Join Bishop William A. Wack, CSC on Saturday, March 16 at 10:30 a.m. for the blessing of the new St. Brendan Center for Evangelization and Spirituality. The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee recently acquired Miracle Camp from Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital. Located on 38-acres along Beulah Road, the retreat center will benefit anyone who wants to deepen their faith and relationship with God.
Each year, National Marriage Week USA and World Marriage Day provide an opportunity for the Catholic Church to focus on and celebrate the vocation to marriage and family life.
Bishop William A. Wack, CSC, of Pensacola-Tallahassee, a member of the CCLV committee spoke recently to the USCCB about his experiences as a bishop and how being a religious order priest has impacted his ministry.
Consecrated persons advance the mission of the Gospel in the Church today by bringing the light of the Gospel to those they encounter, said Bishop Earl A. Boyea of Lansing. In preparation for the celebration of the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life by the Catholic Church on February 2, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations (CCLV) commissioned a study on newly professed men and women religious through the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.
In observance of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement:
Reverend William P. Brown, of Panama City, Florida died Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at VillaSprings Care Center in Erlanger, Kentucky. He was 79 years old.
In response to the Declaration “Fiducia supplicans” issued by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith today, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) offered the following statement from its spokesperson, Chieko Noguchi, executive director of public affairs.
This year, the Fourth Week of Advent is the shortest it can be – only one day long. Because Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday this year, I wish to clarify the various liturgical celebrations and obligations:
On the weekend of December 9-10, participating dioceses will take up the annual collection that benefits approximately 24,000 elderly religious sisters, brothers, and religious order priests across the United States. Coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO), the collection provides qualified religious institutes with financial aid to address retirement necessities.
The Catholic Church in the United States will commemorate National Vocation Awareness Week, November 5-11. Each year, national Catholic organizations, dioceses, schools, and local parish communities sponsor events and provide different resources to raise awareness for vocations, and help those who are discerning a vocation, particularly one to ordained ministry or consecrated life.
Since the Hamas attacks earlier this month, and in the wake of boldly proclaimed rhetoric and the increase of actions of religious hatred in the United States, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Religious Liberty issued a sharp rebuke and called for peace.
Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee seminarian Fernando Diaz Olazábal was installed in the Ministry of Acolyte during Mass, on October 18, 2023, at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, in Hales Corners, Wisconsin.
In response to the escalating Israel-Hamas war, Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on International Justice and Peace, renews his call for peace.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will gather for the 2023 Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, November 13-16. Throughout the meeting, the bishops will spend time in prayer and fraternal dialogue with one another. Public sessions of the assembly on November 14 and 15 will be livestreamed.
"On behalf of all the Ordinaries of the Holy Land, I invite all parishes and religious communities to a day of fasting and prayer for peace and reconciliation. We ask that on Tuesday, October 17, everyone hold a day of fasting, abstinence, and prayer. Let us organize prayer times with Eucharistic adoration and with the recitation of the Rosary to Our Blessed Virgin Mary. " -Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem