Vocation to Love
“Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it.” …
Book Review: Eucharist by Bishop Robert Barron
I don’t know about you, but there came a point in my adult life when suddenly the Eucharist seemed perplexing and oddly foreign. I needed more ownership of something I had begun taking for granted. I needed a better understanding of why Jesus instituted the Eucharist. Thankfully, I started listening …
A Lifetime of Service
This year Sister Laura Will, C.PP.S. celebrates 75 years with the Sisters of the Precious Blood (Dayton) along with her classmates, Sisters Ruth Ann Meyer and Eva Roehrich, C.PP.S. Together, they mark 225 years of religious life, of which Sister Will says more than 125 years were spent in the …
Archbishop Gomez addresses rise of ‘wokeness’, social movements in US
by Autumn Jones Denver Newsroom, Nov 4, 2021 / 17:00 pm On Thursday, Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles discussed the rise of new secular ideologies and movements for social change in the United States during a virtual address to the Congress of Catholics and Public Life in Madrid. He …
Why is a Planned Parenthood fundraiser being held on this Catholic campus?
by Joe Bukuras CNA Staff, Nov 4, 2021 / 12:10 pm Loyola Marymount University says it will not block a student club from hosting a fundraiser Friday for abortion provider Planned Parenthood, despite a petition drive that says it’s an “egregious violation” to hold the event on the Catholic institution’s …
New parish outside Nashville welcomes growth of community, plans for new Catholic schools
by Autumn Jones Nolensville, Tennessee, Nov 5, 2021 / 03:51 am After moving to Nolensville, Tennessee, 14 years ago, Laura Czarka began frequent drives out Nolensville Road to a greenhouse where she would buy plants every spring and fall. On each drive, she passes a hilly horse farm, where she …
Pope Francis names new auxiliary bishop for Diocese of Pittsburgh
by CNA Staff Vatican City, Nov 5, 2021 / 09:00 am Pope Francis on Friday named a new auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The pope appointed Fr. Mark A. Eckman to the post on Nov. 5, assigning him the titular see of Sitifi. Eckman is the pastor of Resurrection Parish …
The Absolute Best Part About Being Catholic
As the pastoral planning initiative Beacons of Light moves forward, Catholic Telegraph writers are meeting with its leaders to bring you the most up-to-date and accurate information, describe how decisions are made and clearly explain what to expect. Visit beaconsaoc.org to sign up for the free Beacons Update newsletter. Nothing …
Called to Music
Music is a language like no other. Whether you speak English, Spanish, or another of the thousands of languages, music is a language that can speak to everyone. As Greg Pierson, a parishioner and Minister of Music at Mother of Christ Church in Winton Hills said, “It’s the language that …
November 5: Sts. Elizabeth and Zachariah
Sts. Elizabeth and Zachariah were the parents of John the Baptist. She was a relative of Mary the Mother of God; no one knows the exact biological relationship between them, but tradition often says that they were cousins. The Gospel of Luke states that though Elizabeth had committed no evil …
