Mar 20, 2025 MELBOURNE  |  Ascension Catholic School students embarked on a journey beyond the classroom and into the cosmos during the school’s second annual Space Day, March 13. This year’s theme, Wonder and Awe, sought to spark curiosity, deepen scientific understanding, and reinforce that faith and science are not conflicting ideas but rather merge and blend and…

Mar 20, 2025 Like a flame our hope is burning. This Lenten season we join as pilgrims of hope. We are called to know, love and serve God by our thought, word and deed so that He is remembered through all generations. We utter His name that a light is found in our home, a dwelling place for…

Mar 20, 2025 ORLANDO  |  As we continue our journey of accompaniment with the Elect, we note they have entered the Period of Purification and Enlightenment. Up until now, you may have noticed they are dismissed after the readings and homily. On the third Sunday of Lent, March 23, they celebrate the First Scrutiny. There will be a…

Mar 14, 2025 WINTER PARK | During Ramadan, Muslims believe their fasting is a time of blessing. That is the wish expressed when they greet each other with the words Ramadan Mubarak. At the recent Iftar (sundown) dinner hosted by St. Margaret Mary Parish in Winter Park, Christians and Muslims exchanged similar wishes. They also celebrated their mutual…

Mar 14, 2025 ORLANDO | For those journeying to Catholicism, the road is dotted with significant landmark moments we call rites. They mark notable transitions in the path. The first one inquirers experience in the Order of Catholic Initiation of Adults (OCIA – formerly called RCIA) is the Rite of Acceptance where they become known as catechumens. Almost…

Mar 14, 2025 ORLANDO | The diocese made history March 9, 2025, as more than 800 people were chosen as "Elect". The Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe could not hold all the families and sponsors at once so two celebrations of the rite took place. [caption id="attachment_361915" align="alignright" width="300"] The Rite of…