By Steven Schwankert NEW YORK (OSV News) — About 1,500 family members and well-wishers joined bishops, priests, religious brothers and dozens of sisters from the Sisters of Life as seven …
Religious Life
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Young Catholics have traveled from far and wide to participate in the 37th annual World Youth Day held Aug. 1-6, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. This transformative experience has shaped the …
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BALTIMORE (OSV News) — Peeking out from beneath a tan tarp as she sat in the alley alongside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed …
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BIALA NIZNA, Poland (OSV News) — Religious orders have grown herbs throughout the centuries, and careful mixing of medical plants was a well-kept secret for many. Now, Dominican sisters in …
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(OSV News) — For years, the ministries of Catholic religious sisters — working tirelessly and often invisibly — have left their mark on Appalachia’s rural communities, sharing the love of …
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(OSV News) — The church has prayed for vocations my entire life. Usually, this intercession is specifically for young people to hear the call to the priesthood or consecrated life. …
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It’s been a short week thanks to the Memorial Day holiday here in the U.S., but still a busy one for OSV News. Besides putting several interesting stories on the …
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I’ve met many saintly people in my life, but rarely do they make the news. Years ago, I took photos of the consecration of the Abbey of Our Lady of …
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(OSV News) — Just over 10 years ago, Sister Margaret Nacke — a Sister of St. Joseph of Concordia, Kansas — was living in Belleville, a Kansas town known as …
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ARBUTUS, Md. (OSV News) — The canonization cause of Mother Mary Lange, founder of the world’s first sustained women’s religious community for Black women, has taken a step forward. Sister …
