Jun 5, 2025 WINTER PARK  |  Queen of Angels Cemetery is celebrating its fifth anniversary as the first diocesan cemetery in the Diocese of Orlando as Mary’s open arms continue to welcome the faithful. In Phase II of the cemetery, four new Marian gardens are marked by beautiful bronze statues of the Blessed Mother: Our Lady of La Vang,…

Jun 5, 2025 KISSIMMEE  |  It is the third Saturday of the month and a small community of Africans, Haitians, and people of other cultures gather for the monthly African Community Mass. With its lively music, tapping of drums and array of colorful clothing, many find refuge and rejoice in maintaining traditions and culture in the way they honor…

May 30, 2025 Editor’s note: The following is part two of a two-part series on graduates. LAKELAND  |  Two Santa Fe Catholic High School graduates, Violet Hammen and David “D.J.” Flores, share how their families’ strong faith has infused them with love for the Lord. Hammen grew up in a devout family. She recalled from an early age being…

May 30, 2025 My Sisters and Brothers in Christ, As Jesus appears to the disciples after His Resurrection, He offers Peace to each one. This Peace is not an earthly peace, one in which two people “shake hands upon an agreement” or resolve a difference. The Peace which Jesus offers is salvific. It is the offering of the…

May 30, 2025 ORLANDO  |  Father William Burns received his chalice as a gift from longtime friends Deacon Ron and Ann L’Huillier, in honor of his late mother, Lorraine. On a visit to the seminary his daughter, Sarah, accompanied him to a silversmith in the nearby town in Massachusetts where his mother had lived. [caption id="attachment_362780" align="alignleft" width="200"] Father…

May 30, 2025 ORLANDO  |  As Bishop John Noonan ordained Fathers John Triolo and William Burns, he reflected on the unique time in which the men begin their priesthood — in the wake of a newly elected Pope, during the season of Easter, and in the Jubilee Year of Hope. He told the men it is a unique…