Jenna Marie Cooper writes Question Corner for OSV News (OSV photo) Q: Why do male religious get to final vows in about five years from date of entry while females take seven years or more before they may solemnly profess? (Flushing, NY) A: The short answer is that differences in timelines for formation — […]
Monastery at Glendalough, Ireland. (Wikimedia Commons) Glendalough is a valley with two lakes, cut by a glacier about 20,000 years ago in the hills south of Dublin. Around the middle of the sixth century a priest named Kevin walked into it to be alone, and he chose the least reachable spot he could find: […]
A pilgrim stands on a mountain on Sept. 4, 2023, and looks into the vastness of the Galician landscape during his hike on the “Camino Primitivo” (one of the paths of the Camino de Santiago) in Spain. (OSV News photo/Jörg Meyrer, KNA) The Spanish poet, Antonio Machado, wrote: “Traveler, there is no road; you […]
Scripture readings for Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 6:12-16 Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 1 Thes 4:13-18 OR 1 Thes 4:13-14 Matthew 25:1-13 Are you nervous yet? Whether we want to admit it or not, the last line of this Gospel should leave us on edge. It might even […]
Bishop William Koenig carries the Blessed Sacrament from the Chester River to Sacred Heart Catholic Church Oct. 25 in Chestertown, Maryland. Dialog photo/Connie Connolly CHESTERTOWN, Md. – On a calm autumn morning as a mist rose from the Chester River, drawing local fishermen and parishioners of Sacred Heart parish to the foot of High […]
St. Mother Theodore Guerin is depicted in an image released by the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. The French-born missionary, who established the Indiana religious community and several schools in the state in the mid-1800s, was canonized Oct. 15, 2006, by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (OSV News […]
Men carry relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux Oct. 6, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn., during an annual candlelit rosary procession honoring her from the Minnesota Capitol to the Cathedral of St. Paul. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit) Although more than a common part of Catholic culture and practice, the veneration of […]
A file photo shows a girl at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City watching her mother cast her ballot during early voting. (OSV News photo/Jeenah Moon, Reuters) Election season is upon us, and most, if not all, of us here in the US find ourselves bombarded with ads, pamphlets, commercials and even celebrities […]
Jenna Marie Cooper writes Question Corner for OSV News (OSV photo) Q: I heard that in the old days, seminarians were instituted as exorcists as part of “minor orders.” How does someone become an exorcist today? Is there some sort of special ceremony or liturgy? A: The short answer is no, there is not […]
Father Joshua J. Whitfield writes for OSV News. Sunday Scripture readings for Nov. 11, The Solemnity of All Saints Rv 7:2-4, 9-14 Ps 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 1 Jn 3:1-3 Mt 5:1-12a On November 1 this year we celebrate not the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time but the Solemnity of All Saints. All Saints is an […]