Traveling for Holy Week? Trying to find opportunities for confession and adoration? Or returning to Mass and yearning to reconnect with the Lord on Easter Sunday? Chances are your search will lead to ...

“The celebration of Holy Mass has the same value as the Death of Jesus on the Cross.” – Saint Thomas Aquinas. The Mass is often the most familiar, yet least understood, aspect of Catholic life.

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, a day that echoes with the elated cries of “Hosanna in the highest heaven!” (Matt. 21:9). Jesus enters Jerusalem, where crowds lay palm branches at his feet, ...

The ancient Jewish people worshiped God within a cloth tent (“Tabernacle”) and a solid stone temple between roughly 1400 B.C. to A.D. 70. Within them were lots of odd furniture items, such as an altar ...

The phrase "Holy Communion" implies that all those who receive Jesus profess the same faith and beliefs and are in communion with one another. Many non-Catholics attend Mass (often it is a wedding or ...

Before attending the Mass of the Holy Spirit, it had never occurred to me that a Mass, which is one of the most important rituals for the Catholic faith, could be inclusive and welcoming to all people ...

Mary Wilkinson, a retiree who lives in Fairfax County thinks there is something special in the air at St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel, on the grounds of George Mason University. “I don’t know what they ...

The traditional opening to the academic year will be held on September 8 University President William P. Leahy, S.J., will celebrate the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit with homilist Rev. Henry Shea, S ...