You’re Invited to The Annual Andrew Dinners! Join Archbishop Schnurr for an evening of food, fellowship and exploration of God’s call. The Andrew Dinners offer high school- and college-aged men a chance to share a meal with the archbishop while learning about discernment, seminary life and the priesthood. These events …

THERE ARE MANY AVENUES FOR PRAYER, INCLUDING ART. IN THE MARIAN LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON (UD), THIS SACRED CONNECTION COMES ALIVE IN BREATHTAKING WAYS. Housing thousands of art pieces dedicated to Mary, the library invites visitors to encounter faith through the visual language of devotion. Each work is …

People who practice a poetic religion ought to produce great poetry. Catholicism is rich in the elements that make for good poems: rhythmic language (litanies), imagery (icons) and an incarnational ethos (in which the Word becomes flesh and the world itself is charged with God’s grandeur). In 1917, poet Joyce …

We live in a culture which increasingly focuses on individuality and the immediacy of the here and now. Rarely do we elevate our gaze to the transcendent. Modern voices proclaim the self-identifying and self-determining individual as important above all else, rather than reserving that distinction for God. Western society is …

This Sunday in the Church Calendar, it’s the Feast of the Presentation in the Temple, or Candlemas. Candlemas officially ends the Christmas Season as it’s the 40th day of the Christmas/Epiphany Season also known as Christmastide. In Luke 2:22-40 “When the days were completed for their purification according to the …

For vocations to the priesthood and religious life Let us pray that the ecclesial community might welcome the desires and doubts of those young people who feel a call to serve Christ’s mission in the priesthood and religious life.

The famous line from the movie Field of Dreams is, “If you build it, he will come.” Such was Chris and Chuck Schell’s mindset when they transformed two-and-a-half acres of lawn into one point seven acres of prairie for pollinators and other wildlife. Although born and raised in Chicago, they …

On Oct. 19, 2024, Father Martin Fox, of the St. John Paul II (SJPII) Family of Parishes, took to the skies on a mission to bless people with holy water. Flying out of the Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport (Miamisburg) in an R-44 helicopter, he soared 5,000 feet up in the air. …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Jan 27, 2025 / 10:35 am The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on Sunday argued that its long-standing refugee program is a “work of mercy” after Vice President JD Vance criticized the bishops’ positions on immigration issues. Vance had made the remarks during an interview on …

In August 2024, Pope Francis promulgated his Letter on the Role of Literature in Formation. He explains that he wrote the letter to promote “the value of reading novels and poems as part of one’s path to personal maturity.” Reading fiction, the Holy Father argues, “can help us weather the …