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Following his recent publication of “Celebrating a Merry Catholic Christmas,” Father William P. Saunders, pastor of Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls and episcopal vicar for faith formation and director of the Office of Catechetics, just released his newest publication, “Celebrating a Holy Catholic Easter.” Best known for his Straight Answers columns in the Catholic Herald that ran for decades, later published as a two-book set of answers to questions about the Catholic faith, Father Saunders does more than just provide insight to the faith.
People have used events in the church’s history to attack her credibility for centuries. Modernity, with its emphasis on science and technology, turns frequently to the story of Galileo in presenting the belief that science and faith are incompatible. False narratives concerning the Galileo Affair are rampant. The Enlightenment thinker Voltaire (1694–1778) viewed the Italian scientist as a celebrity, martyred by the evil church on the altar of intellectual freedom.
If you want to become a more grateful person — or at least recognize how lacking in gratitude you are — it helps to wake up one morning to an email requesting you to speak to a parish group on “the power of gratitude in the Christian life.”
NEW ORLEANS — For more than 20 years, Dan Schneider bargained with God.
VATICAN CITY — Lent is a time for deeper dialogue with God through prayer, for renewed gratitude for God's mercy and for increased compassion for people whose lives are under attack, Pope Francis said.
OXFORD, England — Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced out of their homes in Burkina Faso as Christian communities are targeted in a spiral of Islamist killings.
It took just 319 years, but the Vatican has recognized the special dignity of Detroit's oldest parish, Ste. Anne Parish, with the designation of its church as a minor basilica.
Diocesan entities issue recommendations to prevent illness.
A free Irish music concert will be held at Christ the Redeemer Church, Atonement Hall, 46833 Harry Byrd Highway, Sterling, March 13, at noon.
Delighting the Father
The church takes us for a walk up a high mountain on the second Sunday of Lent to join Jesus, Peter, James and John on a prayer adventure. It was the last leg of a six-day journey. I have often considered in meditation that Jesus had a series of very warm, personal conversations with the three Apostles on this journey, especially as they climbed Mount Tabor, clarifying questions, convincing them of his deep care, encouraging them for the sacrifices that they were making for his sake and gently inviting them to deeper conversion of heart. Jesus had prepared these future church leaders for what would happen after they reached the summit.