Parish News

Fans of Ravens, regional rivals ready for NFL season
Sep 06 2010
When the Baltimore Ravens reached Super Bowl XXXV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Dave Wohlfort was there.

South Korean Catholics: Kim’s visit to Chinese church not a message
Sep 05 2010
SEOUL, South Korea – A whistle-stop visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to a church in China is not a sign that the secretive communist regime’s stance toward religion is softening, South Korean Catholics say.

Eyewitness account of the third National Gathering for Black Catholic Women
Sep 02 2010
A grey Friday morning, foretelling the storms of the weekend suggests the mood of the women silently boarding the bus whose destination is Charlotte, N.C. Servant women weary from the Gospel work, which includes service to parish, family and community.

Gulf Coast slowly rebuilds five years after Hurricane Katrina
Aug 29 2010
WASHINGTON – Five years after the devastating effects of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, rebuilding efforts are still very much a work in progress. Many, but not all, Gulf Coast residents have returned and although many homes and buildings have been rebuilt, more still needs to be done.

Catholic newspaper becomes Poland’s top-selling weekly
Aug 28 2010
WARSAW, Poland – A national Catholic newspaper has become Poland’s top-selling weekly, outstripping its secular competitors.

Mexican Catholics pray for 72 migrants found massacred on ranch
Aug 27 2010
MEXICO CITY – Catholics in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas offered prayers for the 72 undocumented migrants from Central and South America whose bodies were discovered Aug. 24 in what was possibly the largest mass slaying since the country began cracking down on drug cartels and organized crime.

Nun killed, U.S. ambassador to Malta, priest injured in L.A. accident
Aug 27 2010
CALABASAS, Calif. – A Sister of St. Louis was killed and the retired pastor of a Malibu parish was severely injured when a car driven by Douglas Kmiec, U.S. ambassador to Malta, crashed into a drainage ditch in Southern California Aug. 25.

Pastor and mayor of border town try to address conflicting interests
Aug 25 2010
DOUGLAS, Ariz. – In a small town like Douglas, the mayor and the Catholic pastor tend to be in the middle of most of the important things that happen.

Use of new Roman Missal to begin in U.S. at Advent 2011
Aug 20 2010
WASHINGTON – Catholics in the United States will begin using the long-awaited English translation of the Roman Missal on the first Sunday of Advent in 2011, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago said Aug. 20.

U.S. Dominican province welcomes its biggest class of novices in decades
Aug 18 2010
WASHINGTON – Statistics show a drastic fall in the number of people entering religious life since the 1960s, yet during ceremonies Aug. 7, the Dominican Province of St. Joseph formally accepted 21 men as novices – the province’s largest novitiate class since 1966.

Church agencies step up relief work as Pakistan struggles with flood
Aug 13 2010
BANGALORE, India – Church charities in Pakistan stepped up their efforts Aug. 12 to distribute vitally needed relief supplies to some of the millions of people affected by the worst flood in the South Asian nation’s history.

Catholic schools careful with social media
Aug 12 2010
Doug Heidrick wasn’t so sure Calvert Hall College High School should get into Facebook, a popular online social media page. The school’s communications director wasn’t convinced it was an appropriate venue for a Catholic school and he feared a presence on Facebook would siphon visitors from the school’s well-established website.

Catholic agencies collect more than $303 million for Haiti quake relief
Aug 12 2010
WASHINGTON – Catholic agencies around the world have collected more than $303 million for Haitian earthquake relief with additional funds continuing to arrive daily.

Guest columnist: Exist to evangelize
Aug 05 2010
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has asked four individuals to serve as guest columnists in August. The first is Paulist Father John Hurley, the executive director of the archdiocesan Department of Evangelization.

Workers say even after decades, AIDS continues to challenge church
Jul 29 2010
VIENNA – After three decades in which the AIDS pandemic has ravaged lives and communities around the globe, those struggling against the disease at the grass roots say AIDS continues to present difficult challenges to the Catholic Church.