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Drive-by blessings offered in San Mateo“I wanted to give them hope, uplift their spirits"

Drive-by blessings offered in San Mateo
“I wanted to give them hope, uplift their spirits"

On Holy Saturday, Father Mark Reburiano went out on a mission to make sure people knew that the church was still with them. Putting a tall wooden cross through the sunroof of his Honda, he drove

In Oakland diocese, faith finds a way despite COVID-19Drive-up Confession, palms in the mail, live-streamed Masses, Stations of the Cross on Facebook Live

In Oakland diocese, faith finds a way despite COVID-19
Drive-up Confession, palms in the mail, live-streamed Masses, Stations of the Cross on Facebook Live

The shelter-in-place restrictions that were put on the church, and the community, and then the nation as a whole, have been met with creativity, resilience and a mission, as Pope Francis said early in his papacy, to

Dramatic entry into CatholicismHarvard Law grad had a 4 a.m. wakeup call

Dramatic entry into Catholicism
Harvard Law grad had a 4 a.m. wakeup call

Jewish by birth and a gentle atheist by choice, Lisa Fitzgerald in 2017 relocated from the East Coast to Portland, one of the most unchurched cities in the nation. But it was here that she opened

Priests being turned away by hospitalsLast week, a priest who was in the middle of granting an elderly woman an Apostolic Pardon was removed by security

Priests being turned away by hospitals
Last week, a priest who was in the middle of granting an elderly woman an Apostolic Pardon was removed by security

It was mid-afternoon last week when a phone rang in an American Catholic rectory. A priest picked up.

“Father?” a voice asked with hesitation.

“Yes.”

“We’d like

Bishop Kevin Vann remembers his confirmationUsing this current time for reflection

Bishop Kevin Vann remembers his confirmation
Using this current time for reflection

Even with the current situation of the coronavirus, this can be a time of reflection and above all Faith for us. So much of this time of the year calls us to reflect on our Sacramental

Good news for sinnersSanta Rosa Bishop: "No one will be held accountable by God for sins for which one is truly sorry and which would have been confessed, had the opportunity been present"

Good news for sinners
Santa Rosa Bishop: "No one will be held accountable by God for sins for which one is truly sorry and which would have been confessed, had the opportunity been present"

The following is a message from Bishop Robert Vasa of the Diocese of Santa Rosa:

The Lord has not abandoned us!

First of all, I commend all the faithful for

RestorePublicMass.com pleads with bishopsSocial distancing, pew sanitizing, capacity limits suggested in age of coronavirus

RestorePublicMass.com pleads with bishops
Social distancing, pew sanitizing, capacity limits suggested in age of coronavirus

In an unprecedented move, taken in the face of a far from unprecedented situation, the bishops of the United States and around the world have decided to deprive the Catholic faithful of participating in the sacrifice of the Mass.

General absolution for those in Covid-19 areasPlus need for confession in a well-aired space

General absolution for those in Covid-19 areas
Plus need for confession in a well-aired space

In places particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic and with severe limits on people leaving their homes, conditions may exist to grant general absolution to the faithful without them personally confessing their sins first, the

If Donald Trump, Abby Johnson, Bernard Nathanson, then why not Nancy Pelosi, Lady GaGa, Britney Spears?Father Jonathan Meyer insists we never give up on conversions

If Donald Trump, Abby Johnson, Bernard Nathanson, then why not Nancy Pelosi, Lady GaGa, Britney Spears?
Father Jonathan Meyer insists we never give up on conversions

On January 26, Father Jonathan Meyer, pastor of All Saints parish in Guilford, Indiana gave a sermon that has garnered a stir on YouTube. After much attention to the conversion of President

Praying in liturgy conference Saturday, March 14 in CovinaAnthony Lilles, Christopher Carstens, Father Joseph Fessio – Adoremus at the Triduum

Praying in liturgy conference Saturday, March 14 in Covina
Anthony Lilles, Christopher Carstens, Father Joseph Fessio – Adoremus at the Triduum

Why is it essential to foster in oneself and one’s family and parishioners a vibrant spiritual life — especially in the liturgy — and especially for the high point of the Church’s liturgical season,

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