I was deeply impressed by the answer a fellow priest gave recently to a question that I ponder frequently. When asked to name one unifying cause for the troubles that plague us as American Catholics, he simply said, “I think we try to avoid suffering at any cost.”
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Catholic aid workers in Gaza are determined to continue their mission after a deadly strike killed colleagues from a fellow organization. Seven staff members of World Central Kitchen died April 1 when their three-vehicle convoy was hit in an Israeli air attack. The group — comprised of Australian, British, Polish and Palestinian nationals, as well as a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen — had just dropped off more than 100 tons of food stocks to a warehouse in central Gaza.
Just as Jesus removed the stone that sealed his tomb on the morning of the Resurrection, on Easter Christ alone “has the power to roll away the stones that block the path to life” and which trap humanity in war and injustice, Pope Francis said.
By Cindy WoodenCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The day after Pope Francis paid a brief visit to Rome’s Gemelli…
FRISCO — Over a thousand youth from the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, plus hundreds of chaperones and volunteers, filled the Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Frisco Hotel & Convention Center with the buzz of worship and fellowship during this year’s Dallas Catholic Youth Conference, Feb. 16-18.
The University of Dallas has established an automatic acceptance rule for meritorious students of local Catholic schools: the Crusader Promise.
No easy interpretation of Genesis 22 exists. The account of God’s test of Abraham is truly awe-ful. It gives us no psychological insights into the heart of Abraham or Isaac, and the sparse narrative details — the three days’ journey, the binding of Isaac upon the altar, the dramatic angelic intervention to stay Abraham’s knife — are terrifying in their raw simplicity. Yet these verses offer wondrous cause for meditation on the mystery of sacrifice.
At St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Community in McKinney, ongoing renovations aim to make the parish a spiritual home of faith, fellowship, and community for its parishioners. As part of those efforts, a newly renovated 18,400-square-foot parish community center was unveiled to the greater St. Gabriel community Feb. 10 during an open house following the 5 p.m. Mass.
More than 40 couples gathered weekly at Holy Family of Nazareth Catholic Church in Irving to learn how to better pray together and be more open to God’s graces.
Life as a parish priest is a “Eucharistic adventure” that involves serving God’s people under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis told transitional deacons.