Oct 31, 2024 ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | It’s about more than having a pen pal. The Hikari (Light) Project is about evangelization through the building of friendships across cultures. Through a letter and video exchange with a 120-year-old Catholic school in Japan, Robert Gerzanick, a religion teacher at Annunciation Catholic Academy in Altamonte Springs, hopes his seventh- and eighth-grade…

Oct 31, 2024 Beloved: We are the people who long to see the face of God. He calls us His beloved, for we know in the depth of our soul this matchless love which God, throughout all eternity — now and forever — bestows upon us. He calls us His children. Yes, God knows of our sinfulness, and…

Oct 31, 2024 WINTER PARK | Servant of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary Sister Mary Rachel Hart grew up in the Clearwater/Safety Harbor area. The eldest of three children, she said, “I wanted to be about 20 different things when I grew up, a nun was one of them.” But as time passed, she changed her…

Oct 31, 2024 ORLANDO | When Hurricanes Helene and Milton hit, Catholic schools throughout the Diocese of Orlando didn’t hesitate to step up and help. Despite many of their own families dealing with storm-related challenges, students, teachers and families rallied together, finding meaningful ways to support communities in even harder-hit areas. These efforts were about more than just…

Oct 31, 2024 More than 40 religious from around the Diocese of Orlando gathered for their annual Jubilarian Mass and Luncheon at San Pedro Spiritual Development Center, Oct. 26, 2024. As Bishop Noonan presided over the Mass, he told the sisters, “Right now we are living in a very combative, dysfunctional world where evil is alive and well…