January 2022

Saint John Neumann

Franciscan Media January 5

Saint John Neumann was the first member of his community, the Redemptorists, to profess vows in the United States. He did missionary work in Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio, and became the bishop of Philadelphia. Noted for his humility and organizational skills, he helped form the Church in the New World.

Sunday Soundbite for January 9, 2022

Greg Friedman, OFM January 5, 2022

The signs accompanying the events of Jesus’ baptism ought to tip us off that something important is happening here. The heavens opening, the voice of the Father commending his “beloved Son” to us, and the presence of the Holy Spirit, ...

Beginning Again

Maureen O'Brien January 4, 2022

I hope we never forget to begin, again and again. To know, no matter what, that we are walking in love and beauty when we seek.

Seeing the ‘Motherly’ Face of God

Kathy Coffey January 4, 2022

Through Elizabeth Ann Seton, we see poignantly the motherly face of God. As St. Anselm wrote, “Christ my mother, you gather your chickens under your wings.”

Court sets March date for former Cardinal McCarrick’s hearing

OSV News January 4, 2022

Proceedings before a criminal trial involving former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick will continue March 3 in Massachusetts, where he faces three counts of sexually assaulting a teenager in the 1970s.

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Franciscan Media January 4

Convert, wife, mother, widow, teacher, religious─Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton did it all. Yet, in many ways, she was an ordinary woman of her time who lived life in an extraordinary way.