Pope Francis said he is preparing a new document on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, set for release in September, as part of ongoing celebrations marking 350th anniversary of the first apparition of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Pope Francis...
Nate Pfenenger has made his share of “out of the box” art projects, but this may be his most complicated one yet. Nate turned 20,400 black dice into an intricate, larger-than-life-size mosaic portrait of Venerable Father Augustus Tolton. “I didn’t think it was going...
Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of U.S. Sister Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the greatest fiction writers in American literature who is best known for writing “The Scarlet Letter”. The pope signed a decree attesting to the...
In 1578, the Gregorian calendar was put into provisional use in most Catholic countries to solve the seasonal problems with the year; however, it caused a liturgical problem–what to do on Leap Year Day? The Catholic Church did not want a saint’s day occurring once...
For the first time since 2018, Ash Wednesday, which signifies the beginning of Lent, falls on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine. You might want to consider going a little heavier on the flowers on Wednesday and indulge in the chocolates on Fat Tuesday...
Since the Missouri Legislature is on Spring Break next week, there will be no MCC Weekly Update on Friday. The next MCC Weekly Update will arrive in your inbox on Friday, March 24th. As you celebrate St. Patrick's Day next week, remember that it is a Catholic feast...