The leader may use these or similar words to introduce the blessing: This tree is a blessing to our home. It reminds us of all that is beautiful, all that is filled with the gentleness and the ...

The manger scene has a special place near the Christmas tree or in another place where family members can reflect and pray during the Christmas season. It is blessed each year on Christmas eve or ...

They also joined a small group at the parish that follows the parish evangelization cells system (PECS) model, which includes ...

Wes and Caitlin Robinson didn’t believe Vincent would survive after receiving an astonishing 52 minutes of CPR. But they credit the late George Pell with interceding to save their baby after he nearly ...

Dan Capistrant, 56, turned away from God when he was 10 and his father died. “It shook me and kept me away from church,” said Capistrant, who was raised Catholic along with his six siblings. “To me, ...

Many Catholics credit prayers of intercession to Blessed Solanus Casey for curing and helping people who suffer from illnesses.

Not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see ...

As we prepare once again to enter into Holy Week, the return of Pope Francis to the Vatican after spending 38 days in the ...

We pray for world leaders: that the Holy Spirit may move them to work for peace and reconciliation between all peoples, for we are one family, made in the image of God. Lord, in your mercy.... We pray ...