by sjchurchadmin | Apr 16, 2015 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
The name that William Penn gave his colony’s capital city is a combination of Greek words for love: phileo and brother: adelphos, setting up the enduring nickname for Philadelphia, PA, the City of Brotherly Love. It is the place where the founding fathers of...
by sjchurchadmin | Mar 26, 2015 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
Year after year, parishes around the world take up the traditional annual Good Friday Collection for the Church in the Holy Land. The proceeds from the Collection go to the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. The Franciscans have been caring for the holy sites there...
by sjchurchadmin | Mar 20, 2015 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
continued … Prior to 1965, the Latin response: “ET cum spiritu tuo,“ which literally means “And with your spirit,” when translated into the English liturgy became “And also with you.” The translation was thought to convey the same meaning but be more straightforward....
by sjchurchadmin | Mar 12, 2015 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
On Saturday evening March 7, 2015, Pope Francis celebrated Mass at All Saints Church in Rome in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first time Mass was offered in the local vernacular language – (Italian) rather than in Latin. Pope Francis concluded his...
by sjchurchadmin | Mar 4, 2015 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
Catholics abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Fridays during Lent. Abstinence is one of Christian’s oldest traditions. According to The Catholic Source Book, “From the first century, the day of the crucifixion has been traditionally observed as a day...
by sjchurchadmin | Feb 25, 2015 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
On Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 Pope Francis walked in a solemn procession between churches on Rome’s ancient Aventine Hill, calling on Catholics to humbly remember their human limits as they began the annual 40 day penitential Lenten period leading to Easter on April...
