A Catholic look at May as Mental Health Awareness Month would be incomplete without considering the patron saint of mental health issues, St. Dymphna, whose feast day was May 15.
Month: May 2024
Pope Apologizes For Using ‘Homophobic’ Slang
Pope Francis “never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms, and he extends his apologies to those who were offended by the use of a term, reported by others,” that is considered vulgar in Italian, the Vatican press office said.
For Local Faithful Who Joined the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, ‘Jesus Is Alive in the Eucharist’
Almost halfway across the Brooklyn Bridge toward Manhattan on May 26, “amazing” was the only word Riya D’Souza-Pereira could come up with to describe the scene around her of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.
‘We’re a Part of Something Larger Than Ourselves,’ Says Bishop Brennan as National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Enters Diocese of Brooklyn
Just after 4 p.m. on May 26, Bishop Robert Brennan looked from halfway down the Brooklyn Bridge towards Manhattan, where he saw a monstrance being carried under a canopy, and a sea of thousands of faithful Catholics from the Archdiocese of New York coming towards him.
Diocese of Brooklyn Catholics Cheer News That Carlo Acutis Will Become First Millennial Saint
Since his beatification less than four years ago, Blessed Carlo Acutis has been an integral part of the prayer life in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Lourdes’ Pilgrim Claims Eyesight Healed at Pilgrimage Site
A Spanish woman who returned from a trip to the pilgrimage site in Lourdes, France on May 19 claims to have been cured of a severe visual impairment.
Pope: Quality Education Builds Better Human Beings, Not Economic Returns
True education is accompanying young people to discover and build the common good through academic rigor and serving others, Pope Francis said.
Only in Print: Praying for your Parish, Daily Prayers and Reflections for Pastoral Staff
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After Legal Battle, Virginia Knights of Columbus Get Permit for Memorial Day Service at Cemetery
A Virginia Knights of Columbus council that was banned from its annual tradition of a Memorial Day Mass in a national cemetery has now gained a permit allowing the service to take place.
Brooklyn Parishioners to Join in Global Prayers for Church in China
May 24 is the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, a day announced by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007. The pope asked that the day be dedicated to Our Lady Help of Christians which is venerated at the Marian Shrine of Sheshan in Shanghai.