June 11, 2025

People light candles in the main square of Graz, Austria, June 10, 2025, following a deadly shooting at the Dreierschützengasse high school. A former student opened fire at the school in Austria's second-biggest city, killing at least nine people, mostly teenagers, and wounding at least 12 others before taking his own life, authorities said. (OSV News photo/Leonhard Foeger, Reuters)

On a day of ‘national tragedy,’ Austria mourns 10 victims of school shooting

June 11, 2025
After one of the worst rampages in Austria's history, the picturesque European country has been "shattered," with bishops offering prayers and support to victims' families.
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Continue the Work of St. Anthony

June 11, 2025
It is our job to keep the work of the Catholic saints going as heirs to the tradition.
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St. Anthony, Help Me Find…Community

June 11, 2025
One of my favorite stories of St. Anthony is the one about how, during the final years of his life, the friars built Anthony a treehouse in a large walnut tree not far from the friary.
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A Ministry of Care

June 11, 2025
Upon meeting obstacles, Katharine Drexel remarked that if they weren’t in her plans, they must’ve been in God’s. The next time you encounter a problem adopt her spirit.
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