As Olympic flame travels through France, Catholic Church is busy with ‘Holy Games’ project June 19, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News – In the run-up to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, opening on July 26, the “Holy Games” project, launched for the occasion by the French bishops and the Archdioceses of Paris, is gaining momentum with a growing number of events on the theme of “sport and faith.”
A eucharistic word: grace June 19, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments The mysterious workings of grace in our lives — or even what grace is — were fodder for interesting conversations between this father and his then-almost-7-year-old.
Resurrection parish has new worship space, same 50-year spirit of welcome June 19, 2024By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parish Anniversary 2024 Church of the Resurrection, with 2,400 registered families, is linked to history that dates to 1838, when St. Paul (Resurrection’s “mother church”) was founded in Old Ellicott City, where it remains today. St. Paul and Church of the Resurrection became a pastorate in 2019.
Deacon Michael Misulia: ‘Everything I’ve been looking for’ June 19, 2024By Sarah Torbeck Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, New Priests 2024, News, Vocations Deacon Misulia’s family subculture fostered a strong sense of spirituality as well. He remembers attending daily Mass during summer vacation and sharing a holy hour with his parents and four brothers at the adoration chapel in his home parish of St. Peter the Apostle in Libertytown.
New archaeological discovery in Israel dubbed ‘greeting from Christian pilgrims’ 1,500 years ago June 19, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The discovery of a Byzantine-period church in the northern Negev, with wall art displaying ships, opens a window to the world of Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land 1,500 years ago, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Timing of pilgrimage’s arrival at Wisconsin Marian shrine in Champion called ‘providential’ June 18, 2024By Sam Lucero OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, Saints, World News Two days after the U.S. bishops approved a proposal to consider Adele Brise’s cause for canonization, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage arrived at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion June 16. The shrine is home to the Marian apparitions that Brise experienced in 1859.
Court temporarily blocks enforcement of EEOC abortion provision in challenge by USCCB, others June 18, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News A federal court in Louisiana has issued a temporary injunction blocking a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision in regulations meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers.
Reunión de primavera de los obispos de EE.UU. incluyó conversaciones sobre organización que busca luchar contra la pobreza, nuevos marcos pastorales y propuestas innovadoras June 18, 2024By Peter Jesserer Smith OSV News Filed Under: En Español Reunidos en Louisville para su asamblea plenaria de primavera, la reunión de los obispos de EE.UU. del 12 al 14 de junio vio una mezcla de asuntos importantes — con algunos giros inesperados y momentos de fuerte discusión — comenzando con cómo los obispos continuarán abordando el flagelo de la pobreza en el país y terminando con una visión de futuro para el Avivamiento Eucarístico Nacional.
Annunciation House lawyer says Texas’ lawsuit attacks Catholic religious liberty June 18, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News A lawyer representing Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants, told reporters shortly after a June 17 hearing in the case that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to shut down that ministry is an “attack on religious liberty.”
Monseñor Lucio Ruiz nos platica sobre la evangelización digital June 18, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español, Protagonistas de Fe Monseñor Lucio Ruiz – Secretario para el Dicasterio de Comunicaciones de la Santa Sede nos platica sobre la evangelización digital y lo que significa ser un misionero en el continente digital, “Nuestra función es pensar siempre como hacer llegar esta palabra, esta ternura, esta presencia del Santo Padre hasta el último rincón de la humanidad”.
Four archdioceses celebrate biggest ordination classes in years with joy, prayer, packed churches June 18, 2024By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News Besides the Washington Archdiocese, other U.S. archdioceses have seen record ordination classes this spring, including the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, with 13 new priests, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles with 11 and the Archdiocese of Milwaukee with nine.
Archbishop Spalding graduate Dylan Beard hurdles toward Olympic dream June 18, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports Dylan Beard says his Olympic dreams “start with God and stay with God.” Those Olympic dreams, which started in the Archdiocese of Baltimore at Archbishop Spalding High School, are just a couple races away from fruition.
