Dodging the mindless, blurry whirlwind
“Shop, shop, shop” is the mantra blaring at us throughout the holiday season.
‘May the Peace of the Holy Family fill your heart and home’
Bishop James P. Powers 2025 Christmas message
Pope urges people to protect, cultivate even smallest signs of peace, hope
The "confrontational" tone dominating both global and national politics is "deepening instability and unpredictability day by day," Pope Leo XIV wrote in his message for World Peace Day.
Attending school Christmas concert, pope thanks children for sharing love
At the end of his one day off each week, Pope Leo XIV went to the local school in Castel Gandolfo and joined hundreds of excited parents in watching the children's Christmas concert.
Vatican’s 2025: Year brings new pope, renewed focus on unity, peace
For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily about the death of Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV.
Christian archaeology can serve evangelization, pope says in document
Christian archaeology seeks to see, hear and touch the Word made flesh, Pope Leo XIV said, inviting the world's bishops and others to encourage young people, lay people and priests to study archaeology.
Parish Discipleship Pathway – Part IV: Creating the Pathway
“Imagine if right now living in our diocese there were a handful of great missionary saints. Imagine if Saints Peter and Paul, St. Mary Magdalen, St. Dominic, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Francis Xavier and the great Jesuit Missionaries, St. John Henry Newman, Venerable Fulton Sheen, and St. Teresa of Calcutta were all scattered across our 16 counties.
Medford supports local food pantry
Medford’s Holy Rosary students, faculty, staff and their families recently collected food for their local food pantry.
Silent ministry keeps flowers fresh
Theirs is a task that needs teams of volunteers with green thumbs, and the call for plant-watering services will hit its peak soon with Christmas services coming.
What are you willing to receive this new year?
Praying with Poetry for Advent & Christmas