For most of us this Sunday — Laetare Sunday — was our first in exile from our parishes, as the public celebration of Mass has been suspended in many dioceses in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. The celebration of
In the latest installment of his blog “From the Chapel,” OSV publisher Scott Richert writes how he hit the road to pick up his sons from college in Dubuque, Iowa, and he noticed that traffic in and around Chicago was much lighter,
In his latest installment of “From the Chapel,” OSV publisher Scott Richert writes about the selfless bravery of priests and notes that Pope Francis has urged priests to keep their churches open and to go out to serve the sick and the
In a world in which dispelling darkness is as simple as flipping a switch, many of us have lost sight (no pun intended) of how often light is used as a metaphor for our Catholic faith. We catch a glimpse of it
In his "From the Chapel" post, publisher Scott Richert writes, "Through most of human history, man has lived from day to day. The kind of life that most of us have lived throughout much of the 20th century and into the 21st
Publisher Scott Richert writes in today's "From the Chapel" post: Throughout the coming weeks, we are all going to go a bit stir crazy as we practice social isolation in our own homes. We will be tempted to leave the house, if
In his "From the Chapel" post today, publisher Scott Richert reflects on serving a private Mass with Monsignor Campion in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Our Sunday Visitor, "We lit the altar but kept the rest of the chapel dark.
Publisher Scott Richert writes: The chapel at Our Sunday Visitor has a bell. Or rather, it has a recording of a bell that whoever is serving Mass that day activates by pushing a button in the sacristy five minutes before Mass is
Publisher Scott Richert writes, Mass this morning at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Huntington was no more sparsely attended than any previous Saturday morning. But following the guidelines established by the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, the faithful dutifully staggered
Our Sunday Visitor publisher Scott Richert writes, "We hold Mass at 11 a.m. every day here at OSV, but today, Friday, is not a normal day. Yesterday afternoon our CEO announced that the senior leadership team had made the decision to disperse