Life Issues Forum: Establishing the Culture of Life
May 27th, 2015By Anne McGuire In the midst of the many attacks on human life these days, we are called to help establish a “culture of life” that has at its heart the understanding that each of us is deeply loved by God, created to be with him, and offered redemption through Christ’s death and Resurrection. We […]
Rest in Peace Good and Faithful Servant
May 25th, 2015Father Robert Lee Napier passed into eternal life on Tuesday, May 19, after suffering from a long and chronic illness. He was 67. It was the very day he would have celebrated his 25th anniversary to the priesthood.
Cathedral Basilica Hosts Blessing and Dedication Concert
May 20th, 2015The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Augustine will host a blessing and dedication concert on their new 87-rank Colby/Walker gallery organ that has joined the Cathedral’s chancel 57-rank Casavant Frères pipe organ in the renovated and restored church on Friday, June 5, at 7 p.m. The concert will be at the Cathedral Basilica, 38 Cathedral Place […]
May Crowning at Cathedral Parish Early Education Center
May 12th, 2015May is the month of Mary. Devotion to the Blessed Mother deserves special attention here in the United States where we are under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception.
Adult Confirmation
May 11th, 2015by Erin McGeever The sacrament of confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The effects that this sacrament has on those who receive it are many: Roots us more deeply in divine filiation (being children of God) Unites us more firmly to Christ Increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us Strengthens […]
Memorial Mass for Father Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C.
May 11th, 2015A Memorial Mass organized by the Notre Dame Club of Greater Jacksonville will be celebrated on Monday, May 25, at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (121 E. Duval Street) in Jacksonville. Mass will begin at 7 p.m. with reception immediately following. Bishop Felipe J. Estévez is the main celebrant.
CRS Provides Relief During Time of Loss and Grief in Nepal
May 8th, 2015by Jennifer Hardy, Regional Information Officer The day a 7.8 magnitude earthquake roiled the mountains of Nepal, the Rana family was spread out. Bhuban Rana, a soldier for the Nepalese army, was at his rented apartment in Kathmandu where his wife Prem Kumari Rana sat nursing their two-month-old daughter Bhumika in the open outdoor area […]
A New Film Shares the Beauty of the Sisterhood
May 6th, 2015By Tonia Borsellino What do you get when you show an auditorium full of seminarians and a few young women a film on the call to the Sisterhood? A crowd of men wishing they could also enter the convent.
Bishop Felipe Estévez Recognizes Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters and Emergency Services Personnel at Blue Mass
May 5th, 2015Bishop Felipe Estévez of the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine will be the main celebrant of a Blue Mass to honor members of law enforcement (active and retired), firefighters, emergency services personnel and their families. The Mass will be held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Palm Coast on Friday, May 15 at 10:30 […]
Let’s Spring Into Action!
April 27th, 2015by Mary Prentis Growing up in Florida, I often heard comments from friends and family living up North about how beautiful the transitions of the changing seasons were. Still, I was content in my subtropical paradise and shrugged off any idea that I could be missing out on anything important. Yet having recently experienced (and […]
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