LOVE OF BAKING, CULINARY SKILLS AND PRAYER MAKE RELIGIOUS BROTHER A WINNER
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The oven timer dings, alerting Capuchin Franciscan Brother Andrew Corriente the chocolate layer cake he is baking needs to be checked. A quick test with a toothpick tells him the...
View ArticleARCHITECT CALLS FOR NOTRE-DAME’S ROOF TO BE REBUILT OF WOOD
Paris, France, Jan 11, 2020 / 06:01 am (CNA) – A leading architect in France has urged that the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris be reconstructed out of wood, for the sake of the building’s structural...
View ArticlePOPE APPOINTS FIRST WOMAN TO VATICAN FOREIGN MINISTRY POST
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis named Francesca Di Giovanni, a longtime Vatican official, as an undersecretary in the Vatican’s foreign ministry office, making her the first woman to hold a...
View ArticleA VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
St. Hedwig Catholic Church hosted over 250 persons who would have otherwise been alone for Christmas dinner on Christmas Day. In attendance were survivors of the Paradise fires who have recently...
View ArticleHOMELESS PERSONS INTERFAITH MEMORIAL SERVICE
December 21 – the first day of winter and the longest night of the year – marks National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. During an interfaith service that Saturday at Christ Cathedral, spiritual...
View ArticleWELCOME HOME
St. Joseph Parish in Placentia is offering a special series called “Welcome Home” for Catholics who have been away from the Church for any reason and any length of time. The series will be held on...
View ArticleSIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE
We’ve all heard Jesus’s teachings on money and possessions – and at first glance sacrificing wealth and power seem painful. Still, as we begin a new year and have seemingly endless opportunities to...
View ArticleBE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY
Last year, French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking at a Gates Foundation event in New York, suggested that no well-educated woman would have a large family. “Present me the woman who decided, being...
View ArticleEPISODE#187OC CATHOLIC RADIO: GUEST IS LINDA JI
Each week, we bring you compelling conversation with church leaders and laity. On this episode, host Rick Howick welcomes a guest who is making a real impact on the lives of many families throughout...
View ArticleEPISODE#188OC CATHOLIC RADIO: GUEST JAMES DAY ON THE SISTINE CHAPEL EXHIBIT
Host Rick Howick interviews guests on a variety of topics. On this week’s program, Rick welcomes James Day as our in-studio guest. James is literally our “next door neighbor” at OC Catholic Radio, as...
View ArticleEPISODE #75MUSIC FROM THE TOWER: GUEST IS VINCENT CARR
Episode No 75 Vincent Carr, Associate Professor of Music (Organ), Church Musician, Organist, Conductor, Composer, Scholar Vincent Carr is Associate Professor of Music in Organ at the Indiana University...
View ArticleEPISODE #227EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT: FR. DONALD CALLOWAY ON GOD’S DIVINE MERCY
On this podcast episode, Deacon Steve Greco is thrilled to have Fr. Donald Calloway as his special guest. Fr. Calloway has one of the most remarkable conversion stories of faith that you will ever hear...
View ArticleEPISODE#189OC CATHOLIC RADIO: GUESTS ARE GABRIELLA DOMINIC AND HANK EVERS
Host Rick Howick interviews guests on a variety of topics. On this week’s program, Rick welcomes two people who work right alongside us here at the Tower of Hope. Each day, both Hank Evers and...
View ArticleEPISODE #76MUSIC FROM THE TOWER: GUEST IS DR. JENNIFER PASCUAL OF “SOUNDS...
Episode No. 76 Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music and Organist at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City and host of “Sounds from the Spires” with Dr. John Romeri, Director of Music and Organist...
View ArticleEPISODE #228EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT: THE MIRACLE OF TONDO
On this podcast, Deacon Steve Greco welcomes a very blessed and holy man to the studio: Fr. Rey Daguitera. Their discussion centers around the time they spent together in pilgrimage to an area called...
View ArticleCATHEDRAL MEMORIAL GARDENS CEMETERY EXPANSION UPDATE
A year -and-a-half after ground was officially broken, work on the first phase of expansion on the Cathedral Memorial Gardens cemetery on the campus of Christ Cathedral is on pace for a July 2020...
View ArticleQUIET LEARNING TAKES PLACE IN CATHOLIC SCHOOL’S SIGN LANGUAGE COURSE
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — One of the hallmarks of a Catholic school is what you don’t hear. More than a thousand students might be packed inside classrooms during the school day, but the sound of silence...
View ArticleTHE ONE POPE
The new and much-ballyhooed Netflix film The Two Popes should, by rights, be called The One Pope, for it presents a fairly nuanced, textured, and sympathetic portrait of Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope...
View ArticleINVITATION TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
National Catholic Schools Week is upon us! Since 1974, the last Sunday of January has been designated to kick off an important and special week for Catholic schools in the United States – National...
View ArticleORANGE COUNTY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS TO LAUNCH THE FIRST CATHOLIC DUAL IMMERSION...
Our Lady of Guadalupe School in La Habra announces the launch of the first Catholic dual immersion program in Orange County, beginning fall 2020. The program serves students of all backgrounds and...
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