NEW HOPE, Minn. (CNS) — A German Messerschmitt fighter plane was bearing down on Don Stoulil’s B-17 bomber as he flew a mission during World War II. Stoulil, the pilot, looked out the windshield of his cockpit and saw the enemy plane zooming straight at him with machine guns blazing. “This is it,” he thought,
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A bill in Congress to require respectful disposition of fetal remains from abortions as well as accountability from the abortion industry “is in keeping with society’s treatment of all other deceased persons,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee. In an Oct. 31 letter to lawmakers urging they support the
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus invites everyone to always go to him, which, Pope Francis said, also means no longer making life revolve around oneself. “What direction is my journey going? Do I only try to make a good impression, to protect my position, my time and my space or do I go to the
By Rose Gamier Yes, you read it right: Parade of Saints. Imagine the statues or pictures of our patrons and beloved saints come to “life” and “roam” around the church grounds…well, in broad daylight. Veering away from the more secular and commercialized Halloween celebration, San Roque parishioners witnessed a ”holier” atmosphere with the presence of
Gospel Reflection for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time by Rev. Fr. Jason Granado, Parishes of Our Lady of Mount Carmel & San Jose-Oleai.
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI Wis 11, 22-12, 2 Un tinaitai ginin i Lepblun Tinemtum Gi me’nan i Saina, kalang un pongpung potbus interu i tanu’ ni muna’å’atlibis i pesadot patsino kalang i chi’up i chatangmak ni tumutunuk gi tanu’. Låo Hågu gai ma’asi’ nu hami, sa’ todu Un na’siña; ya Un bibira i matå-mu ginin
We have been hearing parents and students of the CCD asking the following questions: “When are we going to receive the bread?”, “We will register our children for CCD. When is the graduation?” Many of the parents and students may not be aware of this particular sacrament that they are preparing themselves into. The Eucharist
The story of Zacchaeus relates to us in certain ways. He is a chief tax collector and wealthy, seeking to see Jesus passing by Jericho, but could not see him because of his short stature, so he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see him. When Jesus reached the place, he
Not long-ago Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey gave a speech in which he said that to be silent in the face of evil is to be complicit with that evil. He was challenging his audience to oppose evil where they encounter it, rather than to ignore it and hopes it goes away. If we
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After listening to indigenous people and church leaders at the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, the Catholic Church cannot remain indifferent to the suffering of the region’s people, Pope Francis said. “The cry of the poor, together with that of the earth, came to us from the Amazon,” the pope
