Two women who were “ordained” last month had their first “mass” last weekend. The Kansas City Star has details: Rose Marie Hudson and Elsie McGrath were ordained Nov. 11 by a bishop of the Roman Catholic Womenpriests group, in defiance of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Hudson and McGrath con-celebrated a late afternoon Mass on…

The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe doesn’t happen until next week (December 12), but the Los Angeles Times has laid the groundwork with an interesting piece on how this particular vision of Our Lady is now being seen and celebrated far beyond the barrio: The Virgin of Guadalupe — the beloved brown-skinned image of…

In Great Britain, they’ve found a novel way to use 21st century technology in the service of a 1st century message: ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ is likely to become the most favoured carol in Catholic parishes up and down the country this Christmas. For the first time in England and Wales, hundreds of thousands…

What’s it like to be a seminarian today? This piece from a paper in Salt Lake City profiles one seminarian — who, it turns out, is the son of a deacon: “Whether you’re new or almost finished with your seminary education, you’re always very sensitive to the feeling, the question: ‘Am I supposed to be…

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