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St. Mary’s Church celebrates its patronal feast on Friday, Aug. 15, on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin ...

IN 1898, when Evelyn Underhill was 22, she and her mother began what would become an annual series of spring holidays in ...

St Peter's Italian Church in Clerkenwell, central London, celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel with a joyful Mass ...

St. Francis of Assisi, like so many young people today, had experienced the ravages of war, spent time as a prisoner and came out of that trauma seeking something deeper in his life. He hungered for ...

Bishop John Dolan led the diocese in celebrating a special Mass for grandparents and the elderly Sunday.The Mass of thanksgiving at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral in Phoenix coincided with the Church’s ...

The Hermitage of St. Francis is a little known sanctuary in Assisi that still preserves the spirit of St. Francis.

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church hosted a Fourth-of-July-themed bake sale on June 27 in the Village Green Mall. They had assortments of sweet and regular bread, pies, cookies, cakes, candies ...

Wednesday's annual Feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel drew hundreds of worshipers to the streets of Williamsburg.

On July 8, the feast day of St. Sunniva, Catholics from multiple countries arrived at Selja, an island just off the west coast of Norway.

“ Why Do People Still Follow After Francis of Assisi?” Featuring: Gene Pistacchio, OFM & Bob Barbato, OFM Capuchin Well over half a million people around the world today have been inspired by Francis ...