Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

The flu that is running rampant around the world is forcing some churches in the Lone Star State to take extra precautions: Addressing liturgical matters amid concerns of a swine flu outbreak, Bishop of Dallas Kevin J. Farrell has advised his diocese’s pastors to consider suspending the reception of the Holy Eucharist under both species…

Anyone curious about where I spend my weekends can take a look at the video below, produced by my parish Stewardship Committee. It will be shown at all our masses this weekend. (Your Humble Blogger makes a couple cameo appearances.) You can also catch a glimpse of a similar video produced last year at this…

This weekend is an especially exhausting one for Catholic clergy — is it Monday yet? — but it’s more frenetic and harried in regions hard hit by the priest shortage. The Baltimore Sun has a case in point: On Palm Sunday morning, the Rev. Jim Hannon awoke at 5:30, prayed and then exercised on a…

They’ve been doing that during Lent at some parishes around Pittsburgh, and the experiment has been well-received, according to the Pittsburgh Catholic newspaper: In what was billed as “pulpit sharing” or “priest swap,” the priests from five parishes in two South Pittsburgh neighborhoods visited nearby parishes to celebrate weekend Masses during the first weeks of…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners