Who Are Your Intercessors?

As a Protestant, my knowledge of saints was limited to the ones associated with holidays: St. Nicholas, St. Valentine, St. Patrick – and those were relegated to the realm of Santa Claus. It wasn’t until I discovered true Catholicism that I understood the saints as real people who faced adversities …
Busca al Senor: ARZOBISPO DENNIS M. SCHNURR

Marzo nos trae la Cuaresma, ese tiempo solemne del año de la Iglesia en el que estamos llamados a la oración, al ayuno y a dar limosna. Es también un tiempo para reevaluar nuestra vida, reflexionando sobre cómo podemos irradiar más perfectamente a Cristo como testigos gozosos. Dada nuestra naturaleza …
St. Xavier High School Receives Largest Gift in School History

St. Xavier alumnus Harry Fath ’59 and his wife, Linda, have committed a $50 million gift designated towards tuition assistance. This is the largest gift in St. Xavier’s history and is the lead gift for the $200 million St. Xavier High School 200-year anniversary campaign. Mr. Fath recounts his days …
February 16: Saint Onesimus

St. Onesimus was a slave to Philemon, an influential man who had been converted by St. Paul. Onesimus offended Philemon and fled in order to escape any sort of retribution. He then met St. Paul while Paul was in a Roman prison. Shortly after, Onesimus was baptized. Paul then sent …
Pope Francis accepts retirement of LA auxiliary bishop who served with ‘zeal, dedication, and love’

by CNA Staff Vatican City, Feb 15, 2022 / 08:35 am Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of 75-year-old Los Angeles auxiliary Bishop Edward William Clark. Archbishop José H. Gómez of Los Angeles congratulated Clark on his retirement, saying that he had “served Jesus Christ and the faithful of Los Angeles with zeal, …
Vatican unveils theme for 2nd World Day for Grandparents and Elderly

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 15, 2022 / 13:00 pm The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Pope Francis has chosen a theme for the second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. The Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life said on Feb. 15 that the grandparents’ day, which will be celebrated …
Celebrate Pancake Day & Shrove at the Shrine

MARIA STEIN, Ohio (February 15, 2022) – On Shrove Tuesday, March 1, 2022, also commonly referred to as “Fat Tuesday”, the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics will be hosting a free pancake dinner starting at 5:30pm. The dinner will be held on the 3rd floor in The Upper …
Cat-astrophe averted: Vatican firefighters save feline stuck on colonnade above St. Peter’s Square

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 15, 2022 / 06:17 am Vatican firefighters successfully rescued a cat on Tuesday after it became stuck on top of the colonnade surrounding St. Peter’s Square. Several times during the late morning on Feb. 15 the firemen ascended to the top of the portico …
Ukrainian Catholic bishops in US beg prayers for peace in their homeland

by Christine Rousselle Philadelphia, Pa., Feb 14, 2022 / 17:05 pm The bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States issued a statement on Saturday requesting prayers as the potential of increased conflict in Ukraine comes to a head. “Over the last few weeks, the world has become …
February 15: Saint Claude de la Colombière

On Feb. 15 the Catholic Church honors Saint Claude de la Colombiere, the 17th century French Jesuit who authenticated and wrote about Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque’s visions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. When he canonized St. Claude in 1992, Blessed John Paul II upheld him as a model Jesuit, …