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How a ‘culture of conversion’ transformed a Catholic high school
by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Jun 10, 2021 / 15:02 pm An all-boys Catholic high school in Tampa, Florida is attracting attention for fostering a faith-filled environment that helped lead nearly two dozen of its students into the Church last month. “Coming off of COVID, there was really a hunger …
Pope Francis appoints Fr. Stephen Chow as new bishop of Hong Kong
by Courtney Mares Vatican City, May 17, 2021 / 06:00 am America/Denver (CNA). Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Stephen Chow, S.J. as the next bishop of Hong Kong. Chow, 61, has served as the provincial of the Jesuits’ Chinese Province since 2018. In that role, he led the Jesuit order …
Obituary: Father Matthew Gamber S.J.
Father Matthew T. Gamber S.J. age 61, passed away Oct.16, 2020 in Cincinnati, OH. Beloved son of Ruth Ann (nee Henneman) Gamber; preceded in death by his father Mark J. and brother Lawrence M. Gamber. Dear brother of Mark (MaryJo), William (Linda), Mary Margaret, Robert (Suzan) Gamber, and sister-in-law Carol …
Catholic priest ‘thoroughly surprised’ to have asteroid named after him
CNA Staff, Jun 26, 2020 / 05:00 am MT (CNA).- Somewhere between Mars and Jupiter there is a hunk of rock that now bears the name of a living English Catholic priest. Fr. Christopher Corbally said Wednesday that he was “thoroughly surprised” when he heard asteroid 119248 had been named …
Former Jesuit Superior General dies in Tokyo at 84
CNA Staff, May 20, 2020 / 07:30 am MT (CNA).- Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, the 30th superior general of the Society of Jesus, died Wednesday in Tokyo, Japan, at the age of 84. The Spanish priest led the Jesuits, the world’s largest men’s religious order, from 2008 to 2016. In a …
Six retired Jesuits died of coronavirus at order’s Philadelphia infirmary
by Perry West Denver Newsroom, May 11, 2020 / 04:57 pm MT (CNA).- Six retired Jesuit priests who resided at an infirmary of the society in Philadelphia died last month of coronavirus. The priests lived at Manresa Hall, the infirmary at Saint Joseph’s University’s Loyola Jesuit Residence. They died at local …
5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Happy New Year. Now Let’s Pray
New Year’s Prayer As the dawn breaks on a new year, let us give thanks for all we hold dear: our health, our family and our friends. Let us release our grudges, our anger and our pains, for these are nothing but binding chains. Let us live each day in …
Pope Francis celebrates 50th ordination anniversary by honoring his mentor
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Dec 13, 2019 / 06:00 am (CNA).- Fifty years ago on Dec. 13, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ordained a Jesuit priest in Argentina. As pope, he will celebrate his ordination anniversary Friday by honoring one of his early spiritual mentors, Fr. Miguel Angel Fiorito. Fiorito, …
Discernment Leads Grad Back to Xavier Liechty’s Time in Jesuit Novitiate Helped Guide Him to Faithful Leadership
By John Stegeman One of the benefits of Jesuit education, said Spencer Liechty, is campus ministry. Liechty was a track and cross country runner at Xavier University who grew in faith and his commitment to social justice thanks in part to campus ministry efforts. Now the 2014 grad is back …
Today’s Video: Making a Difference, St. Xavier Church celebrates 200 years.
Today’s video looks back at Sunday, May 19 as St. Francis Xavier Church celebrated their 200th Anniversary as a Catholic Community. This is a reprint from Father Patrick Fairbanks, S. J. A JUBILEE is a time to Recall, to Remember and to Relive God’s grace and blessings in one’s life …