AMMAN, Jordan — The Jesuit Refugee Service pledged to continue supporting some of the 11 million displaced Syrians, including 9 million refugees, as the U.S. government’s response to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis since World War II is in...
WASHINGTON — Mary Rice Hasson, director of the Catholic Women’s Forum and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, said at a May 31 conference that “it’s no secret that for many months the #MeToo movement has sparked...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis sent condolences to Guatemala after a horrific volcanic eruption left more than 60 people dead.
In a June 5 telegram addressed to Archbishop Nicolas Thevenin, apostolic nuncio of Guatemala, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of...
NEW YORK -- By all accounts, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, shot down June 5, 1968, as he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, was the most devout Catholic among his siblings.
A former altar boy who sometimes spoke of joining...
BEAR – Thirty minutes after Salesianum's lacrosse team had clinched the 2018 DIAA state championship, the Sals' players, coaches and their families lingered on the turf at Bob Peoples Stadium at Caravel Academy. Repeated announcements over the public address...
Dear Lord,
It's hard to believe that I'm graduating. The years have flown by. I find myself consumed by so many different emotions: joy, fear, confusion, excitement, relief. I am at one point a bundle of self-confidence and bright hope...
Gap year volunteer experiences can shape and expand recent graduates' worldviews and faith lives.
A gap year refers to a break that graduates can take researching, traveling or volunteering before beginning higher education or entering the workforce.
After graduating from the...
Objectively we use hours, days, months and years to mark time. However, in our lived experience we rely on more relative terms. Our lives are defined by various key moments, and when telling stories and recalling memories, we use...
Transition from one phase of life to the next offers the
opportunity for reflection.
After graduation, gap year volunteer experiences can expand recent graduates' worldviews and faith lives.
It's hard to believe graduation is here. Ahead lies a whole new set of...
WASHINGTON -- The 15th annual report on the implementation of the U.S. bishops' "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" shows a decrease in allegations of clergy sex abuse from the two previous years but also indicates...