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Our Lady of La Vang Mission

Our Lady of La Vang Mission is a Vietnamese Catholic community named after the apparition of Mary to a group of Catholics at La Vang, Vietnam, who were hiding in the jungles to avoid religious persecution in the late 19th century.
Global

First Mass celebrated in restored Notre Dame Cathedral

By Walter Sánchez Silva
Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich celebrated the first Mass during which the altar of the restored Notre Dame Cathedral was consecrated Dec. 8, following the fire that ravaged the church in April 2019.
Local

Christmas bazaars

Parishioners received a jump start on their holiday shopping with the help of Christmas bazaars across the diocese. Here are just a few recent “shopportunities.”
Pope Francis

Amid Christmas and Jubilee preparations, prepare your hearts, pope says

By Cindy Wooden
ROME — With the city of Rome presenting a gauntlet of major roadworks and construction projects ahead of the opening of the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis used the disruptions as an opportunity to encourage people to do some spiritual renovation before the jubilee.
Local

A crown for Our Lady at the Basilica of St. Mary

By Jim Hale
Nieves Perez stood on the steps outside the Basilica of St. Mary in Alexandria after Mass and thought about her mother. “That was actually heartbreaking for me,” she said. “I couldn’t even breathe at some moments during the coronation. My mom, who passed away a year ago, was very Marian and I have a feeling […]
Columns

Into the desert

By Fr. Steven Oetjen
DEC. 8 — Lk 3:1-6 Every year during Advent, the figure of St. John the Baptist is placed before us. He calls out to us with that same urgent message of repentance: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.” Today, let us reflect for a moment on the place in which he […]

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