Jubilee of Hope
In May of 2024, +Pope Francis announced a Jubilee or Holy Year in 2025 for Pilgrims of Hope. The Opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on December…
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Jubilee of Hope
Franciscanism & The Canticle of the Creatures
This year we celebrate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ Canticle of Creatures. It was in the spring of 1225, soon after his experience at Mount La Verna, that St.…
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Franciscanism & The Canticle of the Creatures
Statues of Saint Maximilian Kolbe and Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
“The most deadly poison of our time is indifference. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him (God) to the greatest extent of our powers.” Saint Maximilian Kolbe August 14 is…
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Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Novena to Our Lady of Consolation
The Annual Novena to Our Lady of Consolation begins on August 6th at the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio. Each year, pilgrims gather…
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Novena to Our Lady of Consolation
(Photo by Alfonso Baeza)
Ordination and Mass of Thanksgiving for Fr. Pedro Lopez
Friar Pedro Lopez was ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in El Paso, Texas, by the Most Reverend John Stowe…
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Ordination and Mass of Thanksgiving for Fr. Pedro Lopez