Heading into its third year, the 2024 St. Ann Fall Men’s Summit will be held Oct. 11-12. The theme this year will be “Strike Fear,” building upon Christ’s words in the Gospel of Mark, “Be not afraid, just have faith.”
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The U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs conducted a survey of dioceses and archdioceses in the country’s 14 episcopal regions and released its results Aug. 21. The survey shows how Hispanic ministry has taken off across the country and that in most dioceses, there is a parish-based pastoral response to Hispanic Catholics.
The best way to ensure evangelization is about Jesus and not about oneself is to spend time in prayer and especially in Eucharistic adoration, Pope Francis told members of the Oblates of St. Joseph.
“You’re there when there’s life, and you’re there when there’s death.” With these words, Lena Carrera described the work of a chaplain—accompanying the sick, comforting the grieving, praying with the dying. This is work that she herself has taken on since 2023 as a lay Diocese of Dallas chaplain serving at Parkland Health.
Scott Kieffer, the director of discipleship for St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Community in Maple Grove, Minnesota, is 26 lakes away from completing his endeavor to pray a rosary in the 250 to 300 lakes in the Twin Cities urban metro area.
A new Vatican postage stamp celebrates the 40th anniversary of full diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See.
A smile never left her face as Karen Bless dressed in a long, white gown processed into the Church of Incarnation to stand before the altar on June 22. It was her day, after all. The day Bless became a “bride of Christ.”
Cleansed from original sin by baptism, Christians are called to spread the “good fragrance of Christ” throughout the world by their kind actions and joyful attitudes, Pope Francis said.
Catholics in Connecticut are working to help those impacted by what one lawmaker described as “historic, unprecedented flooding” Aug. 18-19 that took two lives and forced hundreds to flee for safety.
They came by fire engine, by police cruiser, by ambulance, by bicycle, by horse, and even by helicopter. On Aug. 3, first responders from throughout the diocese gathered at the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe for the seventh annual Diocese of Dallas Blue Mass and Blessing of the Fleet.