A Lasting Impression; Remembering Father Carter; Our Christian Palestinian Brethren.
Month: April 2022
Peter Becomes the Leader Of the ‘Fishers of Men’
We are now entering the third week of the Easter season. The readings at daily Mass reflect how the disciples of Jesus are processing the meaning as well as the implications of our Lord’s resurrection.
U.S. Religious Freedom Body Highlights, China, Russia, Nigeria in New Report
All five of the new countries that the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended that the State Department designate as Countries of Particular Concern (CPCs) have experienced Christian persecution in the past year.
Newly Found Maryland Site Reveals Clues About Catholic Colonists
While English colonists who arrived in the New World were looking for greater opportunities, many of the Catholic colonists who arrived in Maryland also were looking to escape religious persecution.
SJU Has Scholarship for Catholic School Teachers’ Master’s Studies
The Catholic School Teacher Scholarship program is being offered to 12 Catholic school educators entering St. John’s graduate degree program in Fall 2022.
Only In Print: Cloistered Nuns Offer Holy Face Relic for Veneration, Before Move
Catholic tradition holds that God incarnate, Jesus Christ, left an image of his face on the veil of a woman who used it to wipe blood and sweat from his face.
Msgr. McClancy Star Back on East Coast with Red Sox
Anthony Iapoce is the new senior hitting coordinator for the Boston Red Sox.
Sports Round-Up April 30
Jose Alvarado, a Catholic Youth Organization product of St. Ann’s and former star at Christ the King, will join the Puerto Rico Men’s National Basketball Team.
Hispanic Catholic Leaders Meeting With Senators on Immigration Reform
When Antonio Guzman-Diaz meets with senators on Capitol Hill about migration on Wednesday, April 27, he’ll anchor his appeal for change on the realities migrants face: His own, as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, and those in his community, forced to flee dire circumstances in their home countries.
‘Goddess of the Cello’ Provides Music To Help Church Recover From Fire
Cellist Christine Walevska has performed in Carnegie Hall and on concert stages all over the world. But the performance she gave on Saturday, April 23 may well be the dearest to her heart.