Aug 26, 2025 OCALA | A young girl in her early 20s, Brittney Lavan is the youngest member of the Passport to Success program offered to those in prison desiring to reacclimate when they get out. The program offers spiritual, emotional, and practical help and follows up with participants after their release, providing resources to assist them. Lavan…

Aug 26, 2025 ORLANDO | Her motto, frequently spoken to inspire others is “to work is to pray.” For 64 years, Rita Billingsley, a parishioner of Ascension Parish in Melbourne, has worked and prayed tirelessly for and with women, priests and bishops of the Council of Catholic Women and through, with and for the Church. Billingsley was recognized…

Aug 26, 2025 SANFORD | Franklin Welch is a Navy veteran. Committed and loyal, he took care of his mother until she passed. Battling his own lymphatic cancer, he underwent chemotherapy and nearly died. “I say I’m 7 years old because it was seven years ago. I started over, seriously, from the bone marrow out,” he recalled. A…

Aug 21, 2025 Interested in the Order of Deacons? Join us for our Discernment Nights by clicking here.  ORLANDO  |  Many Catholic deacons have this common experience: As they greet people after Sunday Mass, a congregant might smile and wave as they call out, “Thank you, Father.” A new deacon might try to correct them saying, “I’m a…

Aug 21, 2025 Beloved Sisters and Brothers in Christ, As I write this, I know you will read it close to the date of my 20th episcopal anniversary, Aug. 24, 2005. God blesses me with each one of you and all the people whom I have been called to serve in His name. I praise Him for the…

Aug 21, 2025 WINTER PARK  |  Paulina Toledo is a loving mom, wife and pro-life advocate. She is mother to four children, two in heaven. “I think when you’re given the gift of being a mom, especially after experiencing two miscarriages, you know when you’re given the gift of life and you fervently want to protect it and…