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St. Andrew in the Valley
BY Winifred CROMBIE Arias, Frescoes and An Incorrupt Saint
November 29-December 5, 2009 Issue 
It’s no
wonder that amid all the glitzy baroque settings of altars and sub-altars,
Puccini chose Sant’Andrea della Valle Church as the setting for
the first act of his opera “Tosca.” The entire
church just calls out for fanfare and a stirring aria.
Wander the labyrinth of streets
around... READ MORE
Gather by the River
BY Angelo Stagnaro Catholics and the Miracle on the Hudson
November 22-28, 2009 Issue
A trip up
the Hudson River is a voyage into Catholic America’s history. The river has
been blessed by the presence of many holy men and women who have sailed into
New York Harbor and labored upon the river’s shores. Some of them are
recognized by the Church, while the holiness of millions of... READ MORE
Living the Joy of the Liturgy
BY SUE ELLIN BROWDER Small Eastern-Rite Church Has Relic of the True Cross
November 15-21, 2009 Issue
Hidden away
in the Yokayo Valley of northern California, St. Peter Eastern Catholic Mission
offers nothing to attract the worldly eye. There’s a small parking lot, a field
of weeds, and a nondescript white-stucco building that could use a fresh coat
of paint. The only outward sign to mark the... READ MORE
‘All Things Catholic’
BY Annemarie Muth St. Martin of Tours Started Its Revival in the Early Days After Vatican II
November 8-14, 2009 Issue
St. Martin of
Tours Catholic Church of Louisville, Ky., offers so much in terms of historical
significance, an orthodox faith community, and sheer physical beauty. My friend
Sue said it best, shortly after my husband, Ken, and I moved to the parish:
“This is the center of all things... READ MORE
Polish Treasure
BY Angelo Stagnaro Black Madonna Points to Her Son at Jasna Góra Monastery
November 1-7, 2009 Issue
There were very few stops on my pilgrimage more
anticipated than seeing the Black Madonna of Czestochowa (Polish: Matka Boska
Czestochowska).
Legend
attributes the icon to St. Luke the Evangelist, who supposedly painted it on a
plank of cypress wood from a table top from the house of the Holy... READ MORE
The Actors’ Chapel
BY Angelo Stagnaro St. Malachy’s Serves the Theatre District Near Times Square
October 25-31, 2009 Issue
There aren’t
many churches in Christendom where the person sitting next to you is likely a
star of stage, screen or television.
St. Malachy’s Church, located on
49th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, founded in 1902, is a little
jewel box of a church and an essential and important... READ MORE
God’s Country
BY F. Douglas Kneibert Mountains Are a Place to Feel a Touch of the Divine
October 18-24, 2009 Issue
If you want
to get close to God, you can’t beat the mountains.What is it about mountains
that seem to connect us with the divine? For one thing, they reach to the
heavens. We admire their rugged beauty and massive size, but there is also an
air of mystery and fear associated with them.
In the... READ MORE
Hudson Highland
BY Angelo Stagnaro Most Holy Trinity Catholic Chapel at the U.S. Military Academy
October 11-17, 2009 Issue
Ever since
Henry Hudson discovered the river that bears his name 400 years ago, the Hudson
has generally been a peaceful stream.
Not so during the Revolutionary War.
If the British had gained control of the Hudson, the Americans might have lost
a vital means to transport troops and supplies —... READ MORE
Port of Call
BY Melanie Radzicki McManus Holy Rosary Cathedral May Look Ordinary, but It Holds Treasures
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
Slowly but steadily, the weathered Gothic cathedral
on the corner of Richards and Dunsmuir Streets began to fill.
People
— mainly tourists — initially stopped in for a quick prayer or to take photos.
Vancouver is a large cruise ship port, with nearly 1 million passengers sailing
from its... READ MORE
The Russians Are Here
BY Angelo Stagnaro St. Michael’s Russian Catholic Chapel Preserves Ancient Traditions
September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue
At the
junctures of Manhattan’s Little Italy, Chinatown and Soho is a tiny jewel box
of a chapel that many people would mistake for an Orthodox church.
In actuality, St. Michael’s Russian
Catholic Chapel is a community very much in union with Rome.
Named for one of the three
archangels whose... READ MORE
Planned and Unplanned Visits
BY Angelo Stagnaro Pope Will Honor the Infant of Prague in the Church of Our Lady Victorious
September 20-26, 2009 Issue
Whenever I
visit the homes of Catholics with a devotion to the Infant of Prague, my
thoughts go back to my sainted grandmother.
She had a great devotion to the
Infant of Prague and spent many hours sewing and embroidering beautiful gowns
for the statue in her bedroom.
“The more you honor me,... READ MORE
Sorrowful Mother, Joyful Children
BY Father Matthew Gamber, S.J. Shrine Basilica Has Been Place of Refuge for 135 Years
September 13-19, 2009 Issue
When I told
my father that I was going to visit and write about the Basilica of Our Lady of
Sorrows on Chicago’s West Side, he told me about his aunt Esther.
Every Friday during World War II the
devout Catholic mother took a street car, commuter train and two buses from the
suburbs to the city to... READ MORE
An American Pilgrimage
BY Thomas Lombardi Remembering a Catholic Hero of 9/11
September 6-12, 2009 Issue
Somerset
County, Pa., literally crashed into world history on Sept. 11, 2001. On that
memorable day, Muslim jihadists flew four commercial aircraft into American
targets. United Airlines Flight 93, scheduled to travel from Newark, N.J., to
San Francisco, crashed into a farming community near the... READ MORE
Oxford Movement
BY Joanna Bogle Soon-to-be-Beatified Newman Dreamed of an Oratory in This University Town
August 23-September 5, 2009 Issue
It had always
been John Henry Newman’s dream to establish an oratory in Oxford. The
Oratorians are a religious order founded by St. Philip Neri in Rome in the 16th
century; the order was established in Britain by Newman in the 19th century.
When he became a Catholic in 1845,
Newman was living in... READ MORE
North Country Glory
BY Joseph Albino Assumption Church Is Oldest Conventual Franciscan Church in U.S.
August 9-22, 2009 Issue
Assumption Church, on the north side of Syracuse,
N.Y., is the foundation church of the Conventual Franciscan Friars in the
United States.
The
roots of the parish date to 1843, when 24 German-speaking Catholic families
settled in central New York.
A
German-speaking rector of a seminary in northern... READ MORE
St. Anne’s Summer Place
BY John M. Grondelski Shrine on Lake Champlain Convergence of Canadian and American History
July 26-August 8, 2009 Issue
The breezes
of a late summer afternoon blew across Lake Champlain as I drove to the Shrine
of St. Anne, nestled on Isle la Motte in the far northwestern corner of
Vermont. The Canadian border lies maybe 10 miles away. On that particular day,
the handful of pilgrims blended with the summer tourists... READ MORE
Place of Light
BY Joseph Albino Shrine of St. Odilia Offers Healing for the Blind and Afflicted
July 12-25, 2009 Issue
While
visiting Voyageurs National Park in the northern part of Minnesota, I made it a
point on the way to visit the Shrine of St. Odilia in Onamia, Minn.
The
shrine is run by the Crosier Fathers. Several members of the order settled in
the Onamia area after traveling from Holland in 1910 with a... READ MORE
Heart of the Church
BY Barbara Coeyman Hults St. Peter in Words and Stone
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue
One warm
summer day many years ago, I saw St. Peter’s and its piazza for the first time.
I was, of course, overwhelmed at its grandeur and enormity.
Yet something was not right. Where
was Peter in all this? I knew he was the first pope, but how did that relate to
this vast complex of columns and... READ MORE
Stolen and Recovered
BY Joseph Albino Place of Devotion: After Being Stolen and Hidden, the Icon of Perpetual Help Rests in a Redemptorist Church
June 21-27, 2009 Issue
According to
legend, a Roman merchant of the late 15th century who traded on the island of
Crete stole a miraculous icon from one of the churches there and brought it
back to his home.
On his deathbed, the merchant gave
the icon to a friend and asked him to donate it to a local church. However,... READ MORE
Merciful Heart
BY Angelo Stagnaro The Basilica of Sacré-Coeur Towers Over the Site of Martyrdom
June 14-20, 2009 Issue
When God
comes to earth again, I believe he would, in a spare moment, rest with us on
the steps of Sacré-Coeur Basilica. And
there, together, we would look out upon Paris, and we would come to know the
depth of his love for us.
It took a few minutes to climb the
steep steps up Montmartre... READ MORE
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