Jun 17, 2026 MELBOURNE | Msgr. Martin B. Power Council 14573 from Ascension Parish in Melbourne won the Division 3 Council of the Year Award at the 2025-2026 Knights of Columbus Florida State Convention last month. It was “so fulfilling and so unexpected,” said SK Rich Passarella, Grand Knight of Council 14573. “I heard my Council number announced,…

Jun 17, 2026 ORLANDO | As the nation awaited the consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, many preparations were going on in the background. Essential to the historic event was Eucharistic Adoration and an image of Jesus. Enter the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The bishops…

Jun 17, 2026 My Sisters and Brothers in Christ: May grace and peace be yours in abundance through knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. We pray and sing, God is love. In this we rejoice mightily for His love is matchless and never ending. Pope Francis’ fourth Encyclical, Dilexit nos, begins with “‘He loved us,’ Saint…

Jun 17, 2026 ORLANDO | Despite the rain and hunt for parking, parishioners of the Diocese of Orlando showed up to surrender their lives to Jesus’s Sacred Heart, June 12, 2026. The fiat of those in the packed St. James Cathedral joined the voices of those watching via livestream, as the words of consecration were proclaimed. “O Most…

Jun 11, 2026 ORLANDO  |  On June 3, 2026, the Mercy Fund presented Bishop John Noonan and Catholic Charities of Central Florida with a check for $10,000 to replenish the food supply at Agape Mission Market at Holy Spirit Parish in Lake Wales. Juan Vega, CCCF food ministry director, wrote to Deacon Gary Tester, CCCF president, in gratitude…

Jun 11, 2026 DAYTONA BEACH  |  Young adults are flocking to Damascus Nights at the Basilica of St. Paul in Daytona Beach, building relationships with each other and the Lord. Maria Flores began her role as Catechetical Leader at the parish in August 2025, shortly after obtaining her master’s degree from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. When Flores…

Jun 11, 2026 DAYTONA BEACH  |  Father Kenneth Gill, rector of the Basilica of St. Paul in Daytona Beach, led hundreds of parishioners in a procession honoring the Real Presence of Jesus Christ, June 7, 2026. Father Gill said, “We do it to share with the community our joy in knowing God’s love for us through the presence…

Jun 11, 2026 ORLANDO  |  There is a brotherhood in the diaconate, a shared love of Christ and one another. “The brotherhood has really been something that has been very special for each and every one of us. Not just the men, but also the women,” said newly ordained Deacon Olman Hernández. “It has been a journey on which…