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January 19, 2012

Omaha institute celebrates Year for Priests with summer program

OMAHA, Neb. – In an effort to support Pope Benedict XVI's proclamation of the Year for Priests, a designated time to encourage and foster “spiritual perfection” in priests, the Institute for Priestly Formation will offer a 10-week summer program to equip diocesan seminarians and priests with ways to further guide the people of their parishes...
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January 19, 2012

Cardinal opens sainthood cause for Paulist founder

Paulist Father Isaac Thomas Hecker was “a real-life saint like you and me,” Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York said Jan. 27, describing the founder of the Paulist Fathers.
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January 19, 2012

Maryland bishops speak out for religious freedom

Concerned about threats to religious freedom in Maryland and beyond, the state’s Catholic bishops released a Nov. 9 statement challenging all Marylanders to “reaffirm the basic, foundational principles upon which our democratic society is built.”
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January 19, 2012

180 Years of Service Love and Dedication

On July 2, the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first order of African American Sisters in the United States will celebrate their 180th anniversary of dedication, service and love to God and his people.
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January 19, 2012

Valentine’s Day should hold religious meaning for all

True, some so-called “holidays” on the modern-day calendar are Hallmark induced, fed by commercialism without historical significance to support their meaning. This is not so with Valentine’s Day, a centuries-old tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, its romanticism enhanced by one English poet’s observance of God’s flighty creatures.
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January 19, 2012

Bishops to select Archbishop O’Brien’s replacement on international committee

WASHINGTON – Under conference rules since 2008, the new heads of committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops get to shadow the current chairmen for a year as chairmen-elect. But the new chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace will get no such break-in period.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican offers new look at King Henry VIII’s complicated divorce

VATICAN CITY – A meticulous restoration and reproduction of a precious document from the Vatican Secret Archives brings new attention to one of the most complicated divorces in history – that of King Henry VIII from his queen, Catherine of Aragon.
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January 19, 2012

Instead of resolutions, try these prayers

Last week as I reflected on how every day can be Christmas, I shared the line from a Christmas carol that I have turned into a prayer that I say each day: “Cast out my sin, Lord, enter in. Be born in me today.”
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January 19, 2012

Colorado nun dies six days shy of 106th birthday

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A religious sister who entered the convent in the era of World War I and Prohibition died just six days shy of her 106th birthday.
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January 19, 2012

Little Flower parishioner marks 60th year as altar server

On June 1, my grandfather, William Gerard “Jerry” Davis, will celebrate his 60th anniversary of altar serving.
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January 19, 2012

Panelists assess ‘Kennedy moment’ and its impact

NEW YORK – Then-Sen. John F. Kennedy’s eloquent defense of the separation of church and state in a 1960 address successfully deflected suspicion that his presidency would be governed by his Catholic religion.
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January 19, 2012

Cardinal urges seminarians to look to Blessed John Paul for inspiration

WASHINGTON - The Archdiocese of Washington marked the first feast day of Blessed John Paul II in a special way, as Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl dedicated the archdiocese’s new Blessed John Paul II Seminary in Washington Oct. 22 with a Mass in the seminary’s chapel.
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