2021-09-9


A family’s sacrifice for Mary and Jesus

Sep 9, 2021 ORLANDO | This is a cloistered year for Sister Grace Kupiszewski. She will not see her family for two years. She will miss her first nephew’s Baptism. She will miss the wedding of a close cousin. It is unlikely she will spend her annual family vacation with relatives in the usual place again. She misses…

LeFils and Bonner receive national awards

Sep 9, 2021 ARLINGTON, VA | Two Orlando Diocese Council of Catholic Women (ODCCW), Winkie LeFils and Kathy Bonner, received the National Council of Catholic Women’s highest award, that of Our Lady of Good Council. The award “recognizes significant and outstanding contributions made by a council woman in the areas of service to the Church, the Council of…

U.S. Missionaries of Mercy gather

Sep 9, 2021 INDIANA | Thirty-four U.S. Missionaries of Mercy gathered in fellowship Aug. 30 through Sept. 2 at Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana. Bishop Franz-Peter Tebart van Elst from the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization in Rome spoke to them and renewed their mandate, issued six years ago by Pope Francis. The missionaries meet in…

Let’s play ball

Sep 9, 2021 DAYTONA BEACH| Excitement was in the air at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach September 2.  Families, students, teachers, administrators, and friends from Volusia County Catholic Schools filled the stadium for Catholic Schools Night.  The Daytona Tortugas played the Fort Meyers Mighty Mussels. The game was kicked off at home plate by Volusia County schools’…