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From Field to Dreams to new church: St. John the Baptist, Harrison
By Walt Schaefer Since 2003, St. John the Baptist Church in Harrison has had its own field of dreams. That’s when Father Edward Shine purchased 26 acres of former farmland near the intersection of New Haven and Carolina Trace Roads, preparing for parish growth in a part of far …
Seek the Lord by Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr
June marks the end of the school year and the beginning of the vacation season. This summer, I invite you to do something on vacation that may be new to you – go to church, and not for the liturgy alone. It is, of course, an important precept of the …
Parish near Colorado school shooting responds with prayer, counseling
IMAGE: CNS photo/Joseph Ambuul, The Colorado Catholic Herald By Veronica Ambuul COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CNS) — When news of a school shooting May 7 at STEM School Highlands Ranch reached St. Mark Parish, just two miles away, parish staff members immediately began calling the nine families from the parish known …
Encore: Women religious find a place of honor on Mother’s Day
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Chaz Muth WASHINGTON (CNS) — When the elderly men and women at the Jeanne Jugan Residence for senior care pray the rosary with Sister Constance Veit, they see her as more than one of the caregivers at the facility. Though this nun with the Little …
Catholic minorities can still change the world, pope says at audience
IMAGE: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Visiting the small Catholic communities in Bulgaria and North Macedonia offered an opportunity to encourage the faithful to remember God’s miracle of being able to feed a multitude with just a few loaves and fishes, Pope Francis said. …
Pope draws lessons from Mother Teresa in city of her birth
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden SKOPJE, North Macedonia (CNS) — Pope Francis went to the tiny Balkan nation of North Macedonia to pay tribute to a tiny saint who accomplished big things: St. Teresa of Kolkata. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Ganxhe Bojaxhiu to Albanian parents in Skopje …
After offering instruction, pope gives first Communion to 245 children
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden RAKOVSKI, Bulgaria (CNS) — In the Catholic heart of Bulgaria, Pope Francis celebrated a special Mass for 245 children receiving their first Communion and thanked them for helping him, their parents and grandparents remember their own first Communion. "Today you have made it …
Catholics, Orthodox must work to heal divisions, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden SOFIA, Bulgaria (CNS) — On the day Bulgarian Orthodox celebrate as "St. Thomas Sunday" and read the Gospel about the apostle asking to touch the wounds of the risen Lord, Pope Francis said the divisions within Christianity are "painful lacerations on the body …
Easter Triduum Reflections 2019
March 6: Ash Wednesday Invitation to prayer: Come, Holy Spirit. Guide me into and through this holy season of Lent. Reflection: As we celebrate Ash Wednesday and the beginning of our Lenten season, we hear the Lord’s invitation: “Return to me with your whole heart.” God is inviting us deeper …
Holy Week, Easter marked with ceremony, faith in other cultures
The remembrance of the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord is marked with special ceremonies, tradition and faith in other cultures, including those represented in the archdiocese. Lan Vu, a member of Our Lady of Lavang Vietnamese Catholic Community in Cincinnati, said, “We try to do as much as …
