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BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS) — As Louisiana’s governor announced the federal government had declared a major disaster for the state Aug. 14, Catholic churches in the Baton Rouge Diocese called for volunteers to help those displaced by extreme flooding and asked flood victims what assistance they needed.

It's not just for students, parents, teachers and other campus staff. It's for a key volunteer group too.

The seminar, Courage as an Essential Virtue for the Catholic Healthcare Provider, runs Aug. 18-20 at University of Mary in North Dakota.

  Jesuit Father John Cecero, Provincial of the USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus, announced a priestly appointment affecting Fairfield University and Jesuits...

“What I always sense is the passion and desire of our students, coupled with a belief that all things are possible with Christ,” the incoming president of the Diocesan School Board said.

Ask most first-graders what they hope to be when they grow up and you’ll get the standard responses — firefighter, doctor, police officer, teacher or pro baseball player. But from the age of 6, Peter Dobrowski knew he had a different calling. He felt the persevering inner tug of the Holy Spirit to serve God as a priest.

When a pair of Girl Scouts launched a Vinnies Rosary Project this summer, the Marian connections behind it all eluded them.

KOLKATA, India (CNS) — A group of young independent photographers are busy clicking away, taking photos of the “City of Joy.”

Unless you lived under a cabbage leaf for the past 30 years or so, you already know that the Mother Angelica (1923-2016) of this book’s title was the founder of the Eternal Word Television Network. As such, she became the first Catholic media personality to garner the attention of the public in anywhere near the numbers racked up by the late, much-admired Archbishop Fulton Sheen in the mid-20th century.

CLEMENT, Mo. (CNS) — For Fr. Bill Peckman, seeing Bishop John R. Gaydos of Jefferson City “wield his apostolic authority” to renew St. Clement Church in St. Clement July 30 was like “watching the Holy Spirit breathe new life into what was once dormant.”