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Memorial of Saint Jerome September 30, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Zechariah 2:5-9, 14-15a The early chapters of Zechariah were written by a contemporary of Haggai. Today’s reading shows us a man measuring Jerusalem’s size. An angel tells the prophet that measurements are irrelevant, so big will the city become. The Lord himself ... read more

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You are holy, Lord, the only GodAnd your deeds are wonderful.You are strong.You are great.You are the Most High,You are almighty.You, holy Father, areKing of heaven and earth.You are Three and One,Lord God, all good.You are Good, all God, supreme Good,Lord God, living and true.(Praises of God) Reflection Approximately 100 years after Saint Francis died, Dante ... read more

St. Jerome Feast date: Sep 30 Saint Jerome, the priest, monk and Doctor of the Church renowned for his extraordinary depth of learning and translations of the Bible into Latin in the Vulgate, is celebrated by the Church with his memorial today, September 30. Besides his contributions as a Church Father and ... read more

I, Zechariah, raised my eyes and looked:there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.I asked, "Where are you going?"He answered, "To measure Jerusalem,to see how great is its width and how great its length."Then the angel who spoke with me advanced,and another angel came out to meet him and said to ... read more

Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. — St. Jerome The post St. Jerome—Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. appeared first on Catholic Digest. ... read more

Today is the Memorial of St. Jerome (345-420). Jerome was born in Dalmatia of a Christian, was baptized in Rome, while taking his classical courses. He then studied under the best masters in foreign cities. But the Church had need of this extraordinarily gifted man. Jerome heard and obeyed the divine call, made a vow ... read more

Detail of The San Damiano Cross. (Image: Wikipedia) This Cross painted on wood initially hung in the Church of San Damiano, situated half way between hillside town of Assisi above and the Spoletan Valley below. It came to prominence when Jesus spoke to St. Francis as he was praying before it in ... read more

Catholic Information Centre Bishop-elect Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda of Helsinki, left, and Archbishop Julio Murat, apostolic nuncio to the Nordic countries. The Helsinki Diocese had been without a bishop since May 20, 2019, when the Pope accepted the early resignation of Bishop Teemu Sippo, who had led the diocese since 2009 and resigned early ... read more

Daniel Ibáñez A Eucharistic procession ends in the Vatican’s Lourdes Grotto. The new report — published by Georgetown’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) and commissioned by the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life — challenges the methodology and results of the 2019 Pew survey. ... read more

National Catholic Register The extraordinary consistory of cardinals meets at the Vatican's Synod Hall, Aug. 29, 2022. On Saturday, Sept. 30, Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals at a consistory in Rome. ... read more

Daniel Ibanez Pope Francis speaks during a press conference aboard the papal plane from Marseille, France, to Rome on Sept. 23. The Pope highlighted the dignity and value of all human persons. ... read more

Joe Bukuras Theodore McCarrick arrives at Dedham District Court in Massachusetts on Sept. 3, 2021, for his 9 a.m. arraignment. The report is due to be filed in court by Nov. 22. ... read more

(Image: Nathan Anderson/Unsplash.com) In pro-life circles, October is known as Respect Life Month. Yet we know that respecting the life of every human being goes hand in hand with another celebration during the month of October, and that is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. According to the National Down Syndrome Society, Down Syndrome ... read more

In recent months, good news has been hard to come by in our troubled world. While we try to stay focused on the seemingly endless Ukraine-Russian conflict, our attention was suddenly distracted by a deadly earthquake in Morocco, soon followed by tragic news from Libya, where devastating floods cost some 10,000 lives. Meanwhile, despotic leaders ... read more