CARDINAL-DESIGNATE FARRELL HAS ‘DEEP PASTORAL ROOTS,’ SAYS USCCB PRESIDENT
DALLAS (CNS) — Cardinal-designate Kevin J. Farrell is having a busy year. He had been the bishop of Dallas since 2007 but moved to Rome Oct. 6 to begin his new role as prefect for the Dicastery for...
View ArticleA TALL ORDER
Hannah Patrick and Louise Kooiman can finish each other’s sentences as well as they finish a good set. The senior volleyball players at Rosary have become quite familiar with each other in their four...
View ArticleSAINT PROFILE: DENIS AND COMPANIONS
According to St. Gregory of Tours in the sixth century, Denis, the first bishop of Paris, was martyred with Rusticus, a priest, and Eleutherius, a deacon. The Italian-born Denis and several other...
View Article‘BEN-HUR,’ ‘STORY OF GOD’ AMONG CATHOLICS IN MEDIA AWARD WINNERS
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The remake of “Ben-Hur,” the cable-TV drama “Ray Donovan” and the documentary series “The Story of God” were named winners of the 2016 Catholics in Media Awards, presented annually...
View ArticleTHE ‘NEW’ FRANCIS HAS BROUGHT RENEWAL, SAY FOLLOWERS OF BELOVED SAINT
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Each Oct. 3, on the eve of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, his followers around the world mark his “transitus,” or passing, from this world into eternal life. Sometimes there’s a...
View ArticleALTAR SERVICE IS A PRIVILEGE AND A BLESSING
Celebration of the Catholic Mass is like an intricate dance, with the priest leading a flawless performance that can have few or many co-celebrants, including deacons, altar servers, liturgical...
View ArticleA MOST MERCIFUL YEAR
Every fifty years, the Church celebrates a Jubilee year, a time dedicated to reflecting on God’s forgiveness, providence and mercy. This year, the Church celebrates the Jubilee of Mercy and Pope...
View ArticleMEET DEACON TOM AND SHELLY MCGUINE
YEARS MARRIED: 53 CHILDREN: 6 GRANDCHILDREN: 12 YEARS IN THE DIACONATE: 24 HIS MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE: “Being with a man dying of brain cancer. I brought him Communion daily for many months and...
View ArticleCHOC EXPANDS SPIRITUAL CARE MINISTRY TO PATIENTS AND FAMILIES
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took me in, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after...
View ArticleCASA TERESA CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Melissa was homeless, single and pregnant. She felt hopeless until she discovered Casa Teresa, a 40-year-old, Orange-based family home for pregnant women facing difficult circumstances. “When I...
View ArticlePOPE ANNOUNCES 17 NEW CARDINALS, INCLUDING THREE FROM U.S.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will conclude the Year of Mercy by creating 17 new cardinals, including three from the United States: Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago; Bishop Kevin J. Farrell,...
View ArticleMEET DEACON HAO & TERESA NGUYEN
YEARS MARRIED: 28 CHILDREN: 2 GRANDCHILDREN: 2 YEARS IN THE DIACONATE: 7 HOW THEY MET: “We met at a Christmas party of McDonnell Douglas Company in Long Beach.” WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO FOR FUN AS A COUPLE:...
View ArticleHANGING UP THE MIC
Editor’s note: Vin Scully is a devout Catholic who credits his faith as his life’s anchor. He attends St. Jude the Apostle Church in Westlake Village. “It’s time for Dodger baseball” has been Los...
View ArticleCANCER SURVIVORS TO “WALK AMONG THE STARS” DURING ST. JUDE FUNDRAISER
Lisa Aulick was seven months pregnant with her first child when she was diagnosed with aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. A little more than a week later, she began chemotherapy at St. Jude Medical...
View ArticleCATHOLIC CHARITIES AGENCIES ASSESS DAMAGE, BEGIN HELPING STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic Charities agencies joined emergency response efforts in coastal communities in four Southeastern states as residents and parish staffers began returning to assess the damage...
View ArticleNEW OLU TRANSFER QUICKLY FINDS A HOME
Stan Berryhill had just two days to say his goodbyes. The possibility of a job transfer became a reality for his father in July—just weeks before the start of Berryhill’s senior year of high school—and...
View ArticleTHE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS
I did it. Along with my husband, I obtained the Jubilee Year of Mercy Plenary Indulgence I wrote about in my previous column. Last week I pointed out the rare opportunity we all have to purify our...
View ArticleMARGARET MARY ALACOQUE
This French saint, who increased devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, spent her life in Burgundy. A pious child, Margaret was bedridden from ages 9 to 15 with a rheumatic illness. She gradually...
View ArticleCATHOLIC RADIO MERGER CREATES LARGEST CATHOLIC RADIO NETWORK IN COUNTRY
Two of the most prominent Catholic radio properties, Immaculate Heart Radio and Relevant Radio, have announced their intention to merge, creating the largest Catholic Radio network in the U.S., with a...
View ArticleDIOCESE OF ORANGE SERVES AS NERVE CENTER FOR AMATRICE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORT
The nearly full moon on Friday evening, Oct. 14, was visible as it ascended high in the sky between Christ Cathedral and the Tower of Hope on the Christ Cathedral campus. Its light reflected on the...
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