and established this feast for the Universal Church. Pope Pius …
Today’s Video: Evangelizing at a College Football Game?

St. Francis told his brothers to go to where the people gathered. In today’s world, that means sporting events. What a great place to evangelize! Father Casey takes you to GameDay when The Notre Dame Fighting Irish traveled to the University of Georgia to meet the Bulldogs in 2019.
The Redemption of the Body – Part 2

Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on Pope St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” Before going on to the final part of Theology of the Body (TOB) on marriage, Pope St. John Paul II concluded his threefold meditation on the nature of the human person …
Lord’s Day Reflection: Faith in a dumpster fire world

As the Church marks the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jenny Kraska reflects on the theme, “Faith in a dumpster fire world”. By Jenny Kraska At first hearing the Gospel reading, the words of Jesus can be unsettling: “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the …
Book Review: The Way of Heaven and Earth

As Catholics, we do not make a hard separation between the sacred and the profane, nor do we see “secular” things as somehow inhabiting a different world from “religious” things. Yes, we can identify the conceptual difference between the secular and the religious for certain purposes, but these are two …