BALTIMORE (CNS) — A series of advertisements for the U.S. bishops’ campaign to strengthen marriage have been successful in the numbers of people they have reached and the awards they have garnered from professional advertising organizations, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., said Nov. 14. The bishop, who is chairman of the […]
Continue readingBy: By Catholic News Service and Catholic Post staff SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CNS) — The era of partnership between the Catholic Church and the State of Illinois in providing foster care and adoption services to thousands of families annually is ending. Catholic bishops in three Illinois dioceses announced Nov. 14 that they were dropping a lawsuit […]
Continue readingBALTIMORE (CNS) — Signaling the importance they gave to the topic, three U.S. cardinals offered a briefing Nov. 14 on efforts to expand and strengthen the church’s post-abortion healing ministry, Project Rachel. Cardinals Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, Sean P. O’Malley of Boston and Donald W. Wuerl of Washington reported on the work of Project […]
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Photo Caption: New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, addresses the U.S. bishops Nov. 14 during their annual fall meeting in Baltimore. By: By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service BALTIMORE (CNS) — Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York called on his fellow bishops Nov. 14 to […]
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Photo Caption: Author and blogger Kate Wicker will be among the keynote speakers at the Behold Conference on Saturday, March 10, 2012. METAMORA — Author and blogger Kate Wicker and image consultant Ginny Baldridge are among the keynote speakers for the third annual Behold Conference, which will be held Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Embassy […]
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Photo Caption: Mary Jo Cleary, Mary Quist, Dianne Conrad, Jo Wrich and Carol Koval stand in St. Peter’s Square. Behind them is a portrait of their famous relative, St. Louis Guanella. By: By Jennifer Willems STREATOR — Many people get rosaries when they visit Rome, but Carol Koval’s is truly one of a kind. It […]
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PERU — A funeral Mass was offered at St. Bede Abbey Church here on Nov. 5 for Father James M. Murray, OSB, a monk who entered the Benedictine community as a widower at age 59 after a high-profile career in Washington, D.C., and raising four children. Father James, who taught courses on marriage to St. […]
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Photo Caption: Sister Cor Marie Cielocha, SSND, shares a smile with Ayden as they look over his worksheets at the Children’s Center of Tazewell County. By: By Jennifer Willems CREVE COEUR — At 81 (and 10 months), Sister Cor Marie Cielocha, SSND, accepts with good grace that a story about her will be featured on […]
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Photo Caption: John Carr, executive director of the USCCB Deparment for Justice, Peace and Human Development, speaks at the Diocese of Peoria’s Institute for Catholic Social Ministry on Oct. 29. By: By Jennifer Willems Parishes that are not interested in the social ministry of the church are not truly interested in the faith, according to […]
Continue readingThe secular media is on to the story. Well, kind of. “Big changes to Catholic Mass spur confusion in pews,” headlined CNN on Nov. 4, with a lead sentence that the Mass is undergoing a “major overhaul.” “Catholic Church unveils strict Latin translation” blared the New York Post the following day. “Overhaul of Catholic Mass […]
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