Nov 2, 2023 ORLANDO | Calling all young men who feel called by Christ. There’s a new plan to prepare you for priesthood and it starts with “pre-seminary” — one year, no degree-seeking, just you, God and other disciples working together to discern your vocation. The thrust for change comes from the response of the U.S. Conference of…

Nov 2, 2023 WINTER PARK | Four new sisters are welcomed to the Diocese of Orlando as diocesan religious celebrate their friendships at the Sisters Jubilee Mass and luncheon at San Pedro Spiritual Development Center, Oct. 28. Three sisters of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel traveled to Orlando from California. Sister Ranit Nellissery, the congregation’s superior,…

Nov 2, 2023 My Sisters and Brothers in Christ, In the papal encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis joyfully shares, “Let us dream, then, as a single human family, as fellow travelers sharing the same flesh, as children of the same earth which is our common home, each of us bring the richness of his or her beliefs and…

Nov 2, 2023 WINTER PARK | November begins with days specifically remembering the dead. But how are All Saints, All Souls and Cemetery Sunday connected? One could unite them with just one word, heaven. The Solemnity of All Saints (Nov. 1) celebrates the saints who are already in heaven. It is a holy day of obligation when Christians…