September 17, 2024 Hildegard of Bingen was a German Benedictine abbess, a mystic, a writer and a composer who lived in the 12th century. Pope Benedict XVI named her a Doctor of the Church, one of four women to hold that honor. During one of his general audiences, he...
September 16, 2024 “To feel close to God is a great comfort. It is depressing to feel alone and forsaken, to think that we have been left to our own resources and must rely on our own strength. I would not want to live a single day without being able to feel that...
September 15, 2024 During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, author Immaculee Ilibagiza says, “Every member of my immediate and extended family was murdered during the slaughter, and so was just about every other person I had ever loved or called a friend.” In later years,...
September 14, 2024 While he was being held captive by Napoleon Bonaparte, Pope Pius VII wrote the Litany of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, whose feast day we observe tomorrow. The pope was exiled for five years, from 1809 to 1814, during which time Europe and the Vatican...
September 13, 2024 The news came over the police scanner, and everyone in the newsroom stopped what they were doing and imagined the worst. Someone had jumped in front of an Amtrak train at the station, so John sent a reporter out to cover it. In a matter of minutes,...
September 12, 2024 NEWTOWN — St. Rose of Lima Church has scheduled a Mass of the Guardian Angels on Wednesday, October 2 at 7 p.m. to remember and celebrate the lives of children who have died. The “Mass for those who have lost a child” will be held at the church on...
