One of the largest Norbertine communities in the world, St. Michaelʼs Abbey in Orange County, California, has elected Father John Caronan as its third abbot since its founding in 1961, succeeding Abbot Eugene Hayes, who led the community for 31 […]
In the early 1950s, entertainer Bob Hope purchased a large hand-carved Nativity set from an artisan company in northern Italy as a gift for his wife, Dolores, who was raised Catholic. For decades, it was displayed at the couple’s Toluca […]
Join the Eucharistic Procession as it visits San Francisco at Mission Dolores and the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi on Saturday, May 30. 8:00am – Mass at Mission Dolores Basilica 10:30am – Holy Hour at Sts. […]
During their November 2025 Fall plenary assembly, the U.S. Bishops made the decision to consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 11 in honor […]
St. Michael’s Abbey within the Diocese of Orange, announces the forthcoming conclusion of the tenure of Abbot Eugene Hayes, O.Praem., and the preparation for the election of his successor. On March 21, Abbot Hayes marked his 75th […]
The Diocese of Oakland, California, will shutter 13 churches across the East Bay as part of a restructuring effort driven by shrinking congregations, a severe priest shortage, and mounting financial pressures. Bishop Michael Barber described the move […]
The East Bay’s Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by St. Teresa of Kolkata (Mother Teresa), have moved from Richmond to get closer to those with the greatest need within Oakland and the East Bay. […]
As she approached her 98th birthday, Virginia Eidson was more concerned about her next life than her present one. It weighed on her that she had never been baptized. Born into a Cherokee, Choctaw, and Irish family […]
A record-high 38 prospective Catholic U.S. Military chaplains gathered at St. Patrick’s Seminary this past weekend for the annual spring discernment retreat for young men discerning a possible “vocation within a vocation” as both Catholic priests and military chaplains. The […]
Carmelite sisters in Los Angeles are asking the Catholic faithful for prayers — and donations if they are able — after a fire destroyed one of their retreat houses April 11. “[The] No. 1 [way to help] […]
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