CHICAGO (CNS) — Dialogue should neither demean nor demonize those with whom one disagrees, Bishop Michael W. Warfel of Great Falls-Billings, Mont., said in the annual Murnion lecture sponsored by the Catholic Common Ground Initiative. The bishop spoke June 4 at the Bernardin Center for Theology and Ministry at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, where […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Meeting with nearly 10,000 priests from around the world, Pope Benedict XVI expressed the church’s gratitude for their ministry and encouraged them to resist secularizing influences. At a vigil in St. Peter’s Square June 10 at the end of the Year for Priests, the pope said the clergy shortage cannot be […]
Continue readingBy: By Father Dominic Garramone, OSB Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 132 Samuel 12:7-10,13; Psalm 32:1-2,5,7,11; Galatians 2:16,19-21; Luke 7:36 — 8:3 Anyone who reads the letters of Paul will notice that he has a thing about justification. He writes about it constantly, and explains and defends his views repeatedly, vehemently even. But he […]
Continue readingBy: By Tom Dermody STREATOR — Msgr. John Prendergast said nearly everyone who came to a Red Cross Relief Center set up at St. Stephen’s gym and cafeteria after a tornado ravaged the nearby neighborhood last Saturday night shared a similar thought: “Thank God I’m alive.” “Anything after that, everyone realized, is all a blessing,” […]
Continue readingTouching, “well-written” and “uplifting” were among the adjectives judges used to describe a story by Catholic Post assistant editor Jennifer Willems that earned second place honors for Best News Writing (Local/Regional) from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada. In the story, headlined “Family is received into the church at 8-year-old’s funeral” […]
Continue readingWASHINGTON — Pope Benedict XVI has named Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop William P. Callahan, OFM, Conv., 59, as Bishop of La Crosse, Wis. The announcement was made in Washington, June 11, by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States. Bishop Callahan served at Holy Family Parish in Peoria from 1984 to 1994, first as […]
Continue readingBy: By Tom Dermody (Note: To view dozens of photos from this event, click on the “Post Photos” icon at left.) For the Olsen family from St. Patrick’s Parish in Washington, coming to the annual diocesan Mass for First Holy Communicants has become a “family tradition.” This year James and Amy Olsen’s son Jameson was […]
Continue readingFollowing are ratings and capsule reviews of recently released films. The reviews are by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film and Broadcasting. For full reviews of these films, visit www.usccb.org/movies This list will be updated periodically as the reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service. […]
Continue readingNext Sunday, June 20, many fathers will receive cards, gifts, phone calls and e-mails from loving children or spouses telling us we are good Dads. The sentiments are appreciated, and often hard-earned. But if you want a more objective, introspective look at how you’re measuring up as a Catholic Dad, we recommend taking a survey […]
Continue readingPersons attending the first Diocesan Conference for the Widowed and Divorced on Saturday, June 26, at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria will return home with more than knowledge gained from keynote presentations and workshops. They’ll also receive a newly produced, 11-minute DVD in which Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, offers a “Message for the […]
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