St. John Paul II National Shrine exhibit tells story of Ulma family’s ‘sacrificial love’ January 21, 2024By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News An exhibit on the martyred Ulma family currently on display at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington is a worthy tribute to the Polish family whom Pope Francis said is “for all of us a model to imitate in striving for goodness and in the service of those in need.”
Rare Blessed Carlo Acutis stained-glass window installed in Minnesota adoration chapel January 14, 2024By Dianne Towalski OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Saints, World News During the parish year of the National Eucharistic Revival, one of the oldest adoration chapels in the Diocese of St. Cloud is getting a very special facelift.
Newly translated Padre Pio letters are coming to your email inbox January 5, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The St. Pio Foundation has announced the release of “Epistolary,” a collection of 365 letters written by St. Pio of Pietrelcina, widely known as Padre Pio, to his spiritual directors and students.
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.
