En 1656 el rey Juan II Casimiro de Polonia proclamó a la Virgen María reina de su patria. En el Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Częstochowa, ubicado en el Monasterio de Jasna Góra en el sur de Polonia, un orbe y un cetro cuelgan a la izquierda de la icónica imagen de la Virgen Negra. Símbolos de autoridad real, quienes sintonizaron el reciente funeral de la reina Isabel II de Inglaterra, observaron su orbe y su cetro colocados sobre su... Read more
Life of a priest
I woke up bright and early at 4:30am to catch a 6:55am flight to Fort Wayne, Indiana for a meeting with Our Sunday Visitor, a nationwide Catholic company that provides multiple services to parishes and dioceses. While standing at a bagel shop in the Savannah terminal, I ran into a young couple whose wedding I officiated a few months ago. She grew up at my parish, but moved to Atlanta when she was a teenager. She and her husband now... Read more