Barbara Watkins | bwatkins@archstl.org Archbishop Robert J. Carlson will ordain six men to the transitional diaconate at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Lindell Boulevard and Newstead Avenue in the Central West End. The... »
A funeral Mass was celebrated April 4 at Holy Rosary Parish in San Antonio for Marianist Brother Herbert Janson, who taught at McBride, St. John Vianney and Chaminade high schools in the St. Louis archdiocese. Brother Herbert died March 31 in San Anton... »
Nancy Frazier O'Brien | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — American Catholics must resist unjust laws "as a duty of citizenship and an obligation of faith," a committee of the U.S. bishops said in a new statement on r »
Denise Bossert About a year ago, I ran across this quote by St. John of the Cross. "At the evening of life, we will be judged by our love" (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1022). It was one of those quotes I just couldn't shake off. Sometimes, the wor... »
Because Christ is alive, there is the Church. Because Christ is alive, no one needs to live without hope. Such is the power of the Easter message -- that He is risen as He said. While society continues toward complete secularization, the Easter people,... »
The third annual Archbishop's Gospel of Life Prayer Breakfast will be Thursday, May 24, at the Chase Park Plaza, 212 N. Kingshighway in the Central West End. The event, hosted by the St. Louis Chapter of Legatus, will begin at 6 a.m. with the Angelus a... »
Barbara Watkins | bwatkins@archstl.org Twenty students at area Catholic schools will compete in the Missouri Geographic Bee on Friday, March 30, on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia. The winner will receive $100, a "Complete National Ge... »
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org Thumbnail (for Multimedia Slideshows) Neither team was willing to accept defeat. But somebody had to lose. Incarnate Word had pulled ahead after the first quarter of a crucial game — with »
It's a long way from Haiti to University City, but 12-year-old Jean Patrickson made the journey. Badly hurt in the 2010 earthquake in his home of Port-au-Prince, Jean was brought to St. Louis for medical treatment by the World Pediatric Project (former... »
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org Thumbnail (for Multimedia Slideshows) A close match featuring two highly regarded basketball teams from Catholic schools in the archdiocese didn't disappoint those who attended the Coaches »
Standing up for life As thousands of St. Louisans and other journey to Washington, D.C., for the the 39th annual March for Life Jan. 23, pro-life advocates who remain at home can stand in solidarity with those on the march. The annual Roe vs. Wade memo... »
none A memorial Mass was celebrated Jan. 14 for Father Edward E. Kelly, a longtime priest and author, at Christ the King Catholic Church in University City. Father Kelly, 83, died Jan. 7 at Mother of Good Counsel Home in Northwoods following a lengthy ... »
By Barbara Watkins | bwatkins@archstl.org The 36th annual archdiocesan Mass and commemoration to honor the birth and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Lindell Boulevard an... »
Cindy Wooden and Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and confirming he will travel to Mexico and Cuba in the spring, Pope Benedict XVI called on the people of L »
Patricia Zapor | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- An emotional pastoral letter to immigrants from the U.S. Hispanic and Latino Catholic bishops offers love, encouragement, welcome, sympathy and assurance that "you are not alone or forgotten." "We re... »
