More heartening news on the vocation front: this comes to us from the innovative website VocationMatch.com, which reports a record number of hits, as more people seek information about religious life: Vision Vocation Guide and the popular VocationMatch.com website saw a record-breaking 6,930 people interested in Catholic religious vocations complete online profiles and request information…

Well, here’s something useful: a new online database listing every saint and blessed. It comes on something called the eCatholicHub, and it appears to be the first online resource of its kind. As they describe it: Starting in the summer of 2008, eCatholicHub began creating the best and most complete database of saints anywhere online.…

A lot of us have heard of them. Now, the Today Show has profiled them. They are the Laser Monks, Cistercians in Wisconsin who have turned their ancient way of life into a rich resource for everything from coffee to computer supplies. Take a look. And a grateful Trappist bow to the Bloggin’ Salesian, Fr.…

Well, now for something completely different. From Florida comes this unusual story about a priest who has his head in the clouds: There is a variation of a well-known proverb that reads: “If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.” Obviously Father Gerard Critch, parochial vicar at Epiphany Cathedral, was unaware of…

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