Hours after his first Communion, boy begins remarkable recovery from debilitating illness May 20, 2024By Dave Hrbacek OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Joshua’s first Communion in the hospital connects strongly to his healing, noting that the “extraordinary grace of holy Communion is a gift not only to his soul, but to his body.”
Latin Mass to have permanent home at St. Alphonsus; will end at Hagerstown parish in August May 17, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate, Worship & Sacraments The celebration of the Mass in the extraordinary form (also known as the Traditional Latin Mass) in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will be entrusted solely to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, effective Aug. 1.
Ascension, Assumption: What’s the difference? May 9, 2024By Catherine Odell OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments What’s the Ascension? What’s the Assumption? What’s the difference? The meaning of these two great feasts is sometimes a bit blurry.
Question Corner: What’s going on with the Latin Mass? April 24, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments As Catholic Christians we are called to approach all things in a spirit of patience and charity — including the issue of other Catholics’ liturgical preferences.
Catholic charismatic renewal creates ‘church on fire’ with God’s love, says bishop April 21, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Catholic Church’s charismatic renewal is a movement of the Holy Spirit to “bring about a church that is on fire” with God’s love, the new head of the Holy See’s official charismatic body told OSV News.
Why Catholics make the Sign of the Cross April 20, 2024By Bert Ghezzi OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments The Sign of the Cross is not merely a pious gesture. It is a powerful prayer.
Explainer: What are indulgences? April 10, 2024By David Werning OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Indulgences, however, are a way that the church “as minister of the Redemption” intervenes on behalf of a penitent by using its God-given authority to dispense all the temporal punishments of sin (a plenary indulgence), or a portion of them (a partial indulgence), by the application of the satisfaction won by Christ and the saints.
10 ways to prepare for first Communion day April 6, 2024By Joseph D. White OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments, Youth Ministry A child’s first Communion is an important and exciting milestone in the life of a Catholic family. As the first and most important teachers of their children, parents present their children for baptism and guide them toward Christ as they are initiated into the church community.
Shrine’s Divine Mercy Sunday weekend to focus on Eucharist, ‘spiritual fatherhood’ April 2, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Some 15,000 pilgrims are expected at the annual Divine Mercy Sunday Weekend, which takes place April 6-7 at the National Shrine for the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Gallup: Just 3 in 10 U.S. adults regularly attend religious services March 28, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The pews may be a bit more crowded at Mass this Easter — but on balance, regular church attendance in the U.S. continues to decline across the board, particularly among Catholics.
Archbishop Lori invoked challenges, joys as chrism Mass celebrates renewal of priesthood and blessing of oils March 26, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments The March 25 liturgy at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland marked Monday of Holy Week with the traditional Mass in which the sacramental oils are blessed for use all around the archdiocese for the following year.
On Palm Sunday, pope prays people open hearts to God, quell all hatred March 25, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Dressed in red vestments, the color of the Passion, Pope Francis presided over the Mass, the solemn beginning of Holy Week, but he skipped the homily and did not have an aide read any prepared remarks.
