Finding the Extraordinary
School follows its own comfortable rhythm. It begins with the new school year in August— packed full of excitement for buying new school supplies and backpacks, followed by the rush of meeting new teachers and learning which friends will be in a student’s class. But as the students, parents and …
Man arrested in attack on Elizabeth Ann Seton shrine at Manhattan parish
By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 17, 2023 / 12:06 pm An “unhinged” individual reportedly broke into a Catholic church in Manhattan and vandalized a shrine to American-born St. Elizabeth Ann Seton over the weekend. A man wearing priest’s vestments — and reportedly without pants on — broke into Our …
‘The Chosen’ series gets waiver to continue filming during strike
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jul 17, 2023 / 13:30 pm Filming of the fourth season of “The Chosen,” the popular Christian television series about Jesus and his disciples, will continue after a union granted the production an exemption from its strike against major Hollywood studios. The strike was announced July 13 by …
Cordileone, Strickland condemn ‘scurrilous’ false schism message
By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 17, 2023 / 15:30 pm San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and Diocese of Tyler, Texas, Bishop Joseph Strickland on Sunday both publicly condemned a message falsely attributed to Strickland that appeared to advocate schism from the Catholic Church. Earlier in the month an image …
Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops of Los Angeles
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Jul 18, 2023 / 06:30 am Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed four new auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the largest archdiocese in the United States. The Vatican announced on July 18 that Monsignor Albert Bahhuth, Father Matthew Elshoff, Father Brian Nunes, and Father …
Busca al Senor Arzobispo Dennis M. Schnurr
Todos hemos escuchado la frase: “Hace falta una aldea para criar a un niño”, y con razón. A lo largo de los milenios, los miembros de una determinada comunidad se han ayudado mutuamente en la formación y el desarrollo de sus jóvenes para asegurarse de que cada uno aprenda las …
A Mountain Top View
On a mountainside in rural West Virginia, the contingency of Mount Notre Dame High School girls made their way from the Big Laurel Learning Center’s large, rambling “main house” down to the woodshed. As two unbothered horses looked on, the gregarious man known as “Angel’s Dad” greeted the students with …
Make a Holy Hour Part of Your Day Trip
BY GAIL DEIBLER FINKE The ancient practice of Eucharistic Adoration is founded in the desire to sit with, contemplate and pray in the presence of the Body and Blood of Christ outside of Mass. Many churches open their doors weekly or monthly for people to pray before the tabernacle, where …
Cupich on German processes, same-sex blessings, role of women
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Jul 14, 2023 / 10:35 am Cardinal Blase Cupich recently expressed confidence in the intentions behind the German Synodal Way while warning of divisions and praising the pontificate of Pope Francis as “historic” in a carefully-worded interview with German diocesan media. Described by Cologne’s Domradio on June 27 …
African American Louisiana priest hospitalized after machete attack, race cited as possible motive
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 14, 2023 / 18:00 pm A Catholic priest is in critical but stable condition after he was attacked on the grounds of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Melville, Louisiana, Thursday evening. Father Stephen Ugwu, the church pastor, was allegedly approached by 58-year-old …
