The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s 2024 Chrism Mass will be held Monday, March 25, 7:30 p.m., at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210.
Vocations
In a hostile world, the vocation of Christians is to hope, pope says
Though the global situation risks plunging people into pessimism, Christians are called to pursue their vocation of becoming “men and women of hope,” Pope Francis said.
Priests, sisters honored for decades of ministry
The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored nearly 40 women and men religious serving in the archdiocese who are celebrating milestone jubilees in 2024. Together, they have contributed a combined 2,275 years of ministry to the Catholic Church.
Eliminating differences with gender ideology is terrible danger, pope says
The gifts of men and women are “fruitful” together, and to erase the difference between men and women “is to erase humanity,” Pope Francis said.
Mid-life crisis? Not for these professionals turned mid-life Franciscans
For three Franciscans from the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe — postulants Jimmy Beh and Thomas Pack and Father Steven Kuehn — joining the 800-plus-year-old religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi was not just a proverbial leap of faith.
Conference to help younger religious sisters build community called ‘transformational’
About 150 women religious under age 65 gathered in person Jan. 25-28 with more than 100 others joining them virtually, to discuss, discern and embrace the future of religious life.
Priests must lighten load to rediscover joy, community, speakers say
Catholic priests in the West, overworked and understaffed, need a “change of mentality” to rediscover their calling to be agents of God’s love, a cardinal said.
‘Feeling omnipotent’ is at root of clerical abuse, pope says
All forms of clerical abuse begin with a priest thinking he is better than others and somehow over them, Pope Francis said.
Pope tells seminarians to put the Eucharist at the center of formation
If seminarians want to advance in their discernment and practice of religious life they must place the Eucharist at the center of their formation, Pope Francis wrote.
Waiting, not worldliness, leads to the Lord, pope tells religious
After candlelight filled a darkened St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis asked consecrated men and women not to let their spirits “doze off” while waiting to encounter the Lord but to keep their hearts awake in anticipation “like an eternal flame.”
Report: Vocations to religious life in US decline, but key factors can positively impact numbers
A new report shows a continued decrease in the number of permanent vocations to consecrated life in the U.S. — but key factors such as family life, devotional practices, Catholic education and personal encouragement can positively impact those numbers.
Aiming to live and work better in 2024? Look to monks
In the world of time management, monasticism has been touted as a source of tools for achieving a desired lifestyle.