Rest in Peace, Father Bernard Ahern
August 3rd, 2020Father Bernard Joseph Ahern, went home to the Lord on Friday morning, July 31, after suffering from a short illness. He was 93. He was a senior priest serving at St. Joseph Parish in Jacksonville. The son of Daniel Joseph Ahern and Elizabeth Nee KlaueAhern, Bernard was born on Oct. 30, 1926, in East Durham,N.Y. […]
Migration Chairman Calls for Prayers for Trafficking Survivors
July 30th, 2020The United Nations designated July 30 as the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons in 2013 to raise awareness of the devastating impact human trafficking has on women, men, and children and to promote survivors’ rights and human dignity. The international day is observed annually in the United States and throughout the world. There are […]
Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast Forms Unique Joint Venture with Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company and Southeast Orthopedic Specialists
July 29th, 2020Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast, part of Ascension, one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S, has signed an agreement with Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company (HOPCo) to create a transformational healthcare platform that will improve the quality of musculoskeletal care and patient outcomes across North Florida. Through the partnership, Ascension Florida […]
Ascension St. Vincent’s selects location for St. Johns County hospital
July 24th, 2020Ascension St. Vincent’s has selected a property in the northeast quadrant of I-95 and County Road 210 for its new hospital in St. Johns County. The property is part of a mixed-use development known as Fountains at St. Johns. Construction is expected to begin this fall. The health system is investing $115 million and creating […]
Catholic Schools will Reopen August 19
July 23rd, 2020PHOTO: A student from Epiphany Catholic School in Lake City smiles while doing her work. (photo by St. Augustine Catholic/Woody Huband) In a letter to parents on Thursday, July 23, Deacon Scott Conway, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of St. Augustine, announced that Catholic schools would begin the new school year on August […]
Queen of Peace Parish Fundraises with “Christmas in July”
July 23rd, 2020Despite the rising temperatures this summer, Queen of Peace parishioners in Gainesville are spreading holiday cheer with their “Christmas in July” charity drive. Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26, members of the community are encouraged to bring specific items requested by Queen of Peace Ministry Partners. The drive benefits the following organizations: A Woman’s […]
Understanding the Payroll Protection Program
July 16th, 2020Why the Catholic Church Received Federal Loans? When the COVID-19 crisis abruptly shut down small businesses across the country, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to assist individuals and businesses who’d experienced a financial impact. Part of the act included a payroll protection program (PPP) designed to help small businesses […]
Man Crashes into Ocala Parish and Starts Fire
July 15th, 2020PHOTO: Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala, Fla., is seen July 13, 2020, after it was set ablaze by a suspect who drove his van through the front doors two days earlier. (CNS photo/courtesy The Florida Catholic) On Saturday morning, July 11, a man drove his van through Queen of Peace Catholic Church in […]
USCCB Chairmen Welcome Supreme Court Decision Preserving the Religious Liberty of Little Sisters
July 8th, 2020PHOTO: In this 2016 file photo, Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, mother provincial of the Denver-based Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to the media outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters) WASHINGTON – The Little Sisters of the Poor recently went to the Supreme Court of the United States again to […]
USCCB Chairmen Praise Supreme Court Decision Recognizing the Right of the Church to Choose Its Own Leaders
July 8th, 2020PHOTO: Demonstrators in Washington hold a large cross outside the U.S. Supreme Court July 8, 2020. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters) WASHINGTON –The Supreme Court of the United States has issued its decision in the consolidated cases of Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel. These cases involved the right of Catholic schools, […]
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