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…
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…
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.
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….
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…
The Catholic Catechism teaches about three states of the Church (N. 954): “When the Lord comes in glory and all his angels with him, death will be no more and all things will be subject to him. But at the present time some of his disciples are pilgrims on earth. Others have died and are…
Saint Francis de Sales in his book, Introduction to the Devout Life, states that the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost was not an isolated event in the life of the Church. According to Saint Francis de Sales, the Holy Spirit continually sanctifies the Church as well as each of her…
Join HRC Young Adults for a series of videos followed by small group discussion on love, dating and marriage. We will be diving into the beautiful teachings of the Catholic Church on God’s plan for human love. With engaging talks (videos) from great Catholic speakers like Jason Evert, Jackie & Bobby Angel and excerpts from…
The 2018 Adult confirmation will take place on June 24 at 12:30 pm at the Cathedral. If you are a baptized adult who has not yet received the Sacrament of Confirmation and are ready to be confirmed, please visit click here to learn more about documentation required for Confirmation as well as the dates for the 3 mandatory…
The memorial of St. Joseph the Worker has been celebrated liturgically since 1955 on May 1st. Partly, it is a prayer filled response to the May Day communist extravaganzas about the totalitarian State and its attitude towards workers. But there is wonderful theology present too in this memorial about the meaning of human work in…