One of the more visible changes in church decor during the Lenten season is the absence of floral arrangements By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Of the many traditions and penitential practices observed during the season of Lent, one of the more visible is the stark change in church decor and a […]
Archives for March 2019
Bishop remembers cardinal who promoted Damien’s cause
Bishop Larry Silva sent a letter of condolences to the archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels in Belgium upon the death of his predecessor, Cardinal Godfried Danneels, who was an ardent advocate for the canonization of his countryman, St. Damien de Veuster of Molokai. Cardinal Danneels, retired archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, died March 14 at the age of 85. […]
Talk story: The desert speaks
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “We can’t allow more tragedies like these. They cannot be repeated … Innocents have died because we have done everything to keep them from finding a dignified life … The desert speaks, and we can hear the shouts of the land telling us that our policies have consequences. (Bishop Mark Seitz […]
Heralding back: March 22, 2019
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — March 21, 1969 G.I. Pen Pals These students (pictured left) are among the leaders of Holy Cross first graders who write to G.I.s in Vietnam. They are (left to right) Cheryl Carveiro, Keven Dela Cruz, Cynthia Michael, Carolyn Carveiro, Lisa Huntsinger, and Richard Carveiro. The first grade […]
Conference to connect Divine Mercy to Fatima
The Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine Mercy is hosting a three-day conference, “Divine Mercy and the Message of Fatima,” at the Hawaii Convention Center, May 24-26, that will feature relics of the sainted Fatima visionaries and a famous Fatima statue. The conference will focus on the connection of the Divine Mercy devotion, inspired by apparitions […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Food for the journey
FAITH AT HOME “Bring double the snacks. Leave half the clothes.” When I was a brand-new mother, preparing to bring our first baby on his first plane ride, a wise friend with older kids shared her advice for packing for family vacations. I stared down at the tower of onesies I’d folded, next to one […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Do I need an annulment?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I was married by a minister/attorney 40 years ago. My husband was Jewish, and the marriage ended in a divorce after nine months. I now want to marry a man who is a widower. We are both active Catholics, and we want to be married in the church. Will I need […]
CRS remembers four employees who died in Ethiopian plane crash
By Paul McMullen Catholic News Service BALTIMORE — Approximately 480 men and women work at the Baltimore headquarters of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas aid and development agency of U.S. Catholics. None were more affected than Yishak “Isaac” Affin and Atli Moges by the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines crash that took the lives of all […]
Effie Caldarola: Gratitude as a Lenten practice
FOR THE JOURNEY Lent beckons, and that’s a good time to dust off my gratitude journal. If you want a run-down on all the ways gratitude can help you, visit happierhuman.com/benefits-of-gratitude. Over 26 studies have chronicled how gratitude can help you sleep better, experience less physical pain, spend more time exercising, improve your mood […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: All die, some way or another
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12; Luke 13:1-9 The Book of Exodus, source of the first reading, recalls the encounter between God and Moses at the burning bush. Moses is reported as tending his father-in-law’s flock. Suddenly an angel appeared and led Moses to a bush. The bush, although on […]
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