by Abbot Joseph I’d like to share a few things about the Altar in a Byzantine church, since many may not be familiar with its setup. It is much more complex than a simple table but, as you have come to expect from the East, richly symbolic as well. There are...
Summer is here and automatically our minds begin to think about getting outside, whether that means to our backyard or out of the country, to enjoy the sunshine. It is easy to get excited about the beautiful weather and grow lazy in our church attendance and spiritual...
Rome, Italy, Jun 21, 2012 / 04:01 pm (SOURCE: CNA).- Hundreds of Italians gathered at the Church of St. Francisca Romana in Rome on June 16 for the funeral Mass of Chiara Corbella, a young Catholic woman who died after postponing her cancer treatments in order to...
Patriarch of Ukrainian Catholic Church Calls for Evangelization BY MARIO TONEGUZZI, CALGARY HERALD Canadian pastoral visit, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church worldwide, told the Herald the biggest challenge of the church is...
Article by: Fr. Stephen Freeman Almost no event shatters the confidence of the secular world like death. Regardless of a person’s achievements, fame or wealth, death not only destroys but threatens to mock. Many older funeral customs evolved in a relatively...
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