Maryland couple donates spruce as Rockefeller Center’s 2021 Christmas tree November 17, 2021By Mike Lang Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News Hundreds of spectators, media and workers descended on the home of Devon and Julie Price, parishioners at Immaculate Conception Church in Elkton, Maryland, to watch as a 79-foot-tall, 46-foot-wide Norway spruce was cut down and removed from their property.
Dementia and the Eucharist/What is the nativity fast? November 17, 2021By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Question Corner Father Doyle fields questions about dementia and the Eucharist, and the Nativity fast.
Our familiar visitors January 8, 2021By Father T. Austin Murphy Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Diamonds in the Rough, Feature Putting Christmas decorations away is a sad time for many. It doesn’t have to be that way.
The gift of time January 4, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Marriage & Family Life, Parenting As we watch our children grow up right before our eyes, we are reminded that time is limited and precious.
Most-read stories and commentaries of 2020 on CatholicReview.org December 31, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Journalism, Local News, News What were the most popular stories and commentaries on CatholicReview.org in 2020? We have the list!
Thank you, God, for a new year December 29, 2020By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, The Domestic Church Thank you for today, God, and for tomorrow – the days ahead we have yet to unwrap and discover.
Celebrate God, every day December 27, 2020By Father Joseph Breighner Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Every day we can celebrate the God who comes to us in others, and in the events of life.
Pope on Christmas: Share hope, promote peace, give vaccine to all December 25, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News On a Christmas like no other, Pope Francis prayed for people who could not be with their families because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he urged everyone to recognize and help those who are suffering even more.
Pope at Christmas: Jesus’ birth brings hope in troubling times December 24, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The birth of Christ is a gift from God that brings people hope and courage in troubled times, Pope Francis said Christmas Eve.
Great Christmas carols you may not have heard December 24, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Christmas, Commentary, Feature, The Narthex George Matysek picks some of his favorite Christmas carols you may never have heard.
Brighten the tangled night December 24, 2020By Father Joseph Breighner Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Wit & Wisdom We Christians believe that God has entered into this world of fear.
Chalk Talk: Epiphany door blessing is symbol of hope in 2021 December 23, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The blessing involves taking simple chalk, usually blessed by a parish priest, and scrawling doorways with symbolic numbers and letters – this year, “20+C+M+B+21.”