A recent report from the Associated Press took a critical look at organizations within the Catholic Church for receiving loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program. But business managers and others who run these Catholic ...
Urging Catholic parish communities to embrace a “missionary evangelization,” the Vatican recently issued a new instruction on reforming parishes and restructuring dioceses. The guidelines acknowledge that cultural changes have challenged parishes and offers suggestions for ...
While doctors care for the physical needs of patients, Father Stefan Starzynski cares for their spiritual needs — comforting, praying, anointing and recruiting them. Yes, recruiting. The fulltime chaplain at Inova Fairfax, a nearly 1,000-bed ...
Patti Maguire Armstrong writes that when Bishop-elect Stephen Parkes becomes the 15th bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgia on September 23, he will become a brother bishop to his sibling, Bishop Gregory L. ...
“God, please use my hands today the way you want me to use them.” North Dakota teenager Maria Loh prays that prayer every morning. It makes an offering of the 17-year-old’s usual household chores, and ...
It’s back to school for college students across the country, but it is not business as usual as they return to campus. Schools are adopting measures with the goal of making classrooms as normal as ...
Since COVID-19 continues to be a concern, addressing student fears, anxieties and realities is an important concern for college administrations. The possibility of getting sick is only a part of what concerns students amid a ...
Following the death of Don Shula, the winningest coach in NFL history, those who knew him well said that despite his accomplishments on the field, it was his deep faith and love of the Catholic ...
As a high school student, Cassidy Roderick felt somewhat isolated when she discerned God calling her to become a religious sister. But even though she attended a Catholic school, she had never even met a ...
Monsignor John Esseff, a priest of the Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, says that a strong prayer life is the lifeblood of vocations. He said, “We hear that we are in a crisis with the sexual ...
