CULTIVATING A THANKFUL SPIRIT
During the challenging season of the holidays it is tempting for busy parents to gloss over the very reasons Thanksgiving and Christmas exist. It’s easy to be distracted by television commercials and...
View ArticlePOPE TO YOUNG PEOPLE: AVOID ‘BRAIN DRAIN’
The Pope spoke to 150 students who came to Rome for the 4th World Congress on Pastoral Care for International Students. He encouraged them to control their ambition of success, saying it can provoke...
View ArticleA WAY FORWARD ON IMMIGRATION
The Catholic bishops of the United States have designated Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, as a national day of prayer for migrants and refugees. This day of prayer comes at a time of...
View ArticleA PILGRIM, A BISHOP, AND HIS IPHONE
I’m in the process of re-reading a spiritual classic from the Russian Orthodox tradition: The Way of a Pilgrim. This little text, whose author is unknown to us, concerns a man from mid-nineteenth...
View ArticlePOPE, ARCHBISHOP EXPRESS CONDOLENCES OVER FIDEL CASTRO’S DEATH
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a video message, Cuban President Raul Castro announced the Nov. 25 death of his 90-year-old brother and longtime Cuban leader and Communist icon whom many in Latin America know by...
View ArticleDOUBTS ABOUT FAITH SHOULD SPUR DEEPER STUDY, PRAYER, POPE SAYS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Everyone experiences doubts about the faith at times — “I have” many times, Pope Francis said — but such doubts can be “a sign that we want to know God better and more deeply.” “We...
View ArticleTHE FRED V. DUDA ENDOWMENT FUND OFFERS HOPE
Born in Cermna, Czechoslovakia in 1904, Fred V. Duda immigrated to the United States as a young boy with his family, settling in Plattsmouth, Nebraska. With little more than an eighth-grade education,...
View ArticleHAIL, HOLY QUEEN
The Rosary is one of the most beautiful prayers of the Catholic Church. It is one of the first prayers a child learns during faith formation and one of the most essential daily devotions for many...
View ArticleDIOCESE OF ORANGE ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR SHRINE TO OUR LADY OF LA VANG
The Diocese of Orange today announced plans to build a shrine to Our Lady of La Vang on the campus of Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA. The community of Vietnamese-American Catholics, many of whom...
View ArticleHARK THE HERALD ANGELS: HOW SACRED MUSIC EVANGELIZES, LIFTS UP HEARTS
Editor’s Note: Christmas at the Cathedral, set for Dec. 16 in the Arboretum, will lift the hearts of Orange County Catholics. For more information:...
View ArticleTHE ILLUSTRATED ROSARY
The Rosary is a Scripture-based prayer. It begins with the Apostles’ Creed, which summarizes the great mysteries of the Catholic faith. The Our Father, which introduces each mystery, is from the...
View ArticleMEET DEACON BILL & SYLVIA COBBETT
YEARS MARRIED: 50 CHILDREN: 1 GRANDCHILDREN: 2 YEARS IN THE DIACONATE: 17 HOW THEY MET: “I was a young officer in the Royal Navy stationed on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean. I met Sylvia at a...
View ArticleFIGHTING IRISH RALLY
An estimated 400 fans filled Mater Dei high school’s Levecke Center Friday evening, Nov. 25, in advance of the Thanksgiving-weekend Notre Dame-USC rivalry game at the L.A. Coliseum. The Notre Dame Club...
View ArticleMARY SHOWS WHAT GOOD COMES FROM WHOLEHEARTED ‘YES’ TO GOD, POPE SAYS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Although she was just a humble young woman from a small town, Mary’s total “yes” to God was “the most important ‘yes’ of history” and overturned Adam and Eve’s prideful “no,” which...
View ArticleWHY WE SHOULD ADDRESS JESUS AS THOU
On the final morning of the November meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, we were treated to a fine sermon by Archbishop J. Peter Sartain. The leader of the church in Seattle...
View ArticlePOPE FRANCIS GETS HIGH FAVORABILITY RATING IN POLL OF U.S. CATHOLICS
LEO, Fla. (CNS) — A new poll shows that Pope Francis’ favorability dipped slightly among U.S. adults in general but has risen among adult Catholics to just above what it was a year ago. The poll, by...
View ArticleFAITHFUL CELEBRATE OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
Latino and Anglo Catholics process in Washington Dec. 10 to honor Mary and attend Mass to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate...
View ArticleTRINITY LEAGUE ATHLETE PROFILE: JACOB LORD
Jacob Lord has his cousin to thank for giving him his start as a basketball player. “Growing up, I used to play football, up until about sixth grade,” says Lord. “And then one time, I went over to my...
View ArticleSAINTS CAN DRAW US CLOSER TO GOD
As we prepare to celebrate Monday’s noteworthy feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe – and remember Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, to whom she appeared – it’s a fitting time to renew our devotion to...
View ArticleTHE ROSARY, A PRAYER FOR LIFE
In our last issue we shared with you the history of the rosary, as well as a primer on how to recite it. For those that haven’t taken the time lately (and it does take a bit of time, relative to our...
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