Our Lady of the Pillar parishioners look back over 75 years
Zac Boesch | zacboesch@archstl.org It was a different time, more than 60 years ago, when the associate pastor drove the school bus. This is just one memory from two Our Lady of the Pillar parishioners...
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30 years a bishopArchbishop Robert J. Carlson will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving on the 30th anniversary of his Episcopal ordination. The Mass will be10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Cathedral...
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WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org The image of Pope Francis taking a bus with other cardinals, archbishops and top Vatican officials earlier this month to go on a Lenten retreat has become a...
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Pope Francis' appeal not measurable yet in church attendance
Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis' popularity began immediately after his March 13, 2013, election when he walked onto the balcony and humbly greeted the crowd in St....
View ArticleEditorial | Going beyond the good vibe
With the first anniversary of the election of Pope Francis March 13, media outlets and reporters are trying to figure out what impact he has had on interest in the Catholic Church and whether it will...
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Even great cathedrals need help from friends
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 A deep cleaning of the All Souls Chapel: $40,000. Spiffing up the baldacchino over the main altar: $8,000. New curtains for the...
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After his two years as pope, 'Francis effect' has taken hold
Mark Pattison | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- Within two years of becoming pope, Pope Francis now has an effect named after him.This "Francis effect" provides both comfort and challenges to...
View ArticleAnniversary interview: Pope talks about his election, papacy, future
Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- When Pope Francis went out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for the first time, he said he did not prepare what he was going to say, but "I...
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'That's my car!' | Father Dolan reunited with old car at parish anniversary...
Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @stlreviewscribe With a quizzical expression, Father Mark Dolan looked to his left to see why sirens were a-blaring on nearby Brown Road in...
View ArticleEditorial | After a year of healing we pray for peace, future
The days leading to Aug. 9 and the one-year anniversary of "Ferguson" are marked by uncertainty.Simply, will there be violence, or not?The hope is for peaceful commemorations of Michael Brown's life...
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New Orleans Archdiocese: Forever changed by Hurricane Katrina
Peter Finney Jr. | Catholic News Service NEW ORLEANS -- They are calling it "Kat 10" -- Hurricane Katrina plus 10 years -- which carries with it the double meaning of an ominous meteorological...
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Deacons meet Christ in the face of those suffering
By Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @legacyCatholic The phone call came from out of the blue, a random query from a potential customer similar to other calls into Ken Potzman's...
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Catholic Charismatic Renewal marks 50th anniversary of founding this year
By Peter Finney Jr. | Catholic News Service NEW ORLEANS — For the past 50 years, Patti Gallagher Mansfield has kept the Champion Wiremaster stenographer's notebook, 5-by-8 inches, safely tucked away...
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The Message of Fatima
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker Mary Sturm has long appreciated the Rosary, but it wasn't until she witnessed the dedication of a group of people praying it...
View ArticleFatima visionaries will be canonized May 13 in Portugal
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service | twitter:@arochoju VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will declare the sainthood of Blessed Jacinta Marto and Blessed Francisco Marto, two of the three...
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Fatima at 100: Story of apparitions continues to attract attention
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service | twitter:@arochoju VATICAN CITY — While conversion and prayer are at the heart of Mary's messages at Fatima, Portugal, the miracles and unexplained...
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Fatima Pilgrimage traces Blessed Mother’s life
By Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @legacyCatholic Visiting three Marian venues — two churches and a shrine — in a four-day, 45-mile hike, the Fatima Pilgrimage on the Katy Trail...
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A bishop’s efforts led to origins of St. Louis University
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 St. Louis University grew from a few dozen students in a rented house to 13,000 students on campuses in St. Louis and Madrid, Spain.Bishop...
View ArticleCatholics, Lutherans ‘pray together as one’
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Catholics and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Oct. 29 to ask the...
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Ladies of Charity quietly attend to work of serving others
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Inside the spacious hall at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in south St. Louis, several women were busy sorting items and checking distribution...
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