Ascension St. Vincent’s breaks ground on new St. Johns County hospital
December 10th, 2020Ascension St. Vincent’s broke ground on its new hospital in St. Johns County on Friday, Dec. 4, and Bishop Felipe Estévez was there to lead the distinguished group of participants in prayer. The facility will be located in the northeast quadrant of I-95 and County Road 210, part of a mixed-use development known as Fountains […]
Recalling the Meaning of Advent, U.S. Bishop Chairmen Call for End to Executions
December 8th, 2020With more federal executions scheduled in December and January, two bishop chairmen call on the Administration to recall God’s mercy during Advent. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, […]
Cities for Life Speakers Call for an End to Capital Punishment
December 2nd, 2020By Savanna Kearney With the recent news of the U.S. Justice Department amending execution protocols to include more cruel and outdated methods for execution, the annual Cities for Life rally couldn’t have come at a better time. Cities for Life is an international movement that was started by Sant’Egidio, a Rome-based group, in the year […]
U.S. Bishop Chairmen Renew Call to Stop Executions
November 18th, 2020In the wake of more federal executions scheduled in coming weeks, two bishop chairmen have issued a statement calling on the Administration to act as a witness to the dignity of all human life. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and […]
Bishop Kenny Girls Volleyball Win State Championship
November 16th, 2020Story and photos by Lynn Ramsey Look back to an early-September matchup against Alachua Santa Fe, and few expected Bishop Kenny to stand atop Class 4A’s Mount Everest. Allison Cavanaugh and Alexis Chin carried the Crusaders past Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons 29-27, 25-18, 17-25, 25-20 Sunday in the Class 4A state volleyball finals at Suncoast […]
Bishop Dedicates Blessed Trinity’s New Family Life Center
November 12th, 2020By Joe DeSalvo Blessed Trinity Catholic Church’s longstanding goal of building a facility to enrich its parish community and ministries as well as provide a “home’’ court for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams became reality on Nov. 7 when its new Family Life Center was dedicated. The new 14,614 square-foot building is centered between […]
Vatican’s Cardinal Parolin on McCarrick Report
November 10th, 2020In a statement of the Cardinal Secretary of State, he advises that the document be read in its entirety so as not to draw partial conclusions: “We publish the Report (Nov. 10, 2020) with sorrow for the wounds that these events have caused to the victims, their families, the Church in the United States, and […]
Statement on Holy See’s Report on Theodore McCarrick
November 10th, 2020I welcome the report of the Holy See’s investigation into its knowledge and decision-making regarding Theodore McCarrick during his long career as a priest, bishop, and cardinal. We are studying these findings, and we are grateful to our Holy Father Pope Francis for his pastoral concern for the family of God in the United States […]
USCCB Statement on Presidential Election
November 9th, 2020Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued the following statement on the 2020 presidential election: “We thank God for the blessings of liberty. The American people have spoken in this election. Now is the time for our leaders to come together in a spirit […]
Bishop Estévez Blesses 100th Ultrasound for Life
October 21st, 2020By Savanna Kearney For a woman experiencing a crisis pregnancy, hearing her baby’s heartbeat can be the deciding factor between choosing life over abortion. Now, thanks to the Florida Knights of Columbus, mothers-to-be across the state have access to more than 100 ultrasound machines. On Thursday, Oct. 15, Bishop Felipe Estévez visited the Community Pregnancy […]
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