Sister Ita Ford was a Catholic Maryknoll Sister who grew up in Brooklyn. She served as a missionary in Bolivia, Chile and El Salvador, working primarily with the poor.
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Mother Seton shrine announces video series, other initiatives for 2022
In the first episode of a series of short videos launched by the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Sister Mary Catherine Conway, a Daughter of Charity, discusses her 40 years in Catholic education as a teacher and principal.
Mother Lange cause for canonization seeks prayers
Mother Mary Lange not only founded the Oblate Sisters in Baltimore, the first religious order in the U.S. for women of color, but also established the first Catholic school for children of color.
El Salvador martyrs inspire hope in Hispanic immigrants
More than 100 people from around the Archdiocese of Baltimore gave thanks for the recent beatification of four civil-war-era martyrs from El Salvador.
Archdiocese of Baltimore to celebrate beatification of Salvadoran martyrs
The Archdiocese of Baltimore will offer a special Mass of thanksgiving Jan. 29 to celebrate the recent beatification of four martyrs from El Salvador.
Cardinal says Salvador’s new martyrs are road map to reconciliation
A Salvadoran cardinal with a front-row seat to the country’s violent past said many have forgotten the country’s trials and tribulations, including its “fratricidal war,” but it’s necessary to remember the past if El Salvador is ever to attain peace.
Ireland adds St. Brigid’s feast day as national holiday
The Irish government has added a new public holiday to the national calendar to honor the country’s female patron, St. Brigid of Kildare.
Pope receives proposal to declare St. Irenaeus a doctor of the church
Pope Francis received a formal recommendation to declare St. Irenaeus of Lyon a doctor of the church, the Vatican said.
Mother Seton shrine launches initiatives to expand awareness of U.S. saint
The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg is launching a series of initiatives to expand awareness of first U.S.-born saint, it announced Jan. 4, on the saint’s feast day.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, ‘Star of New Evangelization,’ unites cultures
Our Lady of Guadalupe has united cultures throughout the centuries ever since she first appeared in a series of apparitions in 1531.
Mass marks end of diocesan phase of inquiry for Day’s sainthood cause
More than 1,500 people filled St. Patrick’s Cathedral Dec. 8 to witness the formal end of the diocesan phase of the sainthood cause for Dorothy Day.
Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek: Poor in spirit
Walter Ciszek was a tough kid growing up in the rugged coal country of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. In the mysterious ways of God, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1928 and, as a novice, offered to go to the Russian missions. In 1938, he was sent to Poland and later accompanied workers who were heading into […]