Fratelli Tutti
Pope Francis' encyclical for a troubled time
A St. John's school champion!
Elizabeth the champion! “Elizabeth was in my kindergarten class last school year, and from the first day I met her to test her for kindergarten, I knew she was a very special child. She was very polite and deliberate in everything she did, from the way she spoke to the way she wrote ... Read more
Virtual Religious Education in a hybrid environment
At Immaculate Heart Academy, students attend a weekly virtual Mass live streamed from the middle school chapel. Fr. Miguel Mariano teaches about Our Lady of the Rosary on her feast day. Virtual RE? Read more
Follow seminarians Alan Soto Hopkins and Jesus Francisco Gomez on their journey to service of Christ and the Church
Those instituted into the Office of Lector, are readers and bearers of God’s word, assisting in the Church's mission, and are given the responsibility of serving the faith, which is rooted in the word of God. Read more
A miscarriage, religious jewelry and healing
Alison Rizzuto and her husband learned they were going to lose their baby at 12-weeks gestation It was devastating. Later, she used her jewelry making skills to express her need for healing "We've received messages from women and families that it's been very healing for them to provide for other women who are going through this." Read more
Women and Church Governance: A growing reality at the Vatican
In fact, he said, "for the first time, a dicastery has involved a group of women by making them protagonists in developing cultural projects and approaches, and not simply to deal with women's issues." Every organization starts somewhere. Read more
Women and Church Governance: A growing reality at the Vatican
After the Pontifical Council for Culture instituted a Permanent Women's Consultation Group to bring women's experiences and voices to the council's deliberations. "[F]or the first time, a dicastery has involved a group of women by making them protagonists in developing cultural projects and approaches, and not simply to deal with women's issues." Read more
Finance measures meant to expel 'merchants' from the temple
"It seems that in many places, the supremacy of money over human beings is taken for granted," he said. "Sometimes, in the effort to amass wealth, there is little concern for where it comes from, the more or less legitimate activities that may have produced it, and the mechanisms of exploitation that may be behind it." Read more
El Papa: más mujeres en instancias de responsabilidad en la Iglesia
Recemos para que en virtud del bautismo los fieles laicos, y las mujeres en una manera especial, participen más en instancias de responsabilidad en la Iglesia, sin caer en los clericalismos que anulan el carisma laical. Lees mas
“Mujeres protagonistas de una Iglesia en salida a través del diálogo” - Papa Francisco
“Las mujeres son protagonistas de una Iglesia en salida, a través de la escucha y el cuidado de las necesidades de los demás, y con una marcada capacidad de sostener dinámicas de justicia en un clima de ‘calor doméstico’, - Papa Francisco Lees mas
Saturday, October 17
LIVE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, AT 10 AM: October is the month of the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and the a month to, once again, celelbrate this profound devotion to Our Lord through Our Lady. Join Bishop Edward Weisenburger in praying the Rosary at this annual celebration honoring Our Lady, Undoer of Knots. Learn more.
October 7, 14, and 21:
The Joy of Love: A Workshop for Catholic Couples
In 2016 Pope Francis released Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of Love”), his post-synodal exhortation on the theme of “love in the family.” In this three-part series, Karen Brady, MRE, MEd, will lead couples through discussions on 1) The Nature and Meaning of Love, 2) Contemporary Challenges to Marriage, and 3) and the Spirituality of Marriage. Learn more...
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