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November 2017

November 22, 2017

He lived a simple life running a corner grocery store—and left $13 million to a Catholic school

A spectacular act of generosity: In life, Leonard Gigowski ran a corner grocery store. The...

November 22, 2017

Every breath is a blessing: Homily for Thanksgiving Day

A priest I know likes to say that Thanksgiving is one of his favorite holidays,...

November 22, 2017

‘I am trying to follow the Bible’: Pastor of Sutherland Springs church copes with a massacre and personal tragedy

From The New York Times, the first interview with the man whose church is now...

November 21, 2017

Wondering what to preach about this weekend? Here’s an idea.

This is an excellent initiative and I'm pleased that CNEWA is a part of it:...

November 21, 2017

Meet the journalist and the lawyer who are ‘living the dream’ as nuns

Great vocation story: A former journalist and an ex-barrister have said they are "living the...

November 20, 2017

Great news: Our Sunday Visitor buys Deacon Digest

This press release just arrived in my "in" box: Our Sunday Visitor announces the recent...

November 20, 2017

With the angels: R.I.P., Della Reese

The star most familiar for her role in "Touched by an Angel" has died. From...

November 20, 2017

A good fella: Martin Scorsese joins effort to restore organ at New York basilica

Some heartening news for lovers of history and sacred music, via this press release: Preservationist,...

November 19, 2017

What good is the Good News if we keep it to ourselves?: Homily for 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

From the vault: my homily for this Sunday from 2014: The gospel this Sunday is...

November 18, 2017

WATCH: Catholic high school students offer funeral for homeless veteran

What a story: He was a homeless veteran only known as John, but thanks to...

November 18, 2017

Hymn of the week: ‘Soon and Very Soon’

This swinging rendition of the Andrae Crouch classic never fails to lift my spirits—and don't...

November 18, 2017

Irish priest: Stop using the word ‘Christmas,’ because it has become meaningless

Details: An Irish Catholic priest has called for Christians to stop using the word Christmas...

November 17, 2017

Priest: China paying the poor to replace Christian images with pictures of Xi Jinping

From UCANews: Officials in China's Eastern Jiangxi Province have replaced religious images displayed by Christian...

November 17, 2017

This is pretty great: how to prepare your son for the priesthood

I would add: these are great ways to prepare your son for manhood. From the...

November 17, 2017

NASCAR’s Johnny Sauter wins big—and gives credit to the Blessed Mother and the Sacred Heart of Jesus

And that's not all. He also wanted to remind the television audience it was First...

November 16, 2017

Wearing a rosary as jewelry?

This item about Joe Biden wearing a rosary in tribute to his deceased son caused...

November 14, 2017

UPDATE: Group of kidnapped sisters in Nigeria freed

Praise God: Some welcome news from Nigeria, regarding the three kidnapped sisters from the Daughters...

November 14, 2017

British Catholic schools asked to remove ‘mother’ and ‘father’ from admission forms

Details: Catholic schools will be asked to remove the terms “mother” and “father” from admissions...

November 14, 2017

Shock: more religious sisters kidnapped in Nigeria

There has been no news out of Nigeria since the DMMM sisters were kidnapped Sunday,...

November 14, 2017

RIP Gloria Fallon, Jimmy’s mother, who was ‘a nun for about a month’

The host of the "Tonight Show" paid tribute to his mother last night. You can...

November 14, 2017

School founded by Dominican Sisters in California announces it ‘will no longer be Catholic’

You may remember the controversy this school stirred up last summer. Now, an update: The...

November 13, 2017

Joe Biden wears rosary beads in honor of his son

It's not every day you read something like this: Former Vice President Joe Biden has...

November 13, 2017

‘I’m Catholic and didn’t get married in church for this reason…’

That's the provocative headline from writer Ximena N. Larkin, who makes this argument: We began calling...

November 13, 2017

The pope said to put your cellphones away. Did anyone hear him?

Not according to The New York Times, which dropped by St. Patrick's over the weekend:...

November 13, 2017

All are welcome: Christmas ad in England sparks backlash

Check out the ad above, from Tesco, a supermarket in the U.K. Some of the...

November 12, 2017

BREAKING: Urgent prayer request for religious sisters kidnapped in Nigeria

I got word of this late today from my friend Msgr. Gerard Lopez, Vicar General...

November 12, 2017

What do you want for Christmas? You may already have it.

That's essentially the message of this clever video, produced by the Forest Hill Church in...

November 11, 2017

Hymn of the Week: ‘Panis Angelicus’

There are a couple well-known versions of this great Eucharistic hymn. This one is our...

November 10, 2017

Every parish should have this message on its doors

Love this. The image comes from St. Ladislas Catholic Church, in Westlake, Ohio, by way...

November 09, 2017

A deacon, a priest and a virgin walk into a church …

And it's no joke. That's your humble blogger in the picture with Father Frank Passenant,...