Annual 100-hour nonstop public Bible reading planned in Louisiana diocese January 17, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bible, Feature, News, Uncategorized, World News An annual 100-hour, nonstop public Bible reading takes place in St. Martinville in the Diocese of Lafayette Jan. 19-23.
Court blocks vaccine mandate for businesses, allows it for health workers January 14, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Supreme Court, Uncategorized, World News The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision Jan. 13 blocked a rule by the Biden administration that would have required employees at large businesses to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or wear masks and get tested each week for the coronavirus.
Indiana seminarians chop wood to help rural neighbors stay warm January 12, 2022By Sean Gallagher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vocations, World News For more than 40 years, seminarian from St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad have volunteered in what is now called Project Warm, which provides firewood to people in need in Indiana.
The excitement of each new day December 28, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized As soon as the first daylight creeps into their cages, the finches are ready to start the day—and they think I should start mine, too.
Millersville welcomes ‘52 Masses’ traveler December 15, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized When Daniel Markham joined the congregation Dec. 4 at Our Lady of the Fields in Millersville, he notched his 22nd parish on a yearlong quest to attend Mass in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
St. Isaac Jogues’ St. Monica Ministry bearing ‘overwhelming’ fruit December 13, 2021By Gerry Jackson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized Parishioners of St. Isaac Jogues have discovered that big things can indeed start in small ways.
Spooky soap, a Colin Powell memory, a Brie appetizer recipe, and more (7 Quick Takes) October 23, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Recipes, Uncategorized Soap can be scary, fun, or both.
The Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference, osso buco, and other highlights from the week (7 Quick Takes) October 9, 2021By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized ~1~ Lately, I have been trying to think of small things that I can do for myself. I don’t mean that I try to be self-centered or treat myself to jewelry and boxes of chocolates. I mean that I am trying to carve out time for things that feed my spirit such as daily Mass […]
That’s how we got to Austin September 30, 2021By Paul McMullen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Commentary, Uncategorized Paul McMullen reflects on his journey from Baltimore to Austin.
Pope reminds Roma community, young people that church is their home September 15, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News Pope Francis made sure that while the world often disregards the young and the marginalized, in the Catholic Church, “no one ought ever to feel out of place or set aside.”
The saving gift of fatherhood June 17, 2021By Timothy P. O'Malley Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Uncategorized I expected fatherhood to change the routines of my life. Everyone told me it would. Goodbye, sleep. Hello, collapsing in exhaustion at 8 p.m. What I did not suppose was the way fatherhood would be an occasion for conversion.
Baltimore Basilica marks bicentennial with new perpetual adoration chapel June 1, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized Archbishop William E. Lori, 16th archbishop of Baltimore, celebrated a Mass May 31 to mark the 200th anniversary of the dedication of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Immediately after the Mass, he dedicated a chapel in the basilica’s undercroft for perpetual eucharistic adoration, making the spiritual practice available for the first time ever in the city, as far as parish leaders and researchers can determine.
