Smartphones, cell phones, social media, and videos are a big part of our modern world. In one way these things keep us informed, connected, and entertained. In another way these things can keep us distracted from our relationship with one another and with Jesus. Phubbing is snubbing...
In this article, we seek to shed light on the Catholic teachings surrounding purgatory and prayer for the holy souls in purgatory. The Last Four Things The last four things in life are death, judgement, heaven, and hell. At the moment of death, everyone is judged by God based on their life...
Over the last couple years, our Archdiocese has been in a synod, listening to the voices in the pews in order to discern the promptings of the Holy Spirit. One of the overwhelming themes was for an increase in opportunities for faith sharing and small groups. In my past year at GA, I have heard...
On February 11, the Church celebrates the Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, recalling the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to a young girl, St. Bernadette Soubirous, in Lourdes, France, in 1858. What took place in that quiet town has since become one of the Church’s most enduring...
Guardian Angels Parish has received an Apostolic Blessing from Pope Leo, bestowed upon Fr. Joe Connelly and our parish. An Apostolic Blessing is a special prayer and blessing given by the Holy Father, invoking God’s grace upon a person or community and uniting us in a particular way to the...
Forty days after Christmas, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, a mystery that draws together Christmas and Lent, joy and sacrifice, promise and prophecy. Though the infant Christ is still carried in His Mother’s arms, the shadow of the Cross already stretches...
On January 31, the Church celebrates the Memorial of Saint John Bosco, a priest whose life was poured out in love for young people, especially the poor and abandoned. Known simply as “Don Bosco,” he saw in every child not a problem to be solved, but a soul to be loved and led to...
January 22 Each year on January 22, the Church in the United States observes the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. This date marks the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. For Catholics, this is not a day of anger or...
On January 5, the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. John Neumann — a humble, tireless shepherd whose life continues to inspire American Catholics today. Born in Bohemia in 1811, Neumann felt called to serve the people of the United States, a land he had never seen. Arriving in New York...
Each year, just as the joy of Christmas begins to settle into our hearts, the Church invites us to do something countercultural: linger. Rather than rushing past December 25, the Church stretches Christmas into eight full days—the Octave of Christmas—as if to say that the mystery of...
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