CHICAGO (OSV News) – A religious sister best known for helping more than 100,000 migrants and asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Texas was in Chicago April 15 to share her artwork nationally for the first time and reiterate a message of love.
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Artist Daniel Mitsui: A portfolio that balances tradition with innovation
Daniel Mitsui likes drawing on calfskin vellum the best.
As House reveals China’s fentanyl role, Catholic experts say US has just one path out of the crisis
(OSV News) — Catholics working to address the nation’s fentanyl problem told OSV News a new congressional report naming China — and blaming its government — as the key source of the drug is important but old news, and that healing rising rates of addiction ultimately demands divine assistance.
Source & Summit: Fourth Sunday of Easter
When I was in high school, the priest who was my theology teacher asked me to prepare a young developmentally disabled guy for First Communion so that he could receive the Eucharist with his class.
Source & Summit: Third Sunday of Easter
In the Gospel of Luke today, we see the disciples taken aback by Christ’s offering of peace.
April 8, 2024: Solemnity and totality
The Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord in 2024 is observed Monday, April 8.
Was there a total solar eclipse when Jesus died?
In Luke 23:44-45 of the New American Bible Revised Edition — the Bible translation heard at U.S. Catholic Masses — the verses explicitly refer to a solar eclipse preceding Jesus’ death: “It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon because of an eclipse of the sun.”
‘Awe-inspiring’ total solar eclipse offers chance ‘to reflect on God’s grandeur’
(OSV News) — Have you got your glasses?
Source & Summit: Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday
The scene painted in John’s Gospel today is a familiar one.
YOUTH 2000 celebrates 27th year in Owensboro
The 27th annual YOUTH 2000 drew more than 500 participants (400 of them youth) for the March 15-17, 2024 retreat, which was held at Brescia University in Owensboro.