A reader asks two questions: Is music required at Mass and can Catholics play hymns from a phone over church speakers during adoration? With the first, Monsignor Charles Pope responds that there are “norms that favor singing at Masses, with some exceptions.
Personal encouragement and Eucharistic adoration are crucial in fostering vocations to the priesthood, according to data from a newly released report.
On April 15, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University released the 2024 "Survey of Ordinands to the
St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington hits on a winning formula for drawing young adults with adoration, confession, and social time.
As I reflect on how the church serves the world (by helping the homeless, providing education in schools, serving the poor, providing health care), I am struck by the powerful connection between service and prayer. No matter the type of service to
D.D. Emmons reflects on the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Once the Blessed Sacrament is exposed, we sing a song of praise and then a time of silence, sacred silence, no chit-chat, no cell phones, no unnecessary noise. It is akin to
Without really meaning to, Simcha Fisher seems to have adopted adoration as a mainstay of her spiritual life. She writes: “It’s the thing I keep coming back to in all seasons, and I’ve done so since I was in college, and I
As the Synod on Synodality continues, the global gathering is providing an opportunity for Catholic leaders to share ideas and initiatives -- some of which dovetail with the aims of the National Eucharistic Revival underway in the United States.
At an Oct. 12
Joe Slama reports that St. James Coffee in Rochester, Minnesota, may at first glance be an ordinary coffee shop. But it’s probably the only coffee shop in the country that has an adoration chapel. Since 2016, the coffee shop has permission from
Kathryn Jean Lopez reflects on her recent visit to the Catholic Center at New York University. She shares her encounter with a simple piece of graffiti that read, “Free humanity,” beside an ice-cream truck on a scorching summer day. However, the true
New perpetual adoration chapel in Manhattan is space ‘where constant activity meets constant prayer’
In a momentous occasion that promises to leave an indelible mark on the heart of Manhattan, St. Joseph's Church celebrated the dedication of the first-ever perpetual adoration chapel in the borough.