Vocations Calendar for March/April
Friday, March 15, 2019 – Sunday, March 17, 2019 Called to Love Vocation Retreat Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton KY Young women ages 18 – 32 For more information go to www.ssjw.org Text/Call Sister Patricia Dean, SJW, Vocation Director at (859) 912-4405 Friday, March 15, 2019 – …
Group’s immigrant solidarity project ‘not about politics,’ organizers say
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Patricia Vice By Jacob Comello WASHINGTON (CNS) — On March 4, Cristobal Cavazos and his companions on the "DuPage Solidarity With the Asylum Seekers" project departed from the headquarters of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, and began a long trek to the U.S-Mexico border where they planned …
Today’s Video: Celebrating Fish Fry Fridays
Each year a cast of thousands throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati work many long hours during Lent at their parish Fish Fry. Here’s a tribute to their hard work, and the joy of Fish Fry Fridays with family. Check out the video: For The Catholic Telegraph’s comprehensive Fish Fry Guide, …
Celebrating the faith and ministry of women religious
The contributions of women religious are countless and diverse, whether they live cloistered lives in contemplative prayer or serve on the frontlines of global change. National Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW), an annual celebration that takes place March 8-14, provides the opportunity to recognize all they have done and draw awareness …
Lent is a time for a little less hypocrisy, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Lent is a time to ask for God’s grace to chip away at hypocrisy, which is seen in the natural human attempt to appear "worthier than we are," Pope Francis said. "I must appear to be what I am, …
Christians and Jews must join to fight hatred, promote women, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Engaging in any form of anti-Semitism is a direct contradiction with the Christian faith, Pope Francis said. Meeting members of the American Jewish Committee March 8, the pope shared his "great concern" over "the spread, in many places, of …
Fish Fries offer food, fellowship and fun
By Erin Schurenberg During the Lenten season, the opportunities for food, fellowship and fun abound at area fish fries. Most happen weekly for the first six Fridays in Lent. Other fish fries are more likely to be one-time events. With the occasional rare exception, such as that of St. Anthony …
Sisters respond to call for help at border
Their mission statement reads, in part, “We Sisters of the Precious Blood pro-claim God’s love by being a life-giving, reconciling presence in our fractured world.” With these words on their hearts, Sisters Ann Clark and Marita Beumer joined fellow volunteers, including other women religious from the archdiocese, in ministering at …
Education for refugee girls still low, needs to improve, report says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new report released March 6 just two days before International Women’s Day stresses the urgency of making sure refugee girls and young women receive an education. The report, "Her Future: Challenges and Recommendations to Increase Education for Refugee Girls" …
World health depends on changing way food is made, eaten, say speakers
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mariana Bazo, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The food people pick at the supermarket and cook in their kitchens can make a huge difference in helping address the global problems of hunger, obesity and climate change, a number of speakers said at a Vatican conference …