Revised COVID-19 Plans for Catholic Schools
August 2nd, 2021After receiving the Executive Order (21-175) Ensuring the Parents’ Freedom to Choose – Masks in Schools, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday, July 30, 2021, Bishop Felipe Estévez and Deacon Scott Conway, superintendent of Catholic Schools, revised a COVID-19 safety plan for Catholic Schools in the Diocese of St. Augustine. The original plan released […]
St. Johns County Celebrates 200 Years
July 22nd, 2021On July 21, 1821, General Andrew Jackson, governor of the territory of Florida, established St. Johns County. Two hundred years later, St. Johns County is still being celebrated for its many accomplishments. On July 21, county officials opened a time capsule to mark the bicentennial celebration. It will be reopened in 50 years. The time […]
Ascension St. Vincent’s celebrates new hospital’s topping out
July 15th, 2021Ascension St. Vincent’s held a topping out ceremony for its new hospital in St. Johns County on Wednesday, July 14 at 9 a.m. Ascension St. Vincent’s St. Johns County is located in the northeast quadrant of I-95 and County Road 210. A topping out typically marks the completion of a building’s concrete and steel structure. […]
Bishop Estévez, other Cuban American bishops call for solidarity, prayer, aid to Cuba
July 14th, 2021Bishop Felipe Estévez joined Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez (Archdiocese of Philadelphia), Auxiliary Bishop Manuel Cruz (Archdiocese of Newark), and Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Octavio Cisneros (Diocese of Brooklyn) in issuing the following joint statement July 13 regarding recent protests in Cuba. *** “In dramatic and courageous images that have been seen throughout the world, the people […]
July 25 is the First World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
July 13th, 2021The decision to hold a World Day for Grandparents and Older People has come at a time marked by a pandemic and by the suffering of our older generations in recent months in every part of the world. Reports of elderly people having to die alone and then not even being given a funeral have […]
U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman Responds to Outcome of Supreme Court Case on Migrant Protection Protocols
June 25th, 2021On June 21, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States dismissed Mayorkas v. Innovation Law Lab and ordered that the lower court’s judgment be vacated as moot. Additionally, the Court denied a motion to intervene filed by the States of Texas, Missouri, and Arizona. The case challenged the legality of the Migrant Protection Protocols […]
Bishop Kenny High School Grad Receives National Scouting Scholarship
June 24th, 2021Congratulations to recent Bishop Kenny graduate and Christ the King parishioner, David Hoyt, who recently received a $2,000 scholarship by the National Catholic Committee on Scouting® (NCCS) through the Emmett J. Doerr Memorial Scout Scholarship Fund. This year eight service scholarships totaling $22,000 were awarded nationwide to recognize scouts for outstanding service and leadership in […]
USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities on “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”
June 24th, 2021Today, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected an opportunity to vote on the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” (H.R.18) by a vote of 209 to 218. H.R.18 would apply the Hyde Amendment government-wide and permanently prohibit taxpayer subsidies for abortion and abortion coverage. Kat Talalas with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Secretariat […]
Florida Catholic Schools Eager For Purple Star Campus Designation
June 22nd, 2021By Lisa Buie for RedefinED Military families move every two to three years, which means new homes, new cities, and most important, new schools. To help make Florida’s education system more hospitable to the children of active duty and former members of the armed forces, state lawmakers recently approved HB 429. The law, which Gov. Ron […]
U.S. Bishops’ Migration Chairman on the Observance of World Refugee Day
June 21st, 2021For the last twenty years, World Refugee Day (June 20) has been observed annually in the United States and around the world to increase awareness of the plight of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons. The United States has resettled an all-time low number of refugees during the last three consecutive years. As restrictions related […]
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