At La Salle High School where spring conditioning meets Stations of the Cross
Tonight and throughout Lent, many have and will participate in the Stations of the Cross throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The stations grew out of pilgrims travelling to Jerusalem and walking the Via Dolorosa to Calvary. On March 15, La Salle High School football players continued that tradition in a …
Blurred lines: Vatican manipulation of photo becomes the story (commentary)
IMAGE: CNS/Vatican Media By Greg Erlandson WASHINGTON (CNS) — What was meant to be an intellectual tribute to Pope Francis has instead become the backdrop to the latest tempest over transparency and this pontificate. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the election of Pope Francis, the Vatican publishing …
Human trafficking called ‘one of darkest, most revolting realities’ today
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lilian Muendo, courtesy GSR By Beth Griffin UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — Mely Lenario quietly described her harrowing journey from ambitious, naive rural girl trafficked to hopeless, drug-fueled urban prostitute, through slow rehabilitation to a new life as an outreach worker. After she finished her story, hundreds of people …
It takes more than one ‘Our Father’ to ask for God’s help, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Praying for God’s intercession takes courage, dogged persistence and patience, said Pope Francis. “If I want the Lord to listen to what I am asking him, I have to go, and go and go — knock on the door and …
Catholic Bracketology 2018
Villanova Wildcats (Roman Catholic Augustinian University in Philadelphia PA) 2018 NCAAM Basketball Champions NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game #1 Villanova Wildcats (Roman Catholic Augustinian University in Philadelphia PA) 79 vs. #3 Michigan Wolverines 62 Monday April 2nd at 9:20 p.m. in San Antonio FINAL FOUR #11 Loyola Chicago Ramblers (Jesuit …
Talk by St. John’s Bible Calligrapher at XU March 22
Calligrapher and illuminator Diane von Arx will speak on her work on the renowned St. John Bible at Xavier University Thursday, March 22. “She’s probably the most famous calligrapher in the country,” said University Library Director Ken Gibson. “We would love to have many people come – calligraphers, artists, medievalists, …
Twenty-Nine Men Gather for Discernment Retreat on Possible Vocations as U.S. Military Chaplains
West Coast gathering a part of ongoing effort to fill growing shortage of Catholic chaplains in the Armed Forces MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA— Twenty-nine men from three service branches of the United States Armed Forces will gather here this weekend for a March 15-18 discernment retreat aimed at helping them determine …
Photo Essay: Remembering victims of gun violence
Students in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati participated in National Walkout Day to pray for the victims and to an end of gun violence.
A picture says a thousand words: Lehman High School Prays
Students in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati are uniting their voices in prayer for today’s National School Walk Out Day. Today’s picture’s at Lehman High School in Sidney Ohio.
