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Catholic organizations in Florida marshaling aid for Dorian victims
The best aid from individual Catholics is monetary donations. Money can be used to buy supplies in bulk and get them delivered promptly, and to reboot the local economy, enabling communities to start getting back on their feet.
Priest walks in saint’s footsteps in California mission country
Father Matthew Guckin took time recently to study the work and life of St. Junipero Serra, the greatest of the 18th century Franciscans who evangelized the native peoples of the West Coast.
Our Lady of Vailankanni to be honored at Miraculous Medal shrine
The Sept. 7 Mass and procession will include several novenas, recitations of the rosary in several languages, and special prayers for the sick in honor of the 16th and 17th-century Marian apparitions in India.
Archdiocese co-sponsors conference on gender and sexual identity
The Office for Life and Family has teamed up with Desert Stream Ministries/Living Water to present a Sept. 7 seminar that will explore the compassion and clarity Jesus extends to persons facing sexual identity problems.
Montco parish hosts two-day feast with fun for all
On Sept. 7 and 8, St. Mary Parish in Schwenksville will present a festival featuring dozens of ethnic foods, attic treasures, raffles and games. An Eagles-ready biergarten, along with live music by singer-songwriter Carter Ross, will round out the celebration.
Boys’ soccer season opens with Roman’s 9-0 rout of Carroll
In one of the first Catholic League contests of the 12-game season, the Cahillites built a 6-0 first-half lead and never eased up. A perennial powerhouse, Roman Catholic seeks its first league title since 2015.
Bahamian Catholic school administrator describes current desperation
An interim parish administrator and assistant principal of the St. Francis de Sales Parish and School in Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, Bahamas, said his school was in ruins and the island is in a desperate state following Hurricane Dorian.
Red hat for Rabat gives greater visibility to minority church in Morocco
Though Cardinal-designate Cristobal Lopez Romero, the 67-year-old archbishop of Rabat, Morocco, was born in Spain, his dual citizenship with Paraguay has meant his friends in that South American country have been celebrating the fact that he will be their nation's first cardinal.
When others would look to retire, IHM sister takes on new mission in Peru
After decades of service in the United States, Sister Marie Bernadette Taraschi will join her fellow sisters in Lima to teach English -- and to witness to the Gospel while deepening her own spirituality through an encounter with the poor.
Vatican archivist, award-winning poet, to be made a cardinal
Like many others who were named cardinals by Pope Francis, Cardinal-designate Jose Tolentino Calaca de Mendonca was caught off guard when he found out about his appointment.