Sep 19, 2024 The word deacon (diakonia) means service — in ministry to others — and that service most often starts at home. In this three-part series, the Florida Catholic will introduce you to three diaconate families and explore how this vocation impacts lives. ORLANDO | Both brothers-in-law were away from the Church. God found them and not…

Sep 19, 2024 My Sisters and Brothers in Christ: The Psalmist on the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time declares, “The Lord upholds my life.” As we pray excerpts of Psalm 54 during the celebration of Mass, the words easily roll off our tongue. In our daily living, do we really declare this? Or is there another upon whom…

Sep 19, 2024 ORLANDO | There’s a new project in the works at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe. The celebrated pilgrimage site is preparing for the new Gospel Gardens. Staff of the basilica, Ecclesiastical Properties, and Ovation Construction joined Bishop John Noonan in breaking ground Sept. 13, 2024. Bishop Noonan also…

Sep 19, 2024 NEW SMYRNA BEACH | Sacred Heart Catholic School celebrates and instructs students on the Season of Creation that runs Sept. 1 through Oct. 4. After learning about God’s Creation, Maria Bilodeau’s Theology students designed a cardboard television through which they presented the story of Creation to Pre-K children. “By working with younger kids, students learn…

Sep 19, 2024 BARTOW | On Sept. 14 and 15, Father Eugene Grytner, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Bartow, blessed the installation of a relic of St. Faustina Kowalska. Father Grytner went to Kraków, Poland, earlier this summer to collect the relic, a piece of her religious habit. The installation dates coincided with the anniversary of…