OTTAWA — Brooke Rick had a great experience when she was a student at Marquette High School. “I loved it. When I had the opportunity to come back and teach I jumped at it right away,” said Rick, a 1999 graduate who has been teaching math and chemistry at Marquette since 2005. She added assistant […]
Continue readingBy: By Barbara Roedel Third Sunday of Easter, April 11 Acts 5:27-32,40b-41; Psalm 30:2,4,5-6,11-12,13; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 I love breakfast. It’s probably my favorite meal of the day. The Gospel rarely speaks of breakfast, but today it does. Imagine the scene. The disciples have been fishing all night. They come in tired and empty-handed. […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican has placed online a summary of its procedures for handling sex abuse allegations against priests, in order to illustrate the church’s commitment to protecting children and punishing offenders. The online “introductory guide” lists the investigative steps, trial options and possible penalties for clerical sex abuse of minors, including dismissal […]
Continue readingWARSAW, Poland (CNS) — Poland’s Catholic primate has urged fellow citizens to see the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in a weekend air disaster as a “dramatic challenge” to build “a fuller community” at the national level and with neighboring states. “We are all asking ourselves the same painful question — […]
Continue readingDUBUQUE, Iowa — A funeral Mass was to be celebrated on Tuesday, April 13, in Marian Hall Chapel here for Sister Betty Slown, BVM, who was born and raised in the Diocese of Peoria and taught in East Moline. Burial was in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Dubuque. Sister Betty died April 8, 2010, at Marian […]
Continue readingNAUVOO — Josephine Joan Trosley, the mother of Father Anthony Trosley, died on Sunday, April 11.Visitation will be on Tuesday, April 13, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Nauvoo. Vespers will be at 7 p.m.Visitation will continue from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 15, at Paynic Home for […]
Continue readingFollowing are ratings and capsule reviews of recently released films. The reviews are by 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. —– The “Clash of the Titans” […]
Continue readingAs The Catholic Post transitions to a biweekly publication, we have boosted our presence in the digital world of communications to keep readers informed between deadlines. In addition to daily updates of our Web site, the newspaper has launched its own page on the social networking site Facebook. As of Monday morning, April 12, we […]
Continue readingHis teaching inspired millions, and producers of a new documentary on “the holy and remarkable life” of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen are hopeful their powerful new film will do the same for this and future generations. “Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Servant of All,” is the title of an hourlong film biography of the famed Catholic […]
Continue readingApril 4, 2010 “God our Father, by raising Christ your son you conquered the power of death and opened for us the way to eternal life. Let our celebration today raise us up and renew our lives by the Spirit that is within us.”— from the Collect for Easter Sunday My dear friends in Christ, […]
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