How to Pray the Rosary 1) Begin by making the Sign of the Cross. 2) Holding the crucifix pray the Apostles’ Creed. 3) On the first bead pray the Our Father.
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10 things to know about Jubilee 2025 - Catholic Courier
Dec 9, 2024 · (OSV News) — Signs around the Eternal City declare “Roma si trasforma” — “Rome is transformed” as an explanation for the ubiquitous infrastructure projects underway, including the restoration of iconic sculptures and monuments, ahead of Jubilee 2025, a Holy Year that begins Christmas Eve.. While the metropolis is seizing the opportunity for renewal, that is ultimately the jubilee ...
2024 Catholic Courier Advent Calendar
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Scripture Reflection for Dec. 15, 2024, 3rd Sunday in Advent
Dec 12, 2024 · Section: Worship & Faith Zep 3:14-18a Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 Phil 4:4-7 Lk 3:10-18. The point is summed up in what Josef Pieper wrote once, that “we are not the forgers of our own felicity.”
Pope Francis’ 2024: Turning 88, praying for peace
Dec 17, 2024 · He did have a bout of bronchitis in February, canceled some meetings in September because of the flu and fell in December, hitting his chin on his bedside table and sporting a significant bruise on the right side of his face when he created 21 new cardinals Dec. 7.. Pope takes longest trip of his papacy. For 12 days in early September, Pope Francis visited Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor ...
NY family credits ‘Little Cajun Saint’ for healthy ‘miracle child’
4 days ago · The gravesite of Charlene Richard, a sainthood candidate who has the title "Servant of God," is seen in this undated photo. Charlene, a young Cajun girl in the Diocese of Lafayette, La., who died of leukemia in 1959 at age 12, is regarded by many in south Louisiana and beyond as a saint, saying her intercession has resulted in miracles in their lives.
Sunday Scriptures for Nov. 10, 2024: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Nov 6, 2024 · Section: Worship & Faith 1 Kgs 17:10-16 Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 Heb 9:24-28 Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44. The story of this encounter in this Sunday’s gospel is often referred to as “The Widow’s Mite,” a mite being the smallest of coins.
Did the Virgin Mary die and, if so, where? - Catholic Courier
Aug 3, 2020 · Mary is depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Mary Church in Manhasset, N.Y. The feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Aug. 15, celebrates church doctrine that Mary was taken body and soul into heaven at the end of her life.
10 named ‘Catholics of the Year’ for their exemplary faith
Dec 26, 2024 · Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, was sentenced to 26 years in prison on Feb. 10, 2023, as he refused to board a flight to the United States with other exiled clergy and laity from Nicaragua. For almost a year behind bars — until Jan. 14, 2024, when he was released from prison and exiled to the Vatican — he gave the bloody Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega and the world a ...