The secular media landscape often depicts nuns as stern, joyless and anything but media-savvy. Of course, such a generalization could not be further from the truth, and the Daughters of St. Paul are a prime ...
Until just a few short years ago, the use of online classrooms and distance learning was still a relatively rare phenomenon. Most of the time this was done at specialty institutions with a focus on ...
In the first two years of its OSV Challenge, the OSV Institute for Catholic Innovation has awarded more than half a million dollars to apostolates, people and organizations who have come up with bold ideas ...
In late September, Bishop Richard F. Stika of the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, ordained Ken Conklin to the order of the diaconate nine months ahead of his classmates. Deacon Conklin, whose health has deteriorated because ...
In one of a series of articles exploring how priests, deacons, and men and women religious are living out the corporal works of mercy, writer Paul Senz profiles two communities who, as part of their ...
In a new feature for Our Sunday Visitor, Paul Senz introduces readers to a Catholic gem located in Portland, Oregon: the National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother. Also known as The Grotto, this shrine to ...
Franciscan spirituality and traditions are part of campus life at a number of schools around the United States, including Quincy University in Illinois, the University of St. Francis in Indiana, and the Franciscan School of ...
The founders of a Catholic college or university typically choose a certain saint as the school’s patron because they were inspired by that saint’s life and teachings, their writings, their example, and want campus life ...
Seeing an increase in violence, drug abuse, poverty and homelessness across Baltimore, Father James Boric, rector of the city’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore — ...
The technological developments of the last half-century have provided new and spectacular opportunities for spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Men and women who have dedicated their lives to Christ have a particular voice and ...
Bishop John P. Dolan was installed as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix on Aug. 2
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New Phoenix bishop installed; faithful called to abide in God's goodness
In a joyous transition punctuated by church tradition, rich, uplifting music and a call to abide in God's goodness...
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The oldest member of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, died Aug. 8 in Rome at the age of 98
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Cardinal Tomko, oldest member of College of Cardinals, dies at 98
The oldest member of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, died Aug. 8 in Rome at the age of 98. ...
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