Placement test for high schoolers set for Dec. 10
The Catholic High School Placement Test for eighth-graders wishing to attend a Catholic high school next year will be Dec. 10. The test is…
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Initiative still seeking to improve race relations
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Agencies prepare to serve the needy for Christmas
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Sixth graders called to discern their vocation
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Parish’s Thanksgiving ministry aids those in need, celebrates God’s gifts
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Archdiocese’s first Black archbishop celebrates African American Catholic history in Bardstown
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Young Adult Mass shares celebration with solemnity
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Initiative still seeking to improve race relations
When racial unrest broke out in the city in 2020, the Archdiocese of Louisville’s Office of Multicultural Ministry looked for solutions in an initiative…
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Healing retreat to be held at Incarnation Church in December
A healing retreat — including prayer, song, eucharistic adoration and more — will be offered by Incarnation Church, St. Paul Church, King Jesus Ministry…
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New Orleans archbishop prays for murdered priest, missing worker
By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — The head of the Archdiocese of New Orleans spoke of horror and pain in a Nov. 30 statement, following…
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Wedding Anniversary — December 1, 2022
J. Frank and Dolly A. Chambers, members of Incarnation Church, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Dec. 8. Mrs. Chambers, the former Dolly Johnson,…
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Priest shares his experience of loss and hope at the Purple Mass Nov. 28
Father Dustin Hungerford has lost two siblings to overdoses. He shared the story of his sister’s death in May 2020 and his younger brother’s…
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Loss of print media seen as posing challenges to U.S. church communications
By Christina Lee Knauss Readers of The Tablet, newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, now see something on the paper’s website that…
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Agencies prepare to serve the needy for Christmas
As the Advent season begins and the church prepares for the coming of Jesus, agencies in the Archdiocese of Louisville are preparing for the…
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Bulletin Board — Dec. 1, 2022
Services and Devotions A First Saturday Devotion with Mass will be at the Cathedral of the Assumption, 435 S. 5th St., Dec. 3 at…
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Senate passes Respect for Marriage Act; bill now heads to House
By Julie Asher WASHINGTON — Ahead of the U.S. Senate’s Nov. 29 61-to-36 vote approving the Respect for Marriage Act, the chairmen of two…
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St. Francis of Assisi, Holy Spirit win Quick Recall
St. Francis of Assisi School won the Catholic Schools Academic League’s (CSAL) sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade Quick Recall tournament held Nov. 14 at Holy…
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Overcoming Christian divisions would give world hope, pope tells patriarch
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — While formal dialogue about the theological and historical causes of the splits in Christianity is essential, so, too,…
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Laudato Si’ sessions offer understanding
Catholics of the Archdiocese of Louisville have a new way to learn about, discuss and implement the tenets of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’:…
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Some U.S. dioceses are lifting restrictions on Communion cup
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — As many restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted, some Catholic dioceses…
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Deacon Stephan Phelps, who helped revise the local annulment process, died Nov. 22
Deacon Paul “Stephan” Phelps, who served at the Cathedral of the Assumption, died on Nov. 22. He was 70 and had served as a…
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With America magazine pope talks about church division, women, abortion
VATICAN CITY — In a wide-ranging interview with top staff of America magazine, Pope Francis decried increased polarization within the Catholic Church, affirmed the need to…
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Ursuline Sister Maria Goretti Lovett dies at 90
Ursuline Sister of Louisville Maria Goretti Lovett died on Nov. 25 at Nazareth Home-Clifton. She was 90 and has been an Ursuline for 71…
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Sixth graders called to discern their vocation
Close to 100 sixth-grade students had the opportunity to listen to vocation stories, ask questions and interact with priests, religious brothers and sisters during…
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Presentation’s fall play rescheduled for December
Presentation Academy’s fall play, William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” has been re-scheduled to Dec. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. show…
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Advent watching includes noticing God at work in daily life, pope says
By Robert Duncan VATICAN CITY — Being so distracted that one does not notice God’s presence in daily life is a warning sign that…
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Young Catholics invited to candlelight Mass
A Youth and Young Adult Candlelight Mass is held at St. John Paul II Church, 3539 Goldsmith Lane, on the first Sunday of every…
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The Good Steward — Building the future with migrants and refugees
Earlier this year, Pope Francis issued a statement for World Day of Migrants and Refugees reflecting on the theme, “Building the future with migrants…
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Seniors sign letters of intent
Dozens of Catholic high school seniors signed national letters of intent to play college athletics earlier this month. Among them are: Assumption High School…
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Golden Arrow to host purse and jewelry sale
The Golden Arrow Center for Mothers and Children, 835 E. Gray St., will hold its Purse and Jewelry Sale on Dec. 3 and 4….
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Pope: Spiritual consolation is deep joy that motivates one to ‘do good’
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — The spiritual practice of discernment, of seeing where God is at work in one’s life and what God…
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