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Lifelong tug to help Africa’s poor leads Catholic to mission work in Ghana
A calling to be a missionary is being fulfilled through the Lay Mission-Helpers Association in Los Angeles and the Center for Mission in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
St. Joe’s Prep students, faculty use Jesuit examen daily
The private Catholic high school in Philadelphia has adopted one of the core practices of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola across all sectors of school life.
Priests carry ideals of military chaplaincy service into their parishes
The Diocese of Charleston has several priests who first served as military chaplains, and they say the ideals of serving God and country transition well to leading a parish.
‘Loving neighbor as yourself implies caring for earth,’ theologian says
The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is calling Catholics to an ecological conversion in their personal lives and in the church throughout the world, a theologian participating in the synod said.
Faith groups pray for immigrant children in detention, urge policy change
Dozens of Chicago-area Catholics were joined by Lutheran, Jewish and Muslim representatives as they all prayed for immigrant children held in U.S. detention centers Oct. 16.
Historian works to reconstruct Canadian saint’s face from a mortuary mask
The death mask of St. Mary of the Incarnation was found a few decades ago in the attic of the monastery of the Ursulines in Old Quebec. The order's oral tradition relates it to its founder.
Laguna people are an example of perseverance in faith, archbishop says
Archbishop Lori highlighted the "beautiful expressions of faith of the Laguna tribe" in his homily at St. Joseph Church on the Laguna Pueblo, which is home to six villages of Native American peoples.
Thieves steal statues used at synod prayer, throw them in the river
UPDATED - Two men entered a Catholic Church near the Vatican early Oct. 21 and stole copies of a statue of a pregnant woman that had been a centerpiece of several prayer services connected to the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.
St. Joan of Arc rides again, in Harrowgate
The 15th-century saint was brought to life on horseback as the St. Joan of Arc mission marked its 100th anniversary with a street procession down Frankford Avenue to a packed church.
Army chaplains first line of defense in soldiers’ behavioral health
The Army, like the rest of the military, is not immune from the destabilizing and sometimes crippling psychological traumas that affect civilians.