Archbishop Gregory of Atlanta to chair USCCB task force on race; Cathedral Basilica holds Prayer Service to Promote Peace, Sept. 9
August 9th, 2016by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta has been appointed as chair of a new task force of the U.S. bishops to deal with racial issues brought into public consciousness following a series of summertime shootings that left both citizens and police officers among those dead.
Diocese Hosts Conference for Exceptional Student Education
July 18th, 2016The Diocese of St. Augustine’s Catholic Schools Office, under the direction of Deacon Scott Conway, superintendent of Catholic Schools, is hosting for the first time a conference for Catholic educators on Exceptional Student Education at the Herbert Center at the University of North Florida, July 27. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.
Diocese Celebrates Jubilee for Deacons
July 12th, 2016A Jubilee for Deacons as part of the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy will be celebrated in the Diocese of St. Augustine on Wednesday, August 10 – the feast of St. Lawrence – patron of deacons.
A Game-Changing Cartwheel for Bishop Kenny’s Nick Ferry
July 12th, 2016by Angelina DeVincenzo As a junior at Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, Nick Ferry is not only a scholar athlete and a member of the weightlifting team, but he is also a member of the North Florida Gymnastics team in Orange Park.
St. Catherine Youth Conduct “Mission Trip” at Home
July 12th, 2016by Angelina DeVincenzo For the youth at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Orange Park, St. Augustine is considered mission territory.
Catholics + Baseball = Summer Fun!
July 12th, 2016There is nothing more fun than coming together to enjoy a good game of baseball and hotdogs! The Diocese of St. Augustine’s annual “Catholic Night at the Ballpark,” featuring an evening of professional baseball between the Jacksonville Suns and the Mississippi Braves, is Friday, August 12 at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville beginning at 7 p.m. The […]
Annual Feast of St. Mary Magdalene Hosted at Most Holy Redeemer Parish
July 7th, 2016The annual celebration of the feast of St. Mary of Magdalene is Saturday, July 23 at 11 a.m. at Most Holy Redeemer Parish, located at 8523 Normandy Blvd. in Jacksonville. Celebrating its 14th year in Jacksonville, the event called KAWIT FIESTA is organized by the Devotees of St. Mary Magdalene who hails from the town of […]
It shouldn’t take a hard week in Florida
June 16th, 2016by Bishop Felipe J. Estévez One can have no doubt that this has been a hard week for Florida, particularly for my neighbors to the south in Orlando. First the senseless shooting death of singer-songwriter Christina Grimmie of the TV show The Voice on Saturday, then Sunday morning’s horrific mass shooting at the PULSE gay […]
The Catholic response to the worst mass shooting in U.S. history
June 14th, 2016A headline in the local paper read, “Make It Stop.” That phrase sums up the feeling of helplessness that Americans feel at the latest terror rampage that took place in Orlando on June 12. In the early morning hours of June 12, a gunman entered a nightclub in Orlando and opened fire, killing 49 people […]
St. John Paul II Mission Church Opens New Parish Center
June 10th, 2016Bishop Felipe J. Estévez of the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine will officially bless a new parish center for St. John Paul II Mission on Thursday, June 23, at 127 Stonemason Way, Jacksonville (located near Valley Ridge Blvd., west of the Kelly Pointe subdivision in Nocatee).
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