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July 2015

July 06, 2015

Rhode Island church vandalized

Details from the Providence Journal: When the Rev. Joseph Escobar found what vandals had done...

July 06, 2015

Rhode Island church vandalized

Details from the Providence Journal: When the Rev. Joseph Escobar found what vandals had done...

June 2015

June 28, 2015

Journey to Genesee: “Those who think they have arrived have lost their way”

I spent Saturday afternoon visiting with my sister, who lives part of the year in...

June 28, 2015

Journey to Genesee: “Those who think they have arrived have lost their way”

I spent Saturday afternoon visiting with my sister, who lives part of the year in...

June 25, 2015

Praying with St. Stephen in Buffalo

Wednesday night, those of us attending the Catholic Media Conference gathered for Mass at the...

June 25, 2015

Praying with St. Stephen in Buffalo

Wednesday night, those of us attending the Catholic Media Conference gathered for Mass at the...

June 17, 2015

Church to become luxury apartments in “a new and changing Boston, where nothing is sacred”

From The Boston Globe: Three years ago, Cardinal Sean O’Malley designated the Holy Trinity Church in...

June 17, 2015

Church to become luxury apartments in “a new and changing Boston, where nothing is sacred”

From The Boston Globe: Three years ago, Cardinal Sean O’Malley designated the Holy Trinity Church in...

June 12, 2015

Abu Dhabi opens second Catholic church

You may remember this item from a few days back. Now, it’s official: A second catholic...

June 12, 2015

Abu Dhabi opens second Catholic church

You may remember this item from a few days back. Now, it's official: A second catholic...

June 03, 2015

Abu Dhabi to open its second Catholic church

From Vatican Radio: The first Catholic Church in the UAE, St. Joseph’s Abu Dhabi, was...

June 03, 2015

Abu Dhabi to open its second Catholic church

From Vatican Radio: The first Catholic Church in the UAE, St. Joseph’s Abu Dhabi, was...

May 2015

May 27, 2015

Conversion story: abandoned church turned into a brewery

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May 27, 2015

Conversion story: abandoned church turned into a brewery

View image | gettyimages.com From RTV6 in Indianapolis: If you worship at the altar of...

April 2015

April 22, 2015

Back when churches were churches: some stunning examples in Pennsylvania

In the days before someone decided that the interior of every church needed to resemble...

April 22, 2015

Back when churches were churches: some stunning examples in Pennsylvania

In the days before someone decided that the interior of every church needed to resemble...

April 06, 2015

Lumen Christi! Scenes from our Easter Vigil

Photographs by Maria Ribar, Rosalind Chan-Ghanzi, Niranjan Fernando and me at Our Lady Queen of...

April 06, 2015

Lumen Christi! Scenes from our Easter Vigil

Photographs by Maria Ribar, Rosalind Chan-Ghanzi, Niranjan Fernando and me at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs...

April 02, 2015

Awesome video: see a church transformed from Good Friday to Easter Sunday in 30 seconds

Check out how they did it at St. John Cantius Church in Chicago. Doesn’t every...

April 02, 2015

Awesome video: see a church transformed from Good Friday to Easter Sunday in 30 seconds

Check out how they did it at St. John Cantius Church in Chicago. Doesn't every...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Reconciliation Monday at St. Francis of Assisi

I dropped by one of my favorite churches in Manhattan, St. Francis of Assisi, for...

March 30, 2015

Reconciliation Monday at St. Francis of Assisi

[img attachment="73654" align="alignnone" size="medium" /] I dropped by one of my favorite churches in Manhattan,...

March 25, 2015

Crime wave? Chalices stolen from churches in Tucson

Details: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson is asking the public for help regarding the...

March 24, 2015

What does the priest see during Mass?

A couple of photographers decided to find out: Have you ever wondered what the priest...

March 18, 2015

SF cathedral dousing homeless with water to keep them from sleeping in doorways —UPDATED

That sound you hear is my mind, boggling. From KCBS: KCBS has learned that Saint...

March 13, 2015

Altar-ed states: liturgical decoration for Lent

A priest friend posted the following image on Facebook this morning, describing it as "artsy...

March 09, 2015

“God has not forgotten about this community”: One of California’s poorest parishes finally gets a new church

I love this story. Way back in 2008, I preached a homily about Our Lady...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

Thank you, St. Petersburg!

I just got back from a wonderful visit to Blessed Trinity Catholic Church in St....

February 24, 2015

NPR: The trend of “house churches”

Details: At most churches, it's embarrassing to show up late. But if you arrive early...

February 03, 2015

Pope to commemorate 50th anniversary of Paul VI saying first Mass in the vernacular

From Pray Tell: It was announced in the most recent edition of L’Osservatore Romano that...