Nov 21, 2025 Editor's Note: The following ins the first in a three-part series on youth programs. MERRITT ISLAND  |  Divine Mercy Parish is seeking to help girls grow in faith and build strong friendships and identities in Christ through Sisters of Strength. The program began in September and is making an impact. Parishioner Angela Becker has a…

Nov 21, 2025 ORLANDO  |  Most of them have been taking Irish dance classes since they were 5. Motivated by their Irish heritage and dance teacher, four students at Bishop Moore Catholic High School established an Irish Culture Club with the intention of sharing traditions and faith. Natalie, Emma, Abigail, and Amelia discussed the club for a long…

Nov 21, 2025 WINTER HAVEN  |  After 24 years in the public school system, Jennifer Insua returned to her alma mater of St. Joseph Catholic School  as a teacher and now, principal. Accompanying her on staff are four other alumni who credit the school’s “family atmosphere” and Catholic values as their reason for returning. “I believe our alumni…

Nov 14, 2025 ORLANDO  |  Joseph Mukiibi recalls the first visit of Blessed Trinity Parish missionaries to his small town of Nalweyo in Uganda 21 years ago. He was just a boy. To him, the missionaries from Ocala were tall and joyful. They carried Polaroid cameras, and he remembered stretching to grab the photo emerging from the oddly shaped…

Nov 14, 2025 Beloved Sisters and Brothers in Christ: For whom do you hang your heart? The Scriptures presented to us this 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time may be difficult to hear. The prophets, disciples, and Jesus exhort us in our seeking to stay on God’s path, are called to give the people with whom we meet knowledge…

Nov 14, 2025 ORLANDO | Every five years, Korean community of St. Ignatius Kim Parish in Orlando welcomes a new priest from their homeland. Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, Bishop John Noonan joined the community in bidding a fond farewell to Father Aventinus Han, Deog Su and welcomed Father Petrus Kim, Myung Sub. “Father Han always emphasized the importance…

Nov 14, 2025 ORLANDO  |  Judges and lawyers from around the diocese renewed their oath during the annual Red Mass, celebrated Nov. 7, 2025, at St. James Cathedral. A small group of students from All Souls Catholic School also showed up excited to meet the men and women who help enforce the law across Central Florida. These students…