The Dahlberg family of Coon Rapids thought their 7-year-old son would never walk again, but after receiving the sacraments of First Communion and the Anointing of the Sick in the hospital, he experienced a miraculous recovery.
Hours after first Communion, boy begins remarkable recovery
Bishops approve English, Spanish documents on lay ministry to the sick
The vote for the English version was 196-8 with two abstentions. The vote for the Spanish counterpart, “Ministerio Laico a Los Enfermos,” was 196-8 with two abstentions.
HHS ensures hospital patients have access to spiritual care amid pandemic
The Department of Health and Human Services resolved discrimination complaints over two hospitals’ refusal to let patients have access to the sacraments of baptism and the anointing of the sick during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Minnesota bishop assembles priest team for anointing COVID-19 patients
Officials at the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are assembling a team of priests to be trained for a ministry for patients sick with the coronavirus.
Massachusetts diocese designates, trains younger priests as special ministers to sick
“They … are being trained to take the proper precautions to safeguard their health and the health of those with whom they come in contact,” according to a diocesan official.
Father Kenneth Doyle: Service for the sick/Burial in national cemetery?
Q. Recently I attended a service for the sick. The priest read a passage from the Gospel and then he distributed holy Communion before anointing the […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is St. George a saint? Frequency of anointing
Q. I attended Catholic schools for 12 years, and I view that experience as a prime factor in my success in life. In 1966 when I […]