Brian Fraga writes from Massachusetts.
St. Joseph may be the patron of the universal Church, but as a namesake for a Catholic university or college, the foster father of Jesus presents an interesting paradox. For an institution of higher learning, where professors are lecturing and intellectuals hone
The Seton family’s coat of arms declared, “Hazard yet forward.” “We always use that phrase, especially during the past year with COVID,” said Sister of Charity Maureen O’Brien, the vice president for mission and identity at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania,
Seeing that the choices were narrow for young Catholic men who didn’t want to pursue a traditional 4-year college degree or join the military, the co-founders of Harmel Academy for the Trades in Grand Rapids, Michigan, sought to give them another option
It’s been five years since two Muslim extremists, swearing allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist group, stormed a Catholic parish in Normandy, France, and killed Father Jaques Hamel while he celebrated Mass. Calls to declare Father Hamel, 85, a saint began soon
For more than a thousand years, pilgrims have walked hundreds of miles through the countryside in France, Western Europe and the Iberian Peninsula to venerate what tradition holds are the relics of St. James the Great in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
When the U.S. bishops met for their spring assembly on June 16-18, they gave the go-ahead for two dioceses to advance the canonization causes of two 20th-century men who displayed valor and courage in wartime. Brian Fraga reports on the lives of
Commissioning “Eucharistic missionaries” is an idea that has “captured the imagination” of people involved in the planning for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ three-year initiative to rekindle devotion to the Eucharist. In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, David Spesia, executive
A pandemic and an ongoing national reckoning with systemic racism made for a memorable and at times challenging first year for St. Benedict the Moor Church as a personal parish for Pittsburgh’s Black Catholic community. On June 19, 2020, Bishop David Zubik
At the conclusion of Religious Freedom Week, Notre Dame University hosted the inaugural Religious Liberty Summit on June 28-29. The event brought together Catholic and Protestant pastors, Jewish and Islamic scholars, journalists, attorneys and others to discuss the future of religious liberty
Serving Catholics who have same-sex attractions is a ministry that has evolved within the Church, and there is still room to grow. While some groups, like Courage International, host groups that focus on helping same sex-attracted Catholics cultivate chastity and live by