35th Annual Faith Formation Day Provides Opportunities for Growth
October 9th, 2019Clergy, catechists and lay ministers will have a chance to learn, grow and improve in their ministry at the 35th Annual Faith Formation Day on Saturday, Oct. 26. The event will begin with Mass at 8:30 a.m. celebrated by Bishop Felipe Estévez at Bishop Snyder High School (5001 Samaritan Way,Jacksonville, 32210). This year’s theme is “Missionary […]
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women Membership Sunday on Oct. 13
October 8th, 2019By Savanna Kearney The National Council of Catholic Women have been supporting, empowering and education Catholic women on spirituality, leadership and service at the national level since 1920. Locally, the St. Augustine Diocesan Council of Catholic Women represents Catholic women in the Diocese of St. Augustine through parish affiliations or groups in four deaneries: Gainesville, […]
Compassionate shepherd laid to rest
October 8th, 2019By Jean Gonzalez A humble, prayerful, non-assuming servant of the Lord who reminded people it’s all about love was remembered, celebrated and mourned Oct. 2. The Catholic community of St. Augustine and beyond bid a prayerful goodbye to Bishop John J. Snyder, eighth bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine, who died Sept. 27 at […]
The Faithful Mourn the Loss of Bishop Snyder
October 7th, 2019By Jean Gonzalez During the solemn vespers Oct. 1, Bishop John J. Snyder was remembered for his many gifts, traits, smile, passions and compassion. Bishop Felipe J. Estévez said his predecessor’s episcopal motto – Peace in Christ – embodied Bishop Snyder’s spirit, charism and vocation. “Bishop John J. Snyder was a true instrument of peace […]
Amazonians crave preservation, ‘but big money speaks louder’
October 3rd, 2019Last in a 13-part series. Click here to view the full CNS series. By Barbara J. FraserCatholic News Service SANTAREM, Brazil (CNS) — For more than three decades, Juscelina Silva Batista’s life has followed the rise and fall of the Amazon River. During the rainy season, she canoes practically to the door of her simple wooden house, skirting a raft that holds potted […]
Missionaries quest to save Amazonian indigenous languages
October 1st, 2019Ninth in a 13-part series. Click here to view the full CNS series. By Barbara J. FraserCatholic News Service ST. IGNATIUS, Guyana (CNS) — In an open-sided circular building beside the Catholic chapel in this Amerindian village, Scarboro Father Ron MacDonell was explaining how the tongue, the teeth and the vocal cords work together to produce sounds. His listeners, about 30 lay […]
Defending Amazon against agribusiness can be dangerous
September 26th, 2019By Barbara J. FraserCatholic News Service Third in a 13-part series. Click here to view the full CNS series. ANAPU, Brazil (CNS) — Across a stream and down a dirt road at the edge of this Amazonian town, a carefully tended crypt marks the burial place of Notre Dame de Namur Sister Dorothy Stang. The missionary from Dayton, Ohio, was shot to […]
South America’s Amazon: culturally diverse, globally important
September 24th, 2019By Barbara J. FraserCatholic News Service First in a 13-part series. Click here to view the full CNS series. LIMA, Peru (CNS) — When Pope Francis came face to face with more than 2,000 Amazonian indigenous people in Peru in January 2018, he told them the place where they live is holy ground, and that they and the Amazon region are important […]
Feast of Our Lady of La Leche Schedule of Events
September 23rd, 2019Since being approved by the Vatican in 2012, the Diocese of St. Augustine has joyfully celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of La Leche on Oct. 11. The devotion to “The Nursing Mother” dates back to 1577 and is the oldest Marian Shrine in the United States. Those that seek her intercession often pray for […]
Cardinal John Henry Newman to be Canonized Oct. 13
September 19th, 2019John Henry Newman, one of the leading Roman Catholic and Anglican theologians of the 19th century, will be canonized Sunday, October 13. His search for truth and writings on his beliefs were instrumental in changing the definition of religion in his time and beyond. Cardinal Newman will be the first English citizen to become a […]
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