At 92, Sister Demetria Smith is the embodiment of gentleness and joy.
Missionary religious sister reflects with joy on her 70 years of serving in Uganda, U.S.
By
OSV News
Filed Under: Missions, News, Vocations, World News
Vocations
Renovations in full swing at Carmelite Monastery of Baltimore
By
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations
At the Carmelite Monastery of Baltimore, a place meant for silence and solitude, the sounds of pounding hammers and sawing have become a typical – and welcomed – sound this year as the community of religious sisters looks to the future.
What it takes to be a military chaplain: ‘It’s a call within a call,’ says priest
By
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News
Wherever U.S. soldiers are deployed, Catholic chaplains faithfully serve the spiritual needs of the men giving their lives in service to the United States.
Seminarian makes ‘a brave shave’ to raise funds for church playground
By
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations, Western Vicariate
Jeremy Belk started the day Nov. 10 with a full head of hair and a beard. By the end of the day, his brother had shorn him of it all.
Minnesota Carmelite hermits building large chapel to make room for new vocations
By
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News
A community of Carmelite hermits in Lake Elmo, Minn., is looking to expand after running out of space to accept new vocations. The first step, they say, is a new chapel.
Companions of the Cross bring charismatic worship, evangelization to parish ministry
By
OSV News
Filed Under: Evangelization, News, Vocations, World News
Community is a central tenet of the life of the Companions of the Cross, a religious community founded in 1985 in the Archdiocese of Ottawa by Father Bob Bedard.
Joy, poverty endear a beloved ‘little’ community in Kansas to others
By
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News
Little Brothers and Little Sisters of the Lamb have made a big impact on those they have encountered for different reasons.
Cardinal Rys: The church of ‘we’ saves community from ‘clerical narcissism’
By
OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vocations, World News
Opening a new academic year at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, Poland, Cardinal Grzegorz Rys of Lódz posed “the most important question in the church” today for him: “How to be a missionary synodal church?”
Radio Interview: Ask a Bishop with Bishop Adam J. Parker
By
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Bishops, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations
Listeners of Catholic Review Radio get their chance to ask Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker whatever questions are on their mind in this first-ever “Ask a Bishop” episode of the program.
Synod stresses global approach to role of women, doctrinal development
By
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, Vocations, World News
Controversy over women’s ordination, even at the synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in the Catholic Church and society, said an Australian bishop, who is a member of the Synod of Bishops.
Diaconate is ‘surrender’ to Jesus, U.S. archbishop says at ordination Mass
By
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: deacons, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News
Before the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica, a symbol of the Catholic Church’s unity behind the successor of St. Peter, 15 men laid prostrate to express their humility and take vows of chastity and obedience to their bishop.
Radio Interview: Exploring ‘Story of a Soul’
By
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints, Vocations
Beginning Oct. 1, Ascension Press offers a 28-day podcast designed to guide listeners through a reading of “Story of a Soul,” the much-loved spiritual autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. George Matysek talks about the project with one of the hosts of the new podcast, Carmelite Father Michael-Joseph Paris of St. Thérèse.
English
Spanish