by Holy Spirit Parish | Nov 8, 2016 | Uncategorized, News
“While reading the Bible may be associated with Protestantism in the minds of some, love of Scripture is at the core of the Catholic Church, said the apostolic nuncio to the United States. “The love and veneration of the Word of God is an expression of the heart...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 31, 2016 | News
“The last person hanged for witchcraft in Boston could be considered a Catholic martyr. In the 1650s, Ann Glover and her family, along with some 50,000 other native Irish people, were enslaved by Englishman Oliver Cromwell during the occupation of Ireland and...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 31, 2016 | News
“They call her Santa Muerte (‘Holy Death’ or ‘Saint Death’), but she’s no saint. Literally. The skeletal female figure has a growing devotion in Mexico, Central America, and some places in the United States, but don’t be fooled by the Mary-like veil or the...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 25, 2016 | Vatican News, News
“The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released an instruction Tuesday regarding burial and cremation, reiterating the Church’s teaching that cremation, while strongly discouraged, can be permissible under certain restrictions – and that...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 25, 2016 | News
“Domestic violence is a hidden epidemic that many clergy and laypersons are not properly trained to fight, says one priest who runs the country’s largest parish-based ministry to counter the problem. “When you start talking about it, that’s when people will...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 17, 2016 | Pope Francis, News
“On Sunday, Pope Francis canonized seven new saints in the Catholic Church, saying that prayer isn’t always a smooth path, but that like the saints, Christ supports us even when it is difficult. “The saints are men and women who enter fully into the mystery of...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 17, 2016 | News
“Fr. Donald Calloway could give St. Augustine a run for his money, in terms of dramatic conversion stories. In a recent Vimeo video produced by Spirit Juice Studios and the Knights of Columbus, Fr. Calloway recalled his radical transformation from atheist,...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 11, 2016 | News
“As states around the country consider legalizing physician-assisted suicide, “death with dignity” looks markedly different for patients under the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor. In her nearly 30 years with the order that cares for the “elderly poor,”...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 11, 2016 | News
“There once was a Pope called “The Green Pope.” He earned the title from both the religious and the secular alike, because he wrote frequently about the environment and asked all Catholics to be better stewards of God’s creation. Under this pope’s pontificate,...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 3, 2016 | Pope Francis, News
“During his flight from Baku, Azerbaijan to Rome on Sunday, Pope Francis gave a press conference to the journalists aboard the the papal plane. He reflected on his trip to Georgia and Azerbaijan, marriage and divorce, and homosexuality and gender identity. He...
