That quote from Isaiah is the title for the global document on the Synod that was issued from the Vatican late last month. It is a synthesis of the summaries that have come in from all of the bishops’ conferences around …
As we prepare to vote in this coming Tuesday’s election, it’s important to keep in mind the principles that should guide our consciences as we make our decisions. The US Bishops have an extensive document titled: Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. The …
Pictured above: Pope Francis at a mass with the Congolese community of Rome That’s how mass will start at St Leonard on Sunday afternoon, October 30, when the French-speaking African Community gathers. It will be the first time that they …
I grew up in a brand new housing development in Buechel. It was built on an old farm, and it wasn’t that unusual in those days to find arrowheads left by the Native Americans who had hunted in the area. …
If you took part in a Synod Listening Session you are. That’s the estimated number of people throughout the United States who did, according to the national summary that the US bishops issued this week. It’s more than 1% of US Catholics. …
It’s been interesting the last week watching the familiar rituals of a funeral blown up to world scale in the funeral for Queen Elizabeth. As I write this the “visitation” has just started and officials are warning people that the wait will …
We apologize for the inconvenience, but the bathrooms in church will be temporarily closed this weekend due to a water leak that was discovered this week. We have detected the location of the leak, and anticipate a repair by Tuesday.
A corruption of the Italian maestro di giustizia (or master of Justice), Mastro Titta was the nickname for Giovanni Battista Bugatti. For 68 years, from 1796 until 1864, Bugatti was the pope’s executioner, the longest serving papal executioner in history. Using axe, mallet and eventually …
You probably wouldn’t think to connect a 19th century pope with an American Holiday but Leo XIII and Labor Day are at least related. Leo wrote the encyclical Rerum Novarum (Revolutionary Change) in 1891. It is subtitled: Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor. In …
Pictured: Redwood grove in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park That’s what Pope Francis called it in his message asking us to observe the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on September 1st. It is the beginning of …