Jan 9, 2025 BELLEVIEW | It is dusk just outside St. Theresa Parish in Belleview. Three men stand just beyond the church doors wearing lustrous fabrics for the roles of the Magi— Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. Each carries a gift, gold, frankincense and myrrh, for the Christ child. Henry Ayala, Paul Soto and Gabriel Jaime Moreno are Knights…

Jan 9, 2025 ORLANDO | Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee Year of Hope on Christmas Eve in Vatican City. Four days later, Bishop John Noonan officially inaugurated its start in the Diocese of Orlando with a procession symbolizing the pilgrimage of the people. Celebrated on the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, the bull…

Jan 9, 2025 Join Bishop John Noonan as he celebrates the Consecration to Virginity of Isabella Vella, Tuesday, Jan. 21, noon-1 p.m., at Most Precious Blood Parish, 113 Lockwood Blvd., Oviedo. Vella is the fourth woman to be consecrated to virginity in the Diocese of Orlando. A consecrated virgin is a woman who has been consecrated by the Church…

Jan 9, 2025 Comfort is something for which we all long. That word, comfort, can mean different things to different people in our secular world. For some, comfort is a soft-cushioned couch on which to sit and watch television. For others, comfort might be a new car or a windfall of money. For others, comfort might be a…