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.
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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.
Louisiana Gov. Signs Into Law Bill Listing Abortion Pills as Controlled Dangerous Substances
Louisiana lawmakers passed legislation May 23 to classify the abortion-inducing drugs mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled dangerous substances, meaning that possession of these drugs without a prescription could lead to fines or jail time.
Catholic Women, Citing Church Teaching, Push Back at Butker Graduation Speech
Several Catholic professional women, as well as an order of women religious, have challenged a controversial graduation speech by NFL player Harrison Butker, during which the Kansas City Chiefs placekicker and devout Catholic opined on (among other topics) the role of women in society, and the church’s teaching on natural family planning.
Los Angeles City Council Proclaims May 19 Father Greg Boyle Day
The Los Angeles City Council named May 19 as Father Greg Boyle Day, honoring the 70-year-old priest who founded and directs the gang rehabilitation program, Homeboy Industries, in Los Angeles.
Pilgrims Embark on the Seton Route to the National Eucharistic Congress, ‘Rekindling a Living Faith’
At one point of a May 18 Eucharistic procession in New Haven, Connecticut, amid a light rain, Archbishop Christopher Coyne of Hartford said he remembers pausing, turning around, and witnessing a great parade of 600-700 people behind him.
Mass Remembers Workers Killed in Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Sailors and Seafarers
The annual “Mass for the Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Mariners and People of the Sea” celebrated at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington honored the memory of six Hispanic workers who lost their lives in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
U.S. Bishops Call Filipino Cardinal’s Role at Eucharistic Congress a ‘Gift’
In what the head of the American bishops’ conference is calling a “gift,” Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle will serve as Pope Francis’ special envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress this summer.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Southern Route Starts With Joyful Witness Amid Mass, Processions
In the morning of Pentecost at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Brownsville, Texas, a large group of Catholics gathered to participate in a solemn Mass that launched the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Juan Diego Route.