First Century March 19 The husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the legal father of Jesus according to Jewish law, Joseph is a model […]
Joseph
Father Kenneth Doyle: Origin of Hail Mary/ Religious marriage, but not civil?
Q. I have been wondering about the origin of the Hail Mary prayer. I realize that the first part is from the Scriptures, when Mary is […]
Cyril of Jerusalem
c. 315-386 Feast Date March 18 Cyril lived when the Arian heresy was roiling Christianity. Raised and educated in Jerusalem, he was ordained by St. Maximus […]
Louise de Marillac
1590-1660 March 15 Born in Auvergne, France, Louise married an official of the royal court, Antoine Le Gras. Following his death in 1625, and despite strained […]
Sunday Scripture readings: March 19, 2017
First reading: Exodus 17:3-7; Second reading: Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; Gospel: John 4:5-42
Clement Mary Hofbauer
1751-1820 March 15 A baker, Czech-born Johannes Hofbauer, after a period of solitary living and wandering between Rome and Vienna, established the Redemptorists north of the […]
Q&A about celibacy, chastity, promises and vows
Father Michael Fuller, executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, to explain the difference between celibacy and chastity, a promise and a vow.
Father Kenneth Doyle: Meaning of ‘world without end’/ Free to marry?
Q. I enjoy reading your column in our archdiocesan newspaper, The Criterion, and I am hoping that you can help with something I have always wondered […]