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Lumen Christi Award nominees called Catholic Church’s ‘hidden heroes’

The 34 nominees for Catholic Extension's 2021-2022 annual Lumen Christi Award are "as varied as the Church itself and have shown great resolve during this most difficult year," said the Chicago-based organization.

Why I Am Catholic — Kathleen Gavlas

Put simply, my need to know the truth is why I’m Catholic. To be clear, I don’t mean secular truth — I needed to know which Christian communion had the fullness of truth I longed to embrace.

Wrestling calves and winning trust: how a Jesuit priest found his calling

Father Christopher Collins will serve as vice president for mission at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul beginning July 1. The 49-year-old Jesuit priest, who attended UST in the early ’90s, replaces Father Larry Snyder, who is retiring from the position after assuming it in 2015.

U.S. recognizes Vatican finance, auditing measures

The United States added Vatican City State to its list of countries that conform to international standards regarding the verification of the identity of persons conducting financial transactions through its institutions, including the so-called Vatican bank.

Six mid-Atlantic bishops to reinstate Sunday Mass obligation at end of June

The bishops of the province of Baltimore and the Archdiocese of Washington announced June 2 they would be lifting the dispensation of the Sunday and holy day Mass obligation that was granted at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.

Sunday Mass dispensation to lift July 1 across Minnesota

Minnesota’s Catholic bishops have reinstated Catholics’ obligation to attend Sunday Mass and holy days of obligation, beginning the weekend of July 3-4.

With children’s prayers nearby, bishops try to tackle immigration

Prayers, the kind only a child can make, were on display on a table of pleas written by migrant children near a small statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, as bishops from the U.S., Mexico and Central America gathered June 1 in Mundelein.

Report shows 19,000 U.S. deacons; age, retirement are factors for diaconate

Based on responses to a questionnaire sent to all U.S. dioceses, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate estimates there are about 19,000 deacons in the United States today.
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