Vestments violet and black that shine with gold and silver. Lit candle flames atop shining brass and incense rising to heaven. Prayers muttered, sung and silent. A table full of the photographs of loved ones and friends — these are the signs of the feasts of All Saints and All Souls at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa.
Benedictine Sisters Jill and Susan Reuber have often shared the same path in life, but their roads to their religious vocations took different turns.
What soccer aficionado doesn’t relish rocking a game-winning shot from outside the box to the upper corner? Talk about an adrenaline rush.
How will I, as a future priest, be able to help those who are suffering? More broadly, how do we as Catholics approach suffering?
Fr. Kumanda shares how the joys outweigh the challenges of being a missionary.
With a standing-room only crowd on one side of the chapel and the Poor Clare sisters on the other, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated Mass for the golden jubilee of Poor Clare Mother Miriam Love, abbess, at the Poor Clare Monastery of Mary, Mother of the Church in Alexandria Oct. 7.
What do you need to do to be a saint?
A lot less than you might think.
Did you know you have a special guardian who loves you, guides you and protects you at every moment of your life? That guardian is your guardian angel.
I am often asked what it was like to be a FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) missionary. My response is always the same: I have the greatest job in the world. I describe it as having front-row seats to conversion stories, to God working in souls.
The bus ferrying the altar servers from Church of Nativity in Burke to the Battle of the Servers, hosted at St. Leo School in Fairfax, was electric with anticipation for the day, brimming with 35 servers coming to take part in the fun and games.
