An eight-week summer service program, part of the order’s summer service program, is designed to help men preparing for the priesthood to explore the connection that people have with the land.

The rosary walk at a new shrine to be built in the Gallup Diocese to honor St. Kateri Tekakwitha “will imitate” the life and example of the Native American saint, popularly known as the “Lily of the Mohawks,” said Bishop James S. Wall of Gallup, New Mexico.

A testament to the great Notre-Dame de Paris, “The Girl and the Cathedral” is a beautiful retelling of the history of the “greatest flower of Paris” and the “garden of people” who grew around it.

Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, is a place of prayer, conversion and pilgrimage for millions of people, but the church must be prudent and not rush to any judgment on the alleged Marian apparitions there, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization.

Better catechesis and reintroducing devotions like processions and adoration could help to foster love and reverence for the Eucharist.

The thing we lose with a diminished attention to holy days is not the opportunity to pray. It is the fact that we don’t all consecrate the day and celebrate together.

Based on the 2012 best-seller by Maria Semple, “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” (Annapurna) tells the story of Bernadette Fox (Cate Blanchett), a fantastic mother but an otherwise abominable human being who disappears from her home after an intervention.

Abundant charm and an insightful depiction of the ups and downs of both friendship and family life make “Blinded by the Light” (Warner Bros.) — writer-director Gurinder Chadha’s touching fact-based mix of drama and comedy — a winner.