Today we live in a world that tends to idolize science. This is especially true in our post Covid-19 world. In this context many have seen the Church and people of faith to stand against science, or at the very least to be opposed to reason. Nothing could be further from the truth: the history…
The Bible and Bach: Perspectives on the Passion
Join us as prepare for Holy Week by meditating with Father Nicholas Meisl on the Passion accounts in the Gospels of Saint Matthew and Saint John: this evening explores these complimentary texts through a combination of biblical reflections and selections from the Passions of St. John and St. Matthew of Johann Sebastian Bach performed by the…
RCIA begins September 21
God calls individuals to live the Good News of Jesus Christ and to become his disciples as members of the Catholic Church. If you want to learn about the Catholic faith and to become Catholic, we are here to accompany you through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). Our introduction session starts on…
HRC Bible Study – Exodus
Our 10-session Bible Study on the Book of Exodus will start on Thursday, September 23, 7:30 PM. Please email deacon@holyrosarycathedral.org to register. A payment of $30 is required to cover the cost of printed material and online access to Ascension Press
Eucharistic Devotion
Jesus does not abandon us. Before His Ascension Christ told His Apostles to go and “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit… and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Mt. 28, 19 – 20)….
Prayer and Fasting
In the Catholic Church calendar, we remember St. Monica on August 27 and St. Augustine of Hippo on August 28. They both lived in the 4th Century in Northern Africa and Italy. St Monica is the patron saint of mothers. She had a great influence on people in her life: through her prayers and humble…
The Meaning of Baptism
Leon Bloy once wrote, “The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.” The vocation to become a saint is the vocation of each baptized person, therefore it is a vocation for all of us who have been baptized. This Sunday we celebrate the…
Solemn Vespers and Te Deum for New Year
Join us on Monday December 31st, at 6 pm when we will have Solemn Vespers for the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God and to give thanks for the Year of Our Lord 2018. We will also chant the ‘Te Deum’ to give thanks for 2018. There is a plenary indulgence.
Is Christ our King?
On this Solemnity of Christ the King, it is good to ponder the origin of this celebration. It is quite recent in the Church liturgical calendar. Consider the world in 1925. There was atheistic Communism in Russia, Fascism in Italy, and soon to be Nazism in Germany. North America was heading toward the Great Depression….
Why Purgatory?
The Catholic Church presents to us in November the themes of death, judgement, heaven and hell. This is done to both encourage and challenge us in our faith journey. From Scripture and the Catholic Catechism, we can get an idea of what happens after death. The staff from Catholic Answers wrote the following article in…