May 30, 2024 ORLANDO | Prayer and hope were the words at the heart of Bishop John Noonan’s message to Father Michael Batista and Father Phillip Mills on their Ordination day, May 25, 2024. Welcoming them, their families, friends and communities to the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe in Orlando, Bishop Noonan…

May 30, 2024 My Sisters and Brothers in Christ: With the celebration of Pentecost Sunday, we come to the end of the season of Easter. Originally a Jewish pilgrimage festival, Pentecost (the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot)) comes seven weeks after the cutting of the first sheaf of grain at Passover.  Its Greek name, Pentecost, signifies fifty days between…

May 30, 2024 ORLANDO  |  Since the inception of the Eucharist at the Last Supper, when Jesus took bread and wine, turning it into His Body and Blood saying, “Do this in remembrance of me,” (Lk 22:19), the Church has used chalices and patens for the Eucharistic liturgy. As is the custom, deacons about to be ordained to…

May 30, 2024 DELAND  |  St. Peter Catholic School made history when it planted a “moon tree” from NASA. Of 2,000 applicants, St. Peter is one of two schools in Florida to receive a tree. The loblolly seedling originated from a seed that traveled 270,000 to the moon and back on Artemis 1 in 2022. “We learn about…