Catholic filmmaker Sean McNamara offers insights on faith and the movie industry August 4, 2024By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized There are some shining lights in Hollywood whose active faith seeps into the stories they tell through their art. One such shining light is Sean McNamara.
That Pommel Horse Guy August 3, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Olympics, Open Window, Uncategorized His name is Stephen Nedoroscik, but they call him Clark Kent. After hours of waiting for his turn, he pulls off his glasses, strides up to the pommel horse, swings around with incredible skill and strength, and dismounts. He’s an athlete and an artist. He has an eye condition that prevents him seeing while he’s […]
Ready to serve: Altar servers reinforce ministry during Rome pilgrimage August 3, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry During a week of extreme high temperature warnings, altar servers on a pilgrimage to Rome found many ways to cool off and strengthen their faith by visiting the city’s underground catacombs, cavernous basilicas and a temporary pilgrimage center near St. Peter’s Square.
In the City of Light, a Marian gem shines August 3, 2024By Gretchen R. Crowe OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, World News The beautiful sanctuary, rich in blues and gold, and filled with art reflecting Mary’s apparitions, also houses the relics of St. Catherine.
Celebrating Mary in the month of August August 2, 2024By Marge Fenelon OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Whether we celebrate August’s Marian feast days in a big way or a small one, taking time to reflect on their history and meaning can help us to better understand Mary’s vital role in our salvation.
Sister Mary Cabrini Bonnett, former Bon Secours receptionist, dies at 97 August 2, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Sister of Bon Secours Mary Cabrini Bonnett will be offered Aug. 6 at her order’s chapel in Marriottsville. Sister Cabrini died July 30. She was 97 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of Bon Secours for 67 years.
Retired FBI agent, clergy abuse survivor and social workers appointed to bishops’ National Review Board August 2, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Child & Youth Protection, News, World News A retired FBI agent will head up the U.S. bishops’ consultative safe environment body, while a clergy abuse survivor, a nursing professor and two clinical social workers are also among the board’s Aug. 1 appointments.
Diocesan Holy Doors will not be feature of Jubilee 2025, Vatican says August 2, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News While bishops around the world are asked to designate their cathedrals or other significant churches as special places of pilgrimage and prayer for the Holy Year 2025, the Vatican is not asking them to dedicate and open a “Holy Door” at those churches.
Detroit procession for Blessed Solanus Casey on feast day celebrates his humility, virtues August 2, 2024By Daniel Meloy OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Blessed Solanus Casey serves as a role model for offering disappointments up to God and bearing wrongs patiently, Bishop Robert J. McClory of Gary, Indiana, told the faithful gathered at St. Bonaventure Monastery to celebrate the porter’s feast day.
NYC Catholic high school students to make mission trip to Maryland First Fruits Farm ministry August 2, 2024By Armando Machado OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Social Justice Twenty-nine rising sophomores at Xavier High School in New York City will soon embark on an ecumenical mission trip with First Fruits Farm ministry in Freeland, Maryland.
Loyola invites Baltimore community to participate in spiritual program August 2, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Loyola University Maryland’s Office of Mission Integration is inviting members of the Baltimore community to participate in a program of spiritual exercises and prayer inspired by St. Ignatius Loyola. The nine-month program will begin in September.
Senate fails to advance bipartisan tax bill with poverty-fighting child tax credit August 2, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News The U.S. Senate on Aug. 1 failed to advance a bill that would have expanded the child tax credit, a provision some Catholic organizations have long sought as a pro-family and anti-poverty effort.
