Aug 28, 2026 LAKELAND  |  The Resurrection Catholic School community in Lakeland gathered Aug. 19, 2026, to celebrate the generosity of administrators, current and former parish priests, and many individuals who made extensive campus renovations possible. Bishop John Noonan celebrated the school’s weekly Mass and afterwards, blessed the new buildings. Over two years ago, in May 2024, renovation…

Aug 28, 2026 ORLANDO  |  As another school year begins, students and teachers return to classrooms throughout Central Florida. Lurking in the background is a technology that has the potential to be a disruptive and destabilizing force on the modern education system: artificial intelligence. “Disarming” AI is at the center of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on…

Aug 19, 2026 ORLANDO  |  Father Sandro Jimenez is the first priest officially assigned to Las Lomas region of Orlando’s sister diocese in the Dominican Republic. His arrival to what has long been mission territory marks a new era for the people of mountains. From Aug. 2-9, 2026, the priest made his first visit to the United States…

Aug 19, 2026 POINCIANA | Almost 10 years to the day St. Rose of Lima Parish broke ground on their new church, Bishop John Noonan presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for a new parish center on the Kissimmee campus. The building will allow for social gatherings to be held, and the parish will be able to expand its…

Aug 19, 2026 My Sisters and Brothers in Christ: St. Paul marvelously speaks to the people about God with the depth of great love through, with and in God. He tells us about three divine attributes, riches, wisdom and knowledge; all within God’s realm and so difficult for us to comprehend because we think from the earth and…

Aug 19, 2026 LAKELAND | John Quirk III is the youngest of six children and the only boy. His brother-in-law was Catholic and the only exposure to the faith he had. His parents were Protestant and over time went to a few different churches. In those sanctuaries, he built a strong faith rooted in Christ, but also in…