In her latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about a frequent dream she’s had of being separated even longer from receiving Christ in the Eucharist at Mass. Because of this dream, however, she’s been able to realize that
Like children who usually speak without sugarcoating their words, Christians must be simple yet concrete when acknowledging their sins, Pope Francis said. In his homily during his morning Mass April 29, the pope said that Jesus' prayer of thanksgiving to God for
One month after Bishop Peter Baldacchino of Las Cruces, New Mexico, announced there would no longer be public Masses in the diocese to curb the spread of the coronavirus, he reversed his decision saying public Masses could resume, with restrictions. In an
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, will celebrate a special livestreamed Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19, at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has approved a special "Mass in the Time of Pandemic" to plead for God's mercy and gift of strength in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The Mass opens with a prayer that God
Timothy O’Malley reflects on how his family is dealing with the interruption to their Sunday routine during the COVID-19 quarantine. “The first Sunday spent in quarantine, we tuned into our parish’s Sunday Mass, only to see our son immediately become angry. He
Go online to find a comprehensive list of changes to Mass Schedules or Obligation in U.S. dioceses. Updated regularly by the Our Sunday Visitor Staff for parishes and churches around the United States.
The Archdiocese of Detroit has launched an initiative asking Catholics to extend an invitation to someone to attend Christmas Mass. Our Sunday Visitor managing editor Scott Warden writes that, for many Catholics, hospitality doesn’t come naturally, but Christmas is the perfect time
Most of us do not live with life altering physical disabilities like blindness and deafness. But we often can be blind and deaf to the will of God. Assistant editor Ava Lalor writes that on Gaudete Sunday, the halfway point of Advent,
In the wake of the August study by the Pew Research Center that says about two-thirds of Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence, most proposals to address this problem have focused on education. But the problem is more than an