Recently, I and some fellow parishioners participated in a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. After a powerful Cor meeting on the topic of Divine Mercy Sunday, we decided to make the trip to this sacred site. We shared this idea with our parish pastor and the pilgrimage was […]
ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday announced that the dates of the next World Youth Day, to be held in Seoul, South Korea, will be Aug. 3-8, 2027. “After this jubilee, the ‘pilgrimage of hope’ of young people continues and will take us to Asia,” the pontiff said in a message before praying the […]
The Lakeshore Catholic Faith Community had a surprise as they faithfully participated in the Spiritual Adoption Prayers established by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. In response to the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion throughout the entire nine months of pregnancy in 1973, Archbishop Sheen proposed that groups pray that one particular but unknown […]
In a world that so often turns its back on those most in need, Pope Francis instead consistently exemplified Jesus’ call to us to be his light in the darkness: “You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. … Just so, your light must shine before others, […]
This year marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most powerfully prophetic social justice and peace encyclicals ever written: “Evangelium Vitae” (“The Gospel of Life”). Trying to awaken the conscience of the world to reject the “culture of death” which creates “structures of sin,” St. John Paul II wrote in “Evangelium Vitae,” “How can […]
Bishop Michael W. Fisher continued the tradition of inviting eighth grade students to St. Joseph Cathedral for a special Mass specifically for them. Twenty-four Catholic schools filled up the cathedral on Oct. 22, the feast day of St. John Paul II. Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Sound Hub · October 22, 2024 – Diocese hosts annual […]
St. John Paul II Parish in Lake View will have a first class relic of its namesake, the former Pope John Paul II, on display for veneration Saturday, Oct. 19 through Tuesday, Oct. 22. “We’re trying to create more opportunities for people to come and pray,” explained Jonathan Molik, pastoral associate. “John Paul II is […]
Put your political party, your conservative/liberal leanings, your wallet and your self-interest on the back burner. And instead, vote with a well-formed Catholic conscience – which requires moving to the front burner of your mind and heart the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Catholic social teaching! In the Gospel our Lord is crystal clear that […]
The Catholic Church firmly teaches that the acknowledgement and protection of human dignity is an absolutely central part of our faith. So much so, that a new and highly authoritative Vatican document has recently been published to encourage Catholics, and all people of good will, to better understand just what human dignity is, and the […]
The world is in the midst of the largest global hunger crisis in recent history. According to the United Nations World Food Programme: · more than 780 million people worldwide suffer chronic ongoing hunger, · over 300 million persons are experiencing the most extreme forms of hunger, · 42 […]
