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Jack Figge

Jack Figge writes for OSV News from Kansas.

‘Bible in a Year’ host shares how all can join in the conclave’s ‘sacred moment’

May 7, 2025
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, World News

Host of the “Bible in a Year” and “Catechism in a Year” podcasts and a frequent presenter for Ascension, Father Mike Schmitz has been leading a novena praying for the cardinals and the conclave, which over a million people have viewed.

‘A Love Letter to Chaplains’: Exhibit honors contributions of military chaplains in World War I

April 13, 2025
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News

Opened in May 2024, the Sacred Service exhibit commemorates and educates visitors on the critical service that chaplains played during the First World War.

Wildfires force 3 Missouri religious communities to evacuate temporarily

March 28, 2025
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: News, World News

The communities at Assumption Abbey, the Monastery of St. Joseph, home to the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, and Nazareth Hermitage all left their properties in the early afternoon of March 19 as wildfires inched dangerously close.

Basilicas, churches and shrines across U.S. are Jubilee 2025 pilgrimage sites

February 17, 2025
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, World News

In the United States, bishops could designate churches, cathedrals, shrines, monasteries, or other religious locations as “jubilee pilgrimage sites.”

‘The Chosen’ actor shares how portraying an apostle rebooted his faith

February 12, 2025
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Through their participation in “The Chosen,” many of the show’s crew members and actors — including Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Jesus — have rediscovered faith.

Ski park’s new giant statue of Mary shows ‘deep connection’ to area’s ‘beauty, tranquility’

February 8, 2025
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Sports, World News

The 20-foot-tall Our Lady of Mount Shasta was unveiled this past December to much fanfare and applause at the ski park.

New early childhood center highlights Catholic higher-ed pro-life trend

January 1, 2025
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, News, Respect Life, World News

The University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., is launching a new early childhood center to care for the young children of its faculty and community members.

What it takes to be a military chaplain: ‘It’s a call within a call,’ says priest

November 16, 2024
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News

Wherever U.S. soldiers are deployed, Catholic chaplains faithfully serve the spiritual needs of the men giving their lives in service to the United States.

Companions of the Cross bring charismatic worship, evangelization to parish ministry

November 3, 2024
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: Evangelization, News, Vocations, World News

Community is a central tenet of the life of the Companions of the Cross, a religious community founded in 1985 in the Archdiocese of Ottawa by Father Bob Bedard.

Wall Street Journal poll ranks Benedictine College among top 10 most highly recommended colleges

September 21, 2024
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News

A recent survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal, ranked Benedictine College, a small Catholic liberal arts college, as the sixth most highly recommended college by its students and recent alumni.

Hallow partners with Catholic universities to cultivate student prayer lives

September 16, 2024
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, News, social media, World News

This fall, as students return to college and university campuses, Hallow, the acclaimed prayer app, is working to help students build a vibrant faith life through forming partnerships with Catholic educational institutions across the country.

California Catholic college says new energy independence plan models ‘creative’ stewardship

May 27, 2024
By Jack Figge
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, Environment, News, World News

A small Catholic college in California announced recently that it had gained energy independence from the California power grid, marking a landmark in the use of alternative energy resources in higher education.

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