Four in 5 Catholic parishes in the Netherlands are in financial trouble, Dutch News reported last November. And in the (nearly) one year that’s passed since that report, the situation for Dutch Catholics has not ...
For those who leave Mass early, after Communion, or come to Mass late, D.D. Emmons probes the importance of staying in attendance for the entirety of Mass. Emmons suggests that one way we can renew ...
Catholics from the Los Angeles Archdiocese and the San Bernardino, Orange and San Diego dioceses came together for a bilingual Mass Sept. 18 to celebrate "the immigrant spirit in the United States." Los Angeles Archbishop José ...
OSV publisher Scott Richert recalls the times at Mass when, while holding a squirming child during the Eucharist prayer, the priest would elevate the host and, drawing the child’s attention, he or she would proclaim, ...
Publisher Scott Richert writes that simply believing that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist is not enough. While we can never fully comprehend the sacrifice he made for us — recreated at every Mass ...
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan celebrated an Aug. 14 Mass marking the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the first parish of the neighboring Diocese of Brooklyn and also commemorating the bicentennial of the ...
A few columns back, Ava Lalor wrote about how we can pray the Mass well, offering some ideas for how to prepare before the liturgy begins and how to participate throughout. Despite her best intentions, ...
My cradle Catholic parents instilled in me the importance of going to Mass religiously (no pun intended) but were never able to articulate why we went, answering only "because we are Catholic and that is ...
OSV chaplain Msgr. Owen Campion writes about the similarities between today’s Mass and the one celebrated by early Christian communities in the first centuries of the Church. Included is the kiss of peace at Mass, ...
Associate editor Ava Lalor reflects on how she easily gets distracted during the Mass: “Despite the fact that I can quote much of the prayers that the priest alone says, I often zone out and ...
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As the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council approaches, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of ...
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