QUESTION CORNER Q: I am very saddened now whenever I read the obituary notice for a priest — even if I haven’t known him personally — because I feel that this continues the downward spiral for the Catholic Church which has meant so much to me. (I am now 73.) When is the church going […]
Archives for November 2016
Father John Catoir: Parish community and the spiritual life
There are two things to remember about your spiritual life: 1) It extends way beyond your prayer life to the way you treat others, the way you spend your money, the way you maintain your self-respect and even to your politics; 2) It also includes the way you relate to God through your local parish. […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: God’s goodness will triumph
32ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5; Luke 20:27-38 This weekend, observed as the Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, the church presents as the first reading a section from the Second Book of Maccabees. Maccabees, First or Second, rarely appears as a reading at Mass. These books date from a […]
How one diocese reversed the loss of Catholic school enrollment
By Joe Ruff Catholic News Service OMAHA, Neb. — Not just once, but now two years in a row, enrollment in Catholic schools across the Archdiocese of Omaha has grown by hundreds of students. This year’s 19,838 preschool through high school students in the archdiocese’s 70 schools compares with last year’s 19,560 students, a net […]
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