Bishop Estévez Connects with Young People at Bishop Snyder High School
February 4th, 2021Bishop Felipe Estévez paid a visit to Bishop Snyder High School in Jacksonville during National Catholic Schools Week (Jan. 31-Feb. 5), celebrating the late Bishop John J. Snyder’s episcopal ordination anniversary in 1973 for the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. The theme of this year’s Catholic Schools Week is “Faith. Excellence. Service.”, all of which are […]
Celebrate Catholic Schools Week
February 1st, 2021Since 1974, Catholic Schools Week has been celebrated across the nation to highlight the excellent curriculum, religious education, and important traditions Catholic schools offer. This year, Catholics Schools Week, sponsored by the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), begins Sunday, Jan. 31, and ends Saturday, Feb. 6. This year’s theme is Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence. Service. […]
World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life to Be Celebrated February 2
January 27th, 2021The Catholic Church will hold its annual celebration of the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life on February 2, 2021, and in parishes over the weekend of February 6-7. This event is a special time for individual parishes and the greater Church to celebrate the gift of consecrated life and pray for men and […]
Responding to the Challenge of Abortion in Florida on the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Life: A Statement of the Catholic Bishops of Florida
January 21st, 2021The Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling usurped the proper role of legislators and imposed an extreme abortion regime that has contributed to the polarization that has divided us as a nation and further wounded our society by ending over 61 million lives. Its trauma affects the web of social relationships that form families […]
Statement on Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as 46th President of the United States of America
January 20th, 2021Most Reverend José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following statement on January 20, 2021, regarding the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. as the 46th President of the United States of America. My prayers are with our new President and his family […]
Thousands of Catholics to Pray ‘9 Days for Life’ Novena Jan. 21-29 for the Protection of Human Life
January 19th, 2021Catholics nationwide are preparing to pray 9 Days for Life, the annual pro-life novena beginning this year on January 21. New this year, dioceses across the country are live-streaming prayer events each day for the protection of human life. In the Catholic Church, a ‘novena’ consists of prayers over nine successive days. This pro-life novena […]
St. Augustine shines bright with hundreds of pro-life supporters ‘We are joyfully the culture of life’
January 18th, 2021By Maurice Beaulieu, special to the St. Augustine Catholic St. Augustine’s annual March for Life parade on Jan. 16 may have been different this year because of pandemic setbacks, but pro-life supporters still came out in droves to celebrate the event’s theme—Life: The First Human Right. With a panel full of experienced presenters, a Mass […]
Statement for Observance of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 16th, 2021Most Reverend José H. GomezArchbishop of Los AngelesPresident, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops For much of the past year, America has been reckoning with the legacy of slavery and the persistence of racial injustice in our country. Sadly, it is still true that the “color of our skin” often matters more in our society […]
Military Father Surprises Son at Guardian Catholic School
January 16th, 2021When three-year-old Khari Watkins Stewart laid down for his afternoon nap at Guardian Catholic School in Jacksonville he wasn’t expecting to see his father when he woke up. That’s because Khari’s father, Marvin DeWayne Stewart, has been deployed as an Army sergeant in Poland for the past two and a half years. Khari comes from […]
Catholic Bishops Appeal to Congress to End the Death Penalty
January 11th, 2021With three more federal executions scheduled in January, two bishop chairmen call on the current Administration to stop, and for the new Congress and incoming Administration to abolish the death penalty in federal law. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and […]
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