CATHOLIC NATIVITY TRADITIONS
Many centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi was the first to make a Christmas creche, or manger, displaying figures depicting the birth of Jesus. St. Francis created the manger for Christmas Eve in...
View ArticleKATE GOOSTREY
Kate Goostrey has always looked up to her brother, so when he picked up a basketball, so did she. “It’s just the love of the game,” says Goostrey. “There’s something about playing basketball, being on...
View ArticleNEW AND IMPROVED
Soon after he was installed as the first to oversee the new Diocese of Orange, Bishop William Johnson noted three goals: that every parish have a youth director; that a new high school be built; and...
View ArticlePOPE FRANCIS TO VISIT MOTHER TERESA’S BIRTHPLACE IN 2019
Vatican City, Dec 13, 2018 / 05:39 am (CNA) – The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis will travel to Bulgaria and Macedonia May 5-7, 2019, with a stop in Mother Teresa’s hometown of Skopje....
View ArticleEPISODE #54MUSIC FROM THE TOWER: GUESTS ARE SCOTT KENNEBECK AND JOHN POWELL...
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/occatholicradio/121518mftt.mp3 Episode No. 54 Saturday, December 15, 2018 Scott Kennebeck, Principal Cantor and Section Leader, Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis,...
View ArticleEPISODE#158OC CATHOLIC RADIO: A DISCUSSION ON THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE...
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/occatholicradio/121518occr.mp3 On this week’s edition of the program, Rick welcomes Greg Walgenbach back to the studio. Greg is the director of the office of Life,...
View ArticleTRUE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATES JESUS, WHO IS TENDER, HUMBLE, POPE SAYS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With Christmas just over a week away, visitors came to St. Peter’s Square with their Baby Jesus figurines for a traditional blessing by the pope. Many children came with small...
View ArticleINCLUSION IN COMMUNION
“Celiac disease is a serious autoimmune disorder that can occur in genetically predisposed people where the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine. It is estimated to affect 1 in...
View ArticleADVENT WEEK THREE: ‘I SHALL SAY IT AGAIN: REJOICE!’
What I love about the Advent season is that it captures the mixed reality of our lives. Our moments of joy and sorrow are often closely woven together. We lose a loved one in our family and soon after...
View ArticleA CHRISTMAS STALWART
Tim Buckley continues to embrace the Christmas holidays in a manner that is quite different from many other businesses. Buckley founded Vintage Design 33 years ago, a family-owned and operated full...
View ArticlePOPE CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY WITH CLIENTS OF VATICAN PEDIATRIC CLINIC
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If the Holy Family lived in Rome and the baby Jesus had a cold or flu, Mary and Joseph certainly would bring him to the Vatican pediatric clinic for help, Pope Francis said. The...
View ArticleMANNA FROM HEAVEN
On every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, the volunteers of La Purisima Church Trinity Guild work diligently to transform the parish’s parking lot into a large mobile food pantry site for 200...
View ArticleST. JUSTIN MARTYR SCHOOL WINS $10,000 AMERICA ON TRACK AWARD
St. Justin Martyr School has earned a $10,000 award from America on Track (AOT) Physical Education Programs. After collecting three years of data, St. Justin Martyr School received the award for...
View ArticleBACK ON THE HORSE
Coco Miller knows all too well what it’s like to have the game of basketball yanked away. She sustained a torn ACL the summer after her junior year at JSerra 4 1/2 years ago, causing her to sit out...
View ArticleCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE MOVIE REVIEW: ‘MARY POPPINS RETURNS’
NEW YORK (CNS) — It has taken more than half a century, but at long last “Mary Poppins Returns” (Disney). The result is a delightful sequel to the 1964 classic that will divert all but the youngest and...
View ArticlePOPE: GOD’S CHRISTMAS WISH ISN’T BUYING-FRENZY, FEAST, BUT GIFT OF SELF
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christmas will not be authentic if people get caught up in a frenzy of shopping, presents and meals, all while ignoring the poor and forgetting who the celebration is really all...
View ArticleVATICAN OFFICIAL: WITH MIGRATION, COOPERATION IS BETTER THAN ISOLATIONISM
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican praised the adoption by more than 160 nations of a key agreement on global migration, saying today’s migration challenges are better tackled together than with...
View ArticleSAINT PROFILE: ADELAIDE OF BURGUNDY
Born in Burgundy, in France, Adelaide died at a convent she had founded at Seltz, in Alsace. In between, she married King Lothair of Italy and, after his death, became the second wife of Otto the...
View ArticleORANGE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WELCOMES MIKE SCHABERT
The Diocese of Orange is pleased to welcome Mike Schabert as associate superintendent of Catholic schools for marketing and enrollment. Schabert joins the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange and Orange...
View ArticleVENERATING CURE D’ARS RELIC CAN HELP CHURCH ‘HEAL,’ SAYS HEAD OF KNIGHTS
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, “reminds us God uses instruments to be ministers of his grace and mercy,” said Archbishop Christophe...
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