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It’s The Holy Season of Lent Again: Happy Lent!

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – Don’t consider that a strange wish! Lent is meant to be a happy season: it is no season of mourning, but a happy season of a return to home, from all the wandering. If this season has to move towards a fruitful direction, then we have to heed to […]

It’s The Holy Season of Lent Again: Happy Lent!

A prayer for Ash Wednesday

Almighty and merciful Father, I pray this day as a prodigal, beginning my long walk home. As I mark the beginning of another Lent and receive the mark upon my brow, I resolve with your grace to make of these days a time of prayer and penance, sacrifice and growth. I am little more than […]

A prayer for Ash Wednesday

Newly-discovered asteroids named after Jesuits — and a pope

“562971 Johannhagen” honors Jesuit Father Johann Hagen (1847–1930), director of the Vatican Observatory from 1906 to 1930. “551878 Stoeger” honors Father Bill Stoeger, SJ (1943–2014), a cosmologist and theologian at the Vatican Observatory. Finally, “565184 Janusz” honors Jesuit Father Robert Janusz (b. 1964), currently on the staff of the observatory. The naming process for asteroids […]

Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto: Patrons of prisoners

Fatima seers St. Francisco (l) and St. Jacinta Marto (photo: Public domain / Public Domain) By Michael R Heinlein at Simply Catholic: Three holy children saw the Blessed Virgin Mary appear to them in Fatima, Portugal, from May to October 1917. As with all saints, holiness is particular to their own state in life — […]

Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto: Patrons of prisoners

BREAKING: Arrest made in killing of Bishop O’Connell

Details:  A suspect has been arrested in the killing of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. O’Connell, 69, of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was found shot inside his Hacienda Heights home in the 1500 block of Janlu Avenue just before 1 p.m. Saturday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. The…

BREAKING: Arrest made in killing of Bishop O’Connell

Ethan Hawke to write, produce, and direct Flannery O’Connor biopic

Famed actor Ethan Hawke is taking charge of a new biopic on the celebrated Catholic author, Flannery O’Connor, Wildcat, for which he will serve as director, producer, and co-writer alongside Shelby Gaines. Keeping the project in the family, Ethan secured his daughter Maya Hawke to play the titular role of O’Connor, with a list of […]

Ethan Hawke to write, produce, and direct Flannery O’Connor biopic

PRAYER AND FASTING…

Sirach 1:1-4,6,8-10 1 All wisdom comes from the Lord and is with him for ever.2 The sand of the sea, the drops of rain, and the days of eternity–who can count them?3 The height of heaven, the breadth of the earth, the abyss, and wisdom–who can search them out?4 Wisdom was created before all things, […]

PRAYER AND FASTING…

A Step-by-Step Theological Explanation of the Roman Missal

By Dom Dalmasso Before commencing a pedagogical and catechetical walk-through of the Roman Missal, an important preliminary theological observation is in order. The Mass is not a mere commemoration where a local community expresses its own meaning in order to experience social solidarity; rather, the Mass is the making present, here and now, of Christ’s […]

A Step-by-Step Theological Explanation of the Roman Missal

Shock: Los Angeles auxiliary bishop shot and killed

Details:  An auxiliary bishop with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was shot to death Saturday afternoon in Hacienda Heights, authorities confirmed. Bishop David O’Connell was shot and killed just before 1 p.m. in the 1500 block of Janlu Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Investigators said O’Connell, who was a priest and […]

Shock: Los Angeles auxiliary bishop shot and killed

Canadian bishops outline plans for reconciliation with indigenous peoples

NEW YORK – With 26 commitments across three separate pastoral letters, the Canadian bishops have, albeit only in broad strokes, outlined how they plan to honor a pledge to embark “into a new era of reconciliation” with the nation’s indigenous peoples. The pastoral letters, released by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on Feb. 8,…

Canadian bishops outline plans for reconciliation with indigenous peoples