Today’s Video: Remember these three letters in Lent F P G
FPG! F = Fasting, P= Praying, G = Giving. So each morning when you wake up these next 40 days of lent think F P G and carry that throughout the day! Check out today’s video on Lent!
Sisters from Minnesota Catholic schools play on separate Olympic teams
IMAGE: CNS photo/Adam Bettcher, Reuters By Matthew Davis ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Few schools can claim an Olympic athlete among their alumni base. Even fewer schools have more than one, especially from the same family. But Hill-Murray High School in Maplewood and St. Odilia School in Shoreview — both …
Obituary: Sr. Rose Carmel, SFP Berberich
Cincinnati – Berberich, Sr. Rose Carmel, SFP (nee Mary Margaret), beloved Franciscan of the Poor Sister, passed to eternal life on February 9, at the age of 93. She lived a life dedicate to God and God’s people for 75 years as a Franciscan Sister of the Poor. During those …
Today’s Video: La Salle at Kairos
Kairos is a Roman Catholic retreat program for high school and college. Kairos is part of the larger three-day movement in America, ultimately derived from the Cursillo movement founded in Spain in 1944. As such, the retreat is a four-day, three-night (or three-day, two-night in some cases) residential retreat, with …
Hunt for February: Coming back to the Catholic Church is as easy as following the light
Have you ever heard the expression, “Once a Catholic always a Catholic?” All of us know someone who never goes to church but thinks of them self as Catholic. We received that gift of Catholic identity from our family and from God. Baptism came to so many as infants. Through …
Catholics observe day of abstinence and fasting on Valentine’s Day
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati, along with Catholics around the world, will celebrate Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent in the Catholic Church in preparation for Easter (that will fall on April 1 this year). This is the first time Ash Wednesday has coincided with …
‘Monumental’ FEMA shift opens door to disaster funds for religious groups
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Ginny Blasi By David Karas TRENTON, N.J. (CNS) — Superstorm Sandy-weary diocesan and parish officials lauded a Federal Emergency Management Agency policy change announced earlier this year that reverses a prior exclusion for religious organizations and houses of worship from applying for federal aid to recover from …
Update: Faith essential to story for real-life heroes of ’15:17 to Paris’
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Warner Bros. By Denis Grasska SAN DIEGO (CNS) — It’s almost a miracle that Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone are even alive. Yet here they are, promoting a major Hollywood film in which they portray themselves. For all three, faith is an essential part of …
Acts of love, courage are signs of God’s grace in the U.S., Trump says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Acts of love, courage and sacrifice by first responders, parents and children alike are hallmarks of a country that is rooted in prayer and deep faith in God, President Donald Trump told the National Prayer Breakfast. The president held …
Protecting social service safety net is Catholic priority with Congress
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic advocates visited Capitol Hill Feb. 6 hoping members of Congress were ready to listen to their push for a federal budget that makes the needs of poor and vulnerable people a priority. Coming at the end of the annual …