Jan 16, 2025 Remembering the unborn The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops invites all Catholics to pray the 9 Days Novena for Life starting Thursday, Jan. 16. Subscribe for reminders via email or text message in English or in Spanish. The novena runs Jan. 16-24. A novena consists of prayers over nine consecutive days. This novena offers prayers…

Jan 16, 2025 ORLANDO   | Austin Adams and Josué Reyes Díaz arrived at Catholic Charities of Central Florida early on one cold morning. The line for food was already forming. Both men are seminarians for the Diocese of Orlando. Adams is a parishioner from Corpus Christi in Celebration, and before entering seminary, Adams was an accountant. There…

Jan 16, 2025 DAYTONA BEACH  | High-fiving students as they welcomed him, Bishop John Noonan celebrated Mass Jan. 15, 2025, for the Basilica School of St. Paul’s 100th anniversary. The school is the oldest in the Diocese of Orlando. Erika Wikstrom, superintendent of Catholic schools, called the celebration “a testimony to the impact of Catholic education.” [caption id="attachment_361264"…

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…