On Monday evening of the Fourth Week of Lent, I attended a presentation on the First Holy Triduum given by one of the Immaculate Heart of Mary sisters in our diocese. Three IHM sisters from California ...

Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — An initiative to hold a public women’s rosary that originated in Colombia has taken off worldwide with interested women connecting through Instagram. With the purpose of honoring ...

Never Known to Fail. Oh, Most Beautiful Flower of Mt. Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh Star of the Son, ...

Traditionally on the feast of Epiphany, Catholics bless their homes by writing the letters C, M, and B and the numbers of the ...

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Lorain will host a set of relics on Jan. 11. The parish, located at 418 W. 15th St., was chosen as one of the sites the relics will travel to in the ...

Richard was in trouble. The year was 1381 and Richard was king of England, though he was only 14 years old. Wat Tyler and rebels from south-east England had amassed at Blackheath to protest against a ...

Overlooking the courtyard at the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict recited the Angelus with those present for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Pontiff ...

The inner mystery of God is the mystery of a family, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Our prayer life is shaped by this central mystery of our faith, as we pray to the Father, in the Son, and by the ...

Today, brothers and sisters, we celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, our Lord and our God. Whether we celebrate her Assumption into heaven, according to the western Catholic ...