Did attending a Catholic college prepare you to know and defend your faith? Writer Patti Maguire Armstrong posed that question on social media, and responses varied. Here is a sampling in the negative with names and schools withheld. “Graduated from [a college]
For centuries, men and women religious, as well as members of the clergy, have been establishing and staffing schools and hospitals as a key part of their Gospel mission. While the number of religious sisters and brothers working in health care and
A proposed “gender inclusion” policy at the University of North Dakota has prompted a strong reaction from the state’s two Catholic bishops. Bishop David D. Kagan of Bismarck and Bishop John T. Folda of Fargo directed the North Dakota Catholic Conference to
A recent report from the Associated Press took a critical look at organizations within the Catholic Church for receiving loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program. But business managers and others who run these Catholic ministries say that the money was needed
Urging Catholic parish communities to embrace a “missionary evangelization,” the Vatican recently issued a new instruction on reforming parishes and restructuring dioceses. The guidelines acknowledge that cultural changes have challenged parishes and offers suggestions for revitalizing parishes. One way some dioceses are
While doctors care for the physical needs of patients, Father Stefan Starzynski cares for their spiritual needs — comforting, praying, anointing and recruiting them. Yes, recruiting. The fulltime chaplain at Inova Fairfax, a nearly 1,000-bed hospital in the Diocese of Arlington, invites
Patti Maguire Armstrong writes that when Bishop-elect Stephen Parkes becomes the 15th bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgia on September 23, he will become a brother bishop to his sibling, Bishop Gregory L. Parkes of the Diocese of St. Petersburg.
“God, please use my hands today the way you want me to use them.” North Dakota teenager Maria Loh prays that prayer every morning. It makes an offering of the 17-year-old’s usual household chores, and it gives profound meaning to the not-so-usual
It’s back to school for college students across the country, but it is not business as usual as they return to campus. Schools are adopting measures with the goal of making classrooms as normal as possible while also coordinating with state requirements
Since COVID-19 continues to be a concern, addressing student fears, anxieties and realities is an important concern for college administrations. The possibility of getting sick is only a part of what concerns students amid a host of other consequences from the pandemic.