The giving of the white garment or cloth to signify our sinless state after baptism; and 6. The giving of the lighted candle to signify the light of faith and fire of love that should dwell in our ...

which will as it were "confirm" and complete the baptismal anointing. 1243 The white garment symbolizes that the person baptized has "put on Christ," 42 has risen with Christ. The candle , lit ...

Masses were celebrated around the country March 23 as Catholics prayed for the victims of the attack, which claimed eight ...

Enniskerry (also Curtlestown & Glencree) Parish Office opening times: Monday to Friday: 10am to 1pm; email: [email protected]; or call 01-2760030. St. Mochonog’s Parish Office opening times: ...

Surrounded by family and friends at the kitchen island, Worthington’s Blaise Parrill smiled sheepishly as the familiar words ...

We sell our faith short, and so we sell our Lent short. At least I do. I have spent most of my life thinking of the faith as ...

The attack on the church youth highlighted the tragedy of young Mexicans losing their lives amid the violence. Young people are also falling into lives of crime with teenage boys being recruited as ...

A Catholic church in Kansas has been targeted in what that state's bishops are calling a "hate crime." St. Patrick Church in ...

He calls out his baptismal name three times ... The Gospel is placed next to it, the Paschal candle to symbolize resurrection and eternal life. The frame is wheeled into the basilica after ...

From the 1200s to the 1700s, the custom of Christian tattooing was prevalent in Europe among peasants, seafarers, soldiers and artisans as much as among nuns and monks. They were getting crosses, ...

A hauntingly nostalgic ode to youth, literature, and the sleepless nights that shaped a secret brotherhood bound by ink, coffee, and the restless pursuit of meaning ...

EVENTUALLY, through various conversations, God opened a door for me to lead a type of church-planting known as ...