St. Gabriel School celebrates 150th anniversary
Students, parents, alumni, faculty and staff from the St. Gabriel Consolidated School came together Sept. 29, the feast day of their patron saint, for a special Mass that officially kicked off the school’s 150th anniversary celebration. Auxiliary Bishop Joseph R. Binzer presided at the liturgy, which was held at St. …
Athenaeum News: Bishop Emeritus Slattery Installs Acolytes
ATHENAUEM – “It is always a wonderful experience to see young men willing to embrace the vocation to the priesthood. They are the latest in a long line of faithful witnesses,” said Father Benedict O’Cinnsealaigh, president and rector. The installation to the Ministry of Acolyte took place in the Chapel of …
Bishop’s pastoral visit to inmates part of Year of Mercy outreach
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass By Sam Lucero REDGRANITE, Wis. (CNS) — Behind a makeshift altar standing in the shadows of a basketball hoop, Bishop David L. Ricken celebrated Mass in a gymnasium that could have been mistaken for any Catholic school gym in the Diocese of Green Bay. …
Throwback Thursday: Fr. Francis Lasance
by Sarah Patterson Fr. Francis Lasance, born in Cincinnati on January 24, 1860, was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese on May 24, 1883. In the first few years of his priesthood, he was assigned to Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Reading; Emmanuel Church, Dayton; and then briefly in Lebanon …
Exam week offers opportunities for prayer, community
Students fret as the end of a term means exam week. “I would never encourage a student don’t worry about studying and you’ll be fine. That’s kind of a ‘God will have mercy on you (attitude). But, use of the powers and gifts God has given you is important. I …
Becoming cardinal is call to share mercy, cardinal-designate says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Being created a cardinal in the Year of Mercy brings with it an obligation to continue to proclaim and share God’s mercy with others, said Cardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin. The current archbishop of Indianapolis, who will be installed as archbishop of …
Power struggle in Syria is ‘workshop of cruelty,’ pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bassam Khabieh, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Where there is no tenderness, there is cruelty and what is unfolding in Syria is a veritable “workshop of cruelty,” Pope Francis told governing members of Caritas Internationalis. “I believe the greatest illness of today is cardiac sclerosis,” …
Report commissioned by bishops finds diversity abounds in U.S. church
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Rhina Guidos BALTIMORE (CNS) — The Catholic Church is one of the most culturally diverse institutions in the United States and Catholic institutions and ministries need to adapt and prepare for growing diversity, said a report presented to the country’s bishops Nov. 15. The report, …
Bishops need shared approach to ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ new cardinal says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal-designate Kevin J. Farrell believes the U.S. bishops as a whole should have discussed pastoral guidelines for implementing Pope Francis’ exhortation on the family before individual bishops began issuing guidelines for their own dioceses. Implementing the pope’s exhortation, “Amoris …
Archbishop Gomez brings Latino voice to new leadership role
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) — Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said his election as vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 15 may have had more to do with his archdiocese than anything else. “I’m grateful to my brother bishops for …