Molokai’s leprosy settlements — the ‘ohana’ of two Catholic saints — faces historic transition December 26, 2023By Naomi Klouda OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News One of the last remaining leprosy settlements in the U.S., on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, testifies to St. Damien’s care as eight remaining patient-residents live out their lives.
Radio Interview: Heroic Story of Ulma Family December 18, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Catholic Review Radio host Father Brian Nolan, pastor of St. Ignatius in Ijamsville, Md., talks with Sofia Maurette, the director of Intercultural Ministry for the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, who worked intimately with the creation of the exhibit of the newly beatified Ulma family soon to be on display at this shrine.
Radio Interview: ‘Rebuilt Faith’ December 11, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Rebuilt Parish has expanded to workbooks, podcasts and more, engaging with hundreds of parishes across the nation. Now, the pair has published a new book directed at the faithful, “Rebuilt Faith: A Handbook for Skeptical Catholics,” which outlines a 40-day plan to help Catholics reconnect to what matters.
Radio Interview: Hound of the Lord December 4, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Eleanor Bourg Nicholson’s new children’s book, “The Hound of the Lord,” creatively retells the inspiring story of St. Dominic from the perspective of the saint’s ever-watchful canine companion, “Torch.”
New Jersey priest’s devotion to saint helps bring her life to the big screen December 4, 2023By Joe Jordan OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, Saints, World News For the last decade, Msgr. Paul Bochicchio of St. Francis Church in Hoboken has been advising as a spiritual consultant on the upcoming film “Cabrini,” produced by Angel Studios about the life and ministry of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, set to debut in theaters in March 2024.
Spend this Advent season with the saints December 3, 2023By Bert Ghezzi OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Commentary, Saints Advent prepares us for Jesus’ coming at Christmas and for his coming into our lives afresh. And no one knows how to get ready to welcome Christ better than the saints.
Black Catholic hero of charity, fed by the Eucharist, inspires faithful to holiness December 3, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Saints, World News Pierre Toussaint, declared “venerable” in 1997 by St. John Paul II, was born into slavery in St. Mark, Haiti, (then known as the French colony of Saint-Domingue) in 1766 and died a free man in New York in 1853.
‘Longing’: Learning about Eucharistic desire from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton November 24, 2023By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints The newly redesigned Elizabeth Ann Seton museum has much to offer any pilgrim.
Faithful should embrace silence, communication with God, pope says November 17, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Long moments of silence and listening to God’s Word are some of the many lessons contemplative women can give other Catholics, Pope Francis said.
U.S. bishops support request for pope to name St. John Henry Newman doctor of the church November 15, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Saints, World News The U.S. bishops voted almost unanimously (with two “no” votes) Nov. 15 to support of a request by the the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales that Pope Francis name St. John Henry Newman, the 19th-century British cardinal, a doctor of the church.
‘A son of our shores, a saint for our times’: U.S. bishops vote to support cause for Paulists founder’s canonization November 15, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Saints, World News The U.S. bishops voted Nov. 14 to support Father Isaac Hecker’s cause for canonization, which was initiated by the Paulists Fathers, the order Father Hecker founded, and launched in 2008 by the Archdiocese of New York.
Baltimore group advocates for “saintly six” in Rome November 14, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints The potential saints in question include one with ties to Baltimore, Mother Mary Lange, who has the title “venerable,” the founder of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence, the world’s first sustained religious community for Black women.