Peter Jesserer Smith

Peter Jesserer Smith is a staff reporter for the National Catholic Register. He covered Pope Francis's historic visit to the United States in 2015, and to Jerusalem and the Holy Land in 2014. He has reported on the Syrian and Iraqi refugee crisis, including from Jordan and Lebanon on an Egan Fellowship from Catholic Relief Services. Before coming on board the Register in 2013, he was a freelance writer, reporting for Catholic media outlets as the Register and Our Sunday Visitor. He is a graduate of the National Journalism Center and earned a B.A. in Philosophy at Christendom College, where he co-founded the student newspaper, The Rambler, and served as its editor. He comes originally from the Finger Lakes region of New York State.

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How Catholics Can Use the Power of Finance As a ‘Tool, Test, and Testament’ to Jesus Christ

Professor Eddy Moss of The Catholic University of America’s Busch School of Business shares how Catholics can use the power of finance to build up the Kingdom of God.

Peter Jesserer Smith Blogs December 2, 2020

Guadalupe Roastery has teamed up with Blackstripe Ventures.

Blackstripe Ventures Brings Power of Capital to Unlock Catholic Vision of the Economy

Venture development form shows how the ‘noble vocation of business,’ as Pope Francis recently stated, can help small mission-based companies make a big economic impact with human flourishing at the heart.

Peter Jesserer Smith Features November 21, 2020

Clockwise from left: A portrait of Mother Frances Cabrini, the 2019 Mother Cabrini Mass at St. Frances Xavier Chapel in Burbank, California, and a stained-glass window bearing an image of the saint at the St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine in New York attest to the enduring legacy of this beloved saint.

Mother Cabrini’s Shrines Show Legacy of Miracles, Lives Changed

From coast to coast, the shrines to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini testify to the profound love, impact and even miracles this Italian immigrant and U.S. citizen-saint known as ‘Mother Cabrini’ worked in the lives of countless Americans.

Peter Jesserer Smith Features November 13, 2020

Cardinal-designate Cornelius Sim, shown with his three priests at the 2020 chrism Mass, will be given a red hat later this month.

Brunei’s First Cardinal Has Franciscan University Connection

Bishop Cornelius Sim, his country’s first native-born priest and a 1988 graduate of the Steubenville university, discusses his selection by Pope Francis.

Peter Jesserer Smith World November 11, 2020

Forthcoming U.K. Daily Office Will ‘Resonate’ for Seekers of Jesus Christ

Divine Worship: Daily Office is the Ordinariate’s new published form of the Liturgy of the Hours.

Peter Jesserer Smith Blogs November 6, 2020

Choral Evensong is celebrated (pre-pandemic) at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas.

Divine Office is “Participation in the Priestly Office of Christ,” Says Ordinariate Bishop

“This is the liturgy of the baptismal priesthood offering this prayer for, and with, the entire Church — for and with the entire world really — for the sanctification of the world,” says Bishop Steven Lopes of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.

Peter Jesserer Smith Blogs November 4, 2020