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Michael R. Heinlein

Our Sunday Visitor is a Catholic publisher serving millions of Catholics globally through its publishing and communication services. Michael R. Heinlein is author of "Glorifying Christ: The Life of Cardinal Francis E. George, O.M.I." and currently in formation for the Association of Pauline Cooperators.

A Eucharistic Word: Christification

May 15, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist

The fruits of the Eucharist are many. They bring about a unity in diversity, wherein each member of the body — responding to grace — can live unique and compelling eucharistic lives. The list is long, but I’m inclined to think St. Paul should be at its top.

It’s the year of the Paris Olympics. Here are the Catholic must-sees in the French capital

May 1, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Olympics, Sports, World News

More than 15 million visitors are expected to descend upon the city of Paris this summer for the 2024 Olympics. The French capital will serve as the stage for over 300 events in 32 sports — including, for the first time, breakdancing — to test participants’ adherence to the time-honored Olympic creed: “The important thing in life is not the triumph, but the fight; the essential thing is not to have won, but to have fought well.”

A Eucharistic Word: Spiritual Communion

April 24, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist

Spiritual Communion is a devotion for those who are unable, for whatever reason, to receive sacramental holy Communion at a given time or in specific situations.

Why isn’t the Annunciation celebrated on March 25 this year?

March 22, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: News, World News, Worship & Sacraments

This year, since March 25 is Holy Monday on the Roman calendar, the liturgical celebration of the Annunciation will be observed on Monday, April 8.

How are bishops selected?

March 21, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News

Let’s take a closer look at the complex undertaking of choosing a new bishop, one which originates with the needs of a local diocese and extends all the way to the desk of the pope.

Analysis: Major changes in store for Latin Church in US as bishop appointments stall

March 17, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News

Change looms on the horizon for the American hierarchy. And the anticipation continues to build as the appointment of Latin Church bishops in the United States has seriously stalled out over the last year or so.

Commoditization of funeral industry is hurting Catholic Church

February 21, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments

With fewer wakes, and with fewer clergy attending them, aren’t we missing out on a vital pastoral dimension of funerals?

Stations of the Cross help us make sense of suffering

February 14, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Lent

Christ’s cross makes sense of our own, hence the universal appeal of popular devotions like the Stations of the Cross.

St. John Neumann: A saint for Catholic teachers and former Baltimore pastor

January 27, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints, Schools

St. John Neumann excelled in the virtues, most notably humility, without which he said “other virtues could be neither genuine nor permanent.”

Shields, symbols and saints: What is heraldry in the Catholic Church?

January 27, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News

Steeped in tradition, ecclesiastical heraldry is a regulated system of self-identification, adopted by the church from medieval society, which operates as a science and an art form with its own rules and regulations.

A eucharistic word: tabernacle

January 18, 2024
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist

The Eucharist is the key to open up the tabernacle of our hearts and let Christ live in the world.

Legendary Irish Catholic singer reflects on role of faith in music

December 23, 2023
By Michael R. Heinlein
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News

The singer’s Catholic culture is often evident on his social media, and Daniel O’Donnell regularly lends his musical talents at his parish, where he often sings in the choir when he’s not on the road.

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