An amazing life, to be sure. Details: The oldest Catholic priest in Tennessee passed away on Monday. Monsignor George Rohling died at the age of 97. Rohling was a priest for 71 years in the Diocese of Nashville, ministered at six local parishes, taught at Father Ryan High School and served as a chaplain at…

The esteemed Fr. Robert Barron is about to stake his claim on that title, doing what no priest has done since Sheen: he’ll launch his own national TV show on a commercial network. From the press release: In a bold move to reach Catholics and those searching for Christ in their lives, Father Robert Barron…

From Pennsylvania comes this story of a group of nuns who have made a thriving ministry from the good earth: Standing in a field of cherry-red maize and ripening pumpkins, John Moreira spotted a large insect flying amid the cornstalks. “See the praying mantis?” said Mr. Moreira, director of land management at Villa Maria, the…

Des Moines welcomed 13 new deacons last month — and the Des Moines Register offers a profile of one of them: For years, Steve Udelhofen felt a calling into ministry. Steve and his wife, Myrna, started a journey nearly five years ago toward him becoming a deacon for the Catholic Diocese of Des Moines. “It’s…

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