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Iona: Scotland’s ‘thin place’ between earth and heaven
When the Irish St. Columba settled here with a dozen monks in the sixth century, it was a dangerous, forbidding place. Today, it's still a stark setting for religious contemplation.
Sales of illegal guns, and the boys they kill, focus of city prayer service
A long line of more than 100 T-shirts, symbolizing Philadelphia boys shot to death, stretched out by St. Rita of Cascia Shrine on Broad Street in South Philadelphia, part of a campaign to stop gun violence.
Seminary’s lay graduates invited to day of recollection
The Alumni Association of the School of Theological Studies (formerly the Religious Studies Division) at St. Charles Seminary is hosting a reflection, Mass and barbecue for graduates on June 26.
Seminary’s School of Theological Studies offers new degree
Formerly called the Religious Studies Division and in recent years the Graduate School of Theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, a new master's in philosophy joins traditional degree and certification programs.
Strike a balance with social media, sister tells Catholic communicators
A social-media savvy nun said technology won't give a person more hours in a day, just more ways to consume them. The smartphone, she said, should never be used at Mass, at meals or in the bedroom.
Father James Hughes, self-taught builder and parish leader, dies at 90
Besides building up the Body of Christ as pastor of St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Media, he used skills in carpentry, electrical and plumbing to build his family's summer home, plus work on several churches.
FOCUS missionaries sent forth to new careers, religious life
For alumni entering the workforce, finding a Catholic community after their mission ends can be more difficult. At Go Forth, the missionaries were encouraged to enroll in parishes and get involved.
Pope Francis names two priests as auxiliary bishops of Boston Archdiocese
The appointments of Bishop-designate Mark O'Connell, 54, and Bishop-designate Robert P. Reed, 56, were announced June 3 by Msgr. Walter Erbi, charge d'affaires of the Vatican nunciature in Washington.
Jesus restores life through compassion, not magic, pope says
Pope Francis canonized St. Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad of Sweden, who re-founded the Bridgettine sisters in the early 1900s, and St. Stanislaus Papczynski of Poland, founder of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception.
Resist pressure to ignore injustice, trafficking, pope tells judges
"I know, too, that to be a judge today, to be a public prosecutor and state attorney means risking your life," he told justice officials taking part in a summit on human trafficking and organized crime.