Focus on Faith

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first U.S. citizen to be canonized, is a role model to all who face adversity.

“St. Luke, or Luke the Evangelist, was the most prolific of the Gospel writers. Both the Gospel of Luke (the longest Gospel) and the Acts of the Apostles are attributed to his authorship.”

“At the core of the Eucharist is the sacrifice of Christ. The Revival reminds us that sacrifice is also the pattern of our discipleship.”

Neat rows of 220 white crosses, decorated with bright candles and beautiful flowers and bearing the names of deceased loved ones, are the focal point for the All Souls’ novena at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Vancouver.

Father Daniel Groody, who has been a consultant on migration matters for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that to look at the history of the early church is to see the foundations of the church “as fundamentally migrant.”

The goal has been to see Father Baker canonized on the 100th anniversary of the beginning of construction on the Basilica of Our Lady of Victory in Lackawanna, or even the 100th anniversary of its consecration in 2026.

In the preface to the five-part series, he said his purpose was to “re-present the Catholic Church’s understanding of the Holy Eucharist as the Lord Jesus Christ’s own Body and Blood.”

Although the idea of praying the rosary might be daunting for some, Dominican Father Lawrence Lew, the general promoter of the rosary for the Dominicans, said it doesn’t have to be.