Oct 22, 2025 WINTER HAVEN  |  What started as the desire for a peaceful place for parishioners to pray at St. Matthew Parish, Winter Haven, is now a certified St. Kateri Habitat, bearing fruit, vegetables, and flourishing with native plants, butterflies, bees, and birds. Two years ago, parish business operations manager Susan Simonson and groundskeeper Bill Ball had…

Oct 22, 2025 ORLANDO  |  The St. Gabriel Call Center at Catholic Charities of Central Florida receives approximately 150 calls for assistance per day for family stability program support. There is not enough time to answer all of them, but two volunteers try and accompany clients as best as possible, with love, compassion, patience, and prayer. Three days…

Oct 22, 2025 ORLANDO  |  The ministry carried out by the Tribunal of the Diocese of Orlando recently closed a generational cycle with the retirements of Father J. Fernando Gil, JCD, judicial vicar, Father Joseph Bellerive, adjutant judicial vicar, and Diana Anderson, tribunal manager. Retiring from one of the busiest tribunals in the country, together they leave a…