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Parishes offering full slate of Lenten programs
Catholics seeking a “full conversion of heart" this Lent will find numerous spiritual and educational events scheduled in the six weeks of the season at archdiocesan parishes. See our selections near you.
Two liturgies to honor St. Katharine Drexel on feast day
On her feast Tuesday, March 3, a sung Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul at 12:05 p.m. and an Evening of Song and Prayer at 7 will be celebrated in the home of the shrine to the saint.
Hundreds of thousands flee attackers in Burkina Faso
A surge of attacks, with Christian communities targeted in Islamist killings, has forced families to flee and leave everything behind. The violence is threatening to spread to other countries in Western Africa.
Coronavirus cases from R.I. Catholic school trip closes building
A member of St. Raphael Academy tested positive for the virus after returning from a school trip to Italy. For a week students will study at home, and all sports and other activities are cancelled.
Lourdes shrine closes healing pools as precaution against coronavirus
Pilgrims to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes were still welcome, but the pools the sick bathe in hoping for healing will close temporarily, as the number of people with coronavirus in Europe grows.
After court action, ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy remains in force
An appeals court Feb. 28 temporarily blocked the Trump administration's policy to require asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico while their cases are processed in the U.S., but later it put a stay on its own ruling.
Privacy concerns prompt suggestion priests not vote in Minnesota primary
A priest's vote in a party's primary election would be given to major party leaders. Minnesota's Catholic conference thinks it unlikely that the state will fix voter privacy before the May 3 election.
CANCELED – Catholic mom shows how to ‘be brave in the scared’
In a March 26 talk at St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Media, author Mary Lenaburg will share how she learned to trust God during difficult times.
American Catholic Historical Society
You are invited to attend the Annual ACHS St. Patrick's Day Party.
The Shroud of Turin, a silent witness of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Shroud of Turin is a centuries-old linen cloth which bears the image of a crucified man, a man that millions believe to be Jesus Christ. Immaculata University has invited a speaker who has spent thirty years studying the shroud in all its aspects. He will display a life-size replica of the Shroud and a two-foot statue which shows the position of the body of Jesus when he was wrapped in the burial cloth before being placed in the tomb.