In each parish, the sharing of the "one Bread, and the one Cup" of the Eucharist in Holy Communion is a ministry shared by ordinary and extraordinary ministers. Since the old maxi ...

When asked how her faith and culture impact her day-to-day life and responsibilities as the executive director of the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, Christina Lamas res ...

The rich young man in today's Gospel wants to know what we all want to know -- how to live in this life so that we might live forever in the world to come. He seeks what today's Psalm calls ...

I have given a lot of thought to the influence of my own Catholic education over the years. Memories of teachers, traditions, and friendships come to mind easily. Each era of my Catholic educational e ...

When we think about those who work in the hierarchy of any institution, the Church included, we can conjure up thoughts of those who live better than the rest of us. Indeed, we need look no further th ...

The Diocese of Rome, like the Rome city government, has put so much effort into ensuring services in the historic center of the city that it often neglects the growing suburbs wh ...

Maryanne Norton didn't realize that she was at the end of an era. She was just a girl in high school having fun with her friends. Norton, 81, was the last actress to portray the t ...

PEABODY -- "A calling comes quietly," says Richard D'Ambrosio of St. Ann Parish in Peabody. "Sometimes, it's a voice in the back of your head." D'Ambrosio has been a parishioner at St. Ann's since ...

Vicar General Bishop Mark O'Connell has been hard at work for the last several weeks, leading the planning for the installation of the Archdiocese of Boston's next archbishop. Ar ...

It all began with a family legacy. In 1974, Robert L. Marr and Daniel F. Marr Jr. founded the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester as a memorial to their father, Colonel Daniel Marr, who ...

Gathering at the historic Omni William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh, the birthplace of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions 55 years ago, the Federation met Oct. 1-3, 2024. The gene ...

"God wants us to be friends." Nearly 20 years ago, Cardinal Sean O'Malley reminded his flock and the community of Boston of this basic truth about Jewish-Catholic relations. It has taken millennia for ...