I got to meet the now-legendary Sister Diana Momeka this morning and wrote about it over at CNEWA’s blog: The first thing that struck me about the veiled woman in white standing in our reception area was: “She’s so little.” The petite Dominican sister with the piercing eyes and dark hair didn’t look like someone who would shake the world. But I soon learned that her passion and her message are, in fact, earth shaking. Small wonder that this small... Read more
I got to meet the now-legendary Sister Diana Momeka this morning and wrote about it over at CNEWA’s blog: The first thing that struck me about the veiled woman in white standing in our reception area was: “She’s so little.” The petite Dominican sister with the piercing eyes and dark hair didn’t look like someone who would shake the world. But I soon learned that her passion and her message are, in fact, earth shaking. Small wonder that this small... Read more
You may remember this item from last week, about deacons taking over some parishes in Pittsburgh and serving as administrators. The National Catholic Register‘s Peter Jesserer Smith has more: The new deacon-administrators and their parish assignments have not yet been made public. However, Deacon Stephen Byers, director of the department of diaconate formation, said three deacons have been training since Jan. 1 to take up their new roles in this project. The training covers the day-to-day operations of parish life... Read more
From The Catholic Standard: Because the crowd of people who will gather at Pope Francis’s open air Mass in Washington in September won’t be able to experience the interior beauty of the Basilica of the National Shine of the Immaculate Conception during the Mass, the winning students of the altar design contest decided to bring the architecture of the grand church out to the people. A jury consisting of representatives from the Archdiocese of Washington, the basilica and The Catholic... Read more
View image | gettyimages.com My blog neighbor and FOTB Fr. Mike Duffy is plugging the Biking4Vocations event: I’ve been following along as two priests and three seminarians travel from St. Augustine Florida to Rockville Centre, New York raising awareness for vocations to the priesthood. They’ve been doing a fantastic job – check out their progress at Biking4vocations.org and make sure to pray for them. Any one that has been to one of my Masses knows that I always add... Read more
[getty src=”555361465?et=tFt60we4T0hprZNk14cM-w&viewMoreLink=on&sig=YnArwmDOFigGJCuzJHcIjH4XYUiBKMZbXZ-L4ihDLZI=” width=”509″ height=”339″] View image | gettyimages.com Some highlights of a CARA report released today: Arguably, the three most important indicators of “vitality” for the Catholic Church are the number of Catholics, the number of parishes, and the number of priests. …Overall, the global Catholic population has grown by 57 percent since 1980. However, this growth differs by region, with Europe’s Catholic population growing by just 6 percent while the number of Catholics in Africa grew by 238 percent.... Read more
[getty src=”462267832?et=iO38wC-dQoZqbo9lhUW51Q&viewMoreLink=on&sig=Rd6qYLZ1q9BchFB1YTjtOtIg9Mfuh_eKFtq4KnB_R0M=&caption=true” width=”594″ height=”594″] View image | gettyimages.com My blog neighbor Fr. Dwight Longenecker called attention yesterday to this item in The Telegraph, which notes a persistent trend among some in the Church of England to refer to God as a female: Support is growing within the Church of England to rewrite its official liturgy to refer to God as female following the selection of the first women bishops. Growing numbers of priests already insert words such as “she” and “mother”... Read more
[getty src=”170319321?et=szxNvWxXTPpi1p4g4h3d3A&viewMoreLink=off&sig=XuvXQoB-xFXpZ6gG70ERlPHS2Wvtt1wluhx7gyaK9Rg=” width=”507″ height=”338″] View image | gettyimages.com My blog neighbor and FOTB Fr. Mike Duffy is plugging the Biking4Vocationsevent: I’ve been following along as two priests and three seminarians travel from St. Augustine Florida to Rockville Centre, New York raising awareness for vocations to the priesthood. They’ve been doing a fantastic job – check out their progress at Biking4vocations.org and make sure to pray for them. Any one that has been to one of my Masses knows... Read more
View image | gettyimages.com My blog neighbor Fr. Dwight Longenecker called attention yesterday to this item in The Telegraph, which notes a persistent trend among some in the Church of England to refer to God as a female: Support is growing within the Church of England to rewrite its official liturgy to refer to God as female following the selection of the first women bishops. Growing numbers of priests already insert words such as “she” and “mother” informally into traditional service... Read more
From Vatican Radio: “The degree of progress of a civilization is measured by its ability to protect life, especially in its most fragile stages.” These were the words of Pope Francis during an audience with the Science and Life Association, who are celebrating their 10th anniversary. The Holy Father began by thanking them for their service in promoting the protection of human life in a society marked by the negative logic of discarding.” “The love of Christ urges us to... Read more
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