Catherine Odell

Our Sunday Visitor is a Catholic publisher serving millions of Catholics globally through its publishing and communication services. Married with two grown children, Odell is a freelance writer and editor and a committed organic gardener, baker, walker and reader in South Bend, Ind.

Notre Dame Law School gathering makes case for abolishing death penalty

April 1, 2025
By Catherine Odell
OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News

The University of Notre Dame Law School hosted a four-day event to promote the abolition of the death penalty. Its March 24-27 Death Penalty Abolition Week brought to campus nationally known and respected opponents of the death penalty.

Ascension, Assumption: What’s the difference?

May 9, 2024
By Catherine Odell
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments

What’s the Ascension? What’s the Assumption? What’s the difference? The meaning of these two great feasts is sometimes a bit blurry.

Solanus Casey: a model for the value of caring

June 18, 2023
By Catherine Odell
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News

Father Solanus Casey (1870-1957) and his cause for canonization remain important to many U.S. Catholics.

Catholics face ‘new moment’ for church teaching on war and peace, cardinal says

March 6, 2023
By Catherine Odell
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, War in Ukraine, World News

Offering a comprehensive but engaging overview of both traditional and modern Catholic teaching on war and peace, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego spoke March 1 at the University of Notre Dame, assuring his audience that the church will never be done speaking out about war and peace.

Notre Dame Law School gathering makes case for abolishing death penalty

Ascension, Assumption: What’s the difference?

Solanus Casey: a model for the value of caring

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