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Peter Jesserer Smith

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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Acolytes play a large role in Sunday Mass at Mount Calvary Catholic Church in Baltimore, Md.

Lay Ministries: Acolytes, Lectors, and Catechists, Oh My!

Pope Francis’ recent changes in canon law to the lay ministries of acolyte, lector and catechist are aimed at empowering a missionary Church at the parish level.

Peter Jesserer Smith News June 7, 2021

Top row: L to R: Venerable Henriette DeLille, Venerable Augustus Tolton and Servant of God Julia Greeley
Bottom row: L to R: Venerable Pierre Toussaint, Servant of God Mary Lange and Servant of God Thea Bowman

Black Catholics See Continued Progress on the Road to Canonization for ‘Saintly Six’

The COVID-19 pandemic put a slowdown on the causes of men and women who are poised to become the United States’ first African American saints and have much to offer the universal Church about faithfully following Jesus Christ.

Peter Jesserer Smith Features May 27, 2021

Georgetown University (L), Frank Campbell, one of the slaves sold in 1838, pictured c.1900 (R).

Georgetown and Descendants of Enslaved Black Catholics Progress in Racial Reconciliation

Descendants of Black Catholics sold by the Jesuits in 1838, and Georgetown University officials, are charting a new course for how to heal the enduring wounds caused in the U.S. by slavery and racism.

Peter Jesserer Smith Nation May 21, 2021

Eucharistic procession at St. Charles Catholic Church.

As Pentecost Nears, Catholics Come Home to Sunday Mass

Personal invitation, a strong sense of community and intentional discipleship seen as key in parishes that have brought people back to Sunday Mass.

Peter Jesserer Smith Features May 16, 2021

Jean Assaf, an 80-year-old retired police officer who earns a monthly pension worth around $180, down from $1,400 before the crisis, looks at an old photo album at his home in Beirut’s Mar Mikhael district on March 24. Lebanon is in the grips of its worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war, with more than half of its population living in poverty.

Pope Francis Urges Action to Save Lebanon

The country St. John Paul II said was a message to humanity, is ‘weeks to several months’ away from total collapse, unless the international community can save it.

Peter Jesserer Smith World May 7, 2021

Bishop Thomas Paprocki offers insights that running has imparted to him over the years that benefit the spiritual life in his new book.

Take Up Thy Sneakers and Run: Bishop Paprocki’s 8 Steps to Spiritual and Physical Fitness

BOOK INTERVIEW: New book, ‘Running for a Higher Purpose,’ gives wisdom in ‘running the race’ for Catholics.

Peter Jesserer Smith Interviews April 20, 2021

Father Sinisa Ubiparipovic leads Mass and adoration with students from the Archdiocese of Boston during the March for Life 2020. Father Sinisa will be involved in the Lumen Verum Academy opening this fall.

New Catholic Classical Education Schools Advance as Pandemic Recedes

New in-person, hybrid and online schools in the Church’s tradition of the liberal arts and sciences are set to launch.

Peter Jesserer Smith Nation April 9, 2021

Archbishop Jean-Clement Jeanbart of Aleppo, Syria, says, despite the hardships his people have experienced, they remain rooted in Christ: ‘Jesus is love. Jesus is charity.’

Aleppo Archbishop: Why I Hope in Christ After 10 Easters of War in Syria

Syria has marked the 10th anniversary of a war that has devastated and impoverished the country and its indigenous Christian population.

Peter Jesserer Smith Interviews April 3, 2021

St. John the Baptist and St. Joseph parishes took the opportunity to actively engage in faith outreach amid the pandemic.

Putting Christ First: How 1 Catholic Parish Found the Secret to Thrive Amid COVID-19 With ‘JOY’

A parish collaborative known for its welcome and faithful Catholic teaching transformed its whole future with a movement to put Jesus Christ first.

Peter Jesserer Smith Features March 25, 2021

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson sits in his office with a picture of Blessed Michael McGivney behind him.

Former Knights of Columbus Chief Sees Two Decades as Living Call of Discipleship

Former Supreme Knight Carl Anderson reflects on his 21 years leading the Knights of Columbus.

Peter Jesserer Smith Interviews March 24, 2021

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