315 years of religious service recognized

ORLANDO  |  The Diocese of Orlando recognizes five religious sisters as they celebrate their jubilee anniversaries. Since they arrived in the diocese to present day, they bring a diversity of gifts from education to serving immigrants and caring for the …

Parish collaboration helps mothers

KISSIMMEE | Catholics from three local parishes are teaming up to embrace mothers in need. The team dedicated to life and love can be found at Holy Redeemer, Kissimmee among a donation pile of formula, diapers and more. This is …

Archangels provide strength, healing, grace

ORLANDO | Police, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics and other first responders gathered at St. James Cathedral for a standing-room-only Blue Mass. The Mass traditionally recognizes first responders on the feast day of the archangels, Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.…

St. Michael inspires men to deeper faith

ROCKLEDGE | Three new fraternities at St. Mary Parish in Rockledge began the journey through St. Michael’s Lent, offered through Exodus 90, a program designed to lead men to grow spiritually through practices of prayer, asceticism, and fraternity.

St. Michael’s …

St. John the Evangelist celebrates 25 years

VIERA  |  It was standing room only in the Brevard County Commissioners’ chambers Sept. 11, 2001. That’s when St. John the Evangelist Parish celebrated its first Mass to meet the needs of Catholics in the new, burgeoning community of Viera.

Young saints inspire local Church

ORLANDO | On Sept. 7, Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonized saints in the Catholic church. The two men, who died in their youth, continue to profoundly impact both young and old in the Church.…

Permanent deacon: A cleric who leads a lay life

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ORLANDO  |  Many Catholic deacons have this common experience: As they greet people after Sunday Mass, a congregant might smile and wave as they

New principals at 2 local Catholic schools

ORLANDO | The Diocese of Orlando welcomes two new principals: Kristen Hall, who will take the helm at St. Anthony School in Lakeland and Misty Merritt, who will lead Annunciation Academy in Altamonte Springs.

Hall had spent the past three …

Assignment teaches seminarian how to be a priest

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ORLANDO | Imagine being invited to dinner and offered a smorgasbord of delicacies to tantalize your palate. That’s how seminarian Josué Reyes Díaz describes his summer assignment at …