Military Council of Catholic Women Forum 2024
MCCW Forum 2024 Dates: April 25 – 28, 2024 Location: Hilton Netherland Plaza Cincinnati, OH Contact: MCCW Forum Director, Rebecca Lockhard: [email protected] Contact: MCCW Interim President, Joan LaPore: [email protected] Open to all current, retired, active duty, veteran, military spouse/retired spouse dependent, embassy, and DoD Catholic women over the age of 18. …
St. Patrick’s Cathedral offers reparation Mass after ‘scandalous’ funeral for trans activist
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Feb 17, 2024 / 13:56 pm The pastor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City said the church has offered a Mass of Reparation after a controversial irreverent funeral service was held there this week for a well-known transgender advocate. The Manhattan cathedral hosted the …
New wilderness program for seminarians promises to ‘strengthen faith and brotherhood’
By Martin Barillas Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb 18, 2024 / 07:00 am A small Catholic college in Lander, Wyoming, has launched a new program that challenges seminarians with wilderness experiences to strengthen their faith, vocations, and pastoral skills as eventual priests. Wyoming Catholic College (WCC), known for its rigorous academics and COR …
Diocese of Rapid City announces death of Bishop Peter Muhich
By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 17, 2024 / 16:13 pm The Diocese of Rapid City on Saturday announced the death of Bishop Peter Muhich at the age of 62, with the prelate’s death coming days after he entered hospice care. “With sorrow, the Diocese of Rapid City shares the …
Catholic prayer app Hallow makes history in app store
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Feb 16, 2024 / 13:20 pm The Catholic prayer app Hallow has made history becoming the first religious app to reach the No. 1 spot on Apple’s app store. Hallow reached the top spot on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, which was the same day its …
Out and the Archdiocese for February 2024
1) New Blue Ribbon Schools St. Margaret of York School and St. Mary’s School in Hyde Park earned the designation of an Exemplary High Performing National Blue Ribbon School for 2023. The U.S. Department of Education recognized 353 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools this year and stated that National …
Groaning Through Lent with St. Paul and Flannery O’Connor
The most obvious association that people have with Lent is of “giving something up.” In many cases, of course, this is perfectly legitimate. Along with prayer and almsgiving, fasting is one of the three traditional pillars of Lenten observance, and it is mandated (with exceptions) on Ash Wednesday and Good …
Holy Angels Sidney
The original building used for Masses (celebrated by visiting priests) at what is now Holy Angels Parish in Sidney was blown up by the anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party (strongly supported in Ohio) in 1855. 1848 First Masses celebrated in parishioners’ homes. 1852 20 x 60-ft. former cooper’s shop purchased for …
Russian opposition leader, outspoken Christian Alexei Navalny reportedly dead in prison
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Feb 16, 2024 / 15:30 pm Russian leaders on Friday announced the death of Alexei Navalny, a prominent opposition politician to President Vladimir Putin, in a Siberian prison. Navalny, 47, had been serving a 19-year sentence for alleged extremism and years of criticism of the authoritarian Putin in …
Registration opens for ‘milestone’ 2024 National Eucharistic Congress
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Feb 16, 2024 / 14:00 pm Registration opened on Thursday for the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress, a “milestone” in the third year of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) initiative to renew the Catholic Church through the Eucharist. The five-day congress will be held in …
