Expert: Racial division is hurting the church — here’s what Catholics can do about it March 24, 2024By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News Daryl Grigsby, the well-known African American commentator, author and convert to Catholicism 25 years ago, hosted a March 7 webinar on the thorny subject of racism, apparent indifference to it and what can be done about it in the Catholic Church.
Passionist provinces turn to solar energy to power ministry and care for creation January 19, 2024By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Two provinces of the Congregation of the Passion and a lay-run Catholic nonprofit have all taken the lead in switching to solar energy to power their work as part of their response to Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’,” which teaches on the relationship between God, humans and the Earth in caring for creation.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul groups’ personal charity shows neighbors ‘this is Christmas’ December 20, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News A dedicated group of Catholic — and non-Catholic — volunteers is showing how the Christmas joy of helping the less fortunate lasts all year round.
Tennessee tornadoes strike nearly to the day of 2021 deadly storm December 14, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Two years ago over the course of a Friday night Dec. 10-11, a series of tornadoes struck western Kentucky, killing 57 with additional fatalities in Illinois, Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri and damaging and destroying several thousand residences as well as nearly 200 commercial buildings.
Lay parish missionaries indispensable co-workers in evangelization from the city to the prairie August 6, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News Lay men and women carrying out missionary work in parishes, either on a full time or volunteer basis, are helping Catholic clergy expand the evangelizing reach of their ministry wherever they are, from urban centers to prairie towns.
Sisters’ ‘Soul Box’ exhibit provides solace to families of victims slain by gun violence July 7, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News For the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, offering well-intentioned “thoughts and prayers” to grieving families after every mass shooting is sometimes not enough.
Black Cuban recounts his flight as a child refugee from Castro’s regime in ‘Operation Pedro Pan’ May 20, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Ricardo E. Gonzalez Zayas was one of over 14,000 Cuban children who were part of “Operation Pedro Pan” — a secret, mass exodus to the U.S. via air between 1960-1962 from the newly created communist nation located just 90 miles from our Florida coast.
Prison ministries bring hope and light of Christ to those ‘doing time’ April 9, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Prison minsters are giving back hope and faith to those men and women convicted of heinous crimes, who too often, are stigmatized and forgotten by society in general and even their own families.
Restored Black Catholic churches show power of Black Catholic tradition to evangelize February 26, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, World News Restoration efforts testify to the enduring importance of parishes formed by Black Catholic traditions and the richness they bring to the church’s mission to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
‘His memory still resonates’: Franciscan sister recalls MLK’s deathbed January 16, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News As the U.S. observes Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, Sister Jane Marie Klein, 84, looks back on the tragic night he was murdered and how it stayed with her.
