Pope Francis: ‘This is our identity: we are God’s loved ones.’
At times, by over-emphasizing our efforts to do good works, we have created an ideal of holiness excessively based on ourselves.
11 things you should know about Charles de Foucauld…
Charles is mostly known for having lived as a hermit among the Tuareg people in the Sahara. He translated the Gospel in the Tuareg language and published the first bilingual Tuareg-French dictionary. He also reproduced thousands of lines of Tuareg poetry about their ancestral habits. These research works continue to have scientific value today…
7 things you should know about St. Titus Brandsma…
The miracle for his canonization involved a fellow Carmelite. When Florida Carmelite Father Michael Driscoll received a diagnosis of stage-4 melanoma in 2004, he knew where to turn: He began praying for the intercession of Blessed Titus Brandsma, who had been martyred in the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau. A fellow priest gave Father Driscoll […]
Our Lord left us a legacy of His love. Lay hold of this treasure and let it transform your life…..
The title of this sermon uses the word legacy, which refers to something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor. Perhaps the most accessible image of this is money. If I receive 100 million dollars from a dying relative, I can the money to start living differently. My bills, which now seem overwhelming, […]
In First Canonization Ceremony Since 2019, Pope Francis Raises 10 New Saints to the Altars…
Pope Francis on Sunday recognized 10 new saints of the Catholic Church during a canonization Mass in St. Peter’s Square. It was the Church’s first canonization since that of St. John Henry Newman and four others in October 2019.
Jesuit university network strengthens ties to Belize
BELIZE CITY — It took four tries and 40 years, but a Jesuit-founded school in Belize will soon be a four-year university. St. John’s College was founded in 1887 as an all-boys school serving Belize and neighboring countries. It added a coed community college in 1952. Today it has 700 boys in the high school […]
Marquette University’s nursing program receives $1 million donation
MILWAUKEE — During National Nursing Week, May 6-12 this year, Michael Lovell, president of Marquette University, announced that an anonymous alumni couple donated $1 million to the university’s nursing program. The donation, announced May 9, will go toward efforts to renovate and build an addition for the Jesuit-run school’s College of Nursing. The couple emphasized […]
Beatification near for founder of Society for the Propagation of the Faith
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 1822, a young and rich French woman, Pauline Jaricot, founded the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. In 2022, this international association that coordinates assistance for Catholic missionary priests, brothers, and nuns in mission areas, is still going strong and renewed attention has been given to its founder, who will […]
Religious orders launch initiative to care for sisters with dementia
ROME — Having a member over 100 years old is not unusual today for orders of Catholic women religious, but many orders do not have the specialized knowledge or resources to ensure an accurate diagnosis and the best possible plan of care for sisters experiencing dementia or other forms of cognitive impairment, several sisters said. […]
US report details church-state collusion on Native schools
A new Interior Department report on the legacy of boarding schools for Native Americans underscores how closely the U.S. government collaborated with churches to Christianize them as part of a project to sever them from their culture, their identities and ultimately their land. The role of churches forms a secondary part of the Federal Indian […]