VEYM LEAGUE OF CHAPTERS
Kateri Link to today’s readings: Daily Bible Reading – April 8, 2025 | USCCB Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent Lectionary: 252 Reading 1 Numbers 21:4-9 From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road,to bypass the land of Edom.But with their patience worn out by the journey,the people complained against … Read moreCatholic Daily Reading – Tuesday April 8, 2025
StephanieRPereiraJudge Frank Caprio served for decades as Chief Municipal Judge in Providence, Rhode Island. Caprio, a Catholic, was a judge for 40 years, primarily working in Providence Municipal Court and now will be speaking at his alma mater. Read More
It would seem so, if some of the higher prelates have anything to do with it. More than a few of them, at the beginning of Lent, urged us to imitate our “Muslim brothers” as they undergo their Ramadan fasts. Us imitate them? The Catholic Church had been exercising the rigorous disciplines of Lent for … Read moreShould Ramadan Replace Lent?
The Lord said to Moses, “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart; you shall teach them diligently to your children” (Deuteronomy 6:6-7). And in every generation since, it has challenged adults to involve and inspire their children in the Faith. As kids eat Cheerios in church, skip catechism class, … Read moreTeach the Children: The King of Kings
Reading 1 Numbers 21:4-9 From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road, to bypass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there … Read moreTuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
St. Julie Billiart Feast date: Apr 08 St. Julie Billiart, co-foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, came to her religious vocation late in life, at the age of 51. She was born in 1751, the fifth of seven children. As a child, she developed a great love for Jesus … Read moreSt. Julie Billiarton April 8, 2025 at 12:23 am
Pope Francis blesses an ambulance that he donated to to treat the wounded in Ukraine’s Ternopil region in 2024. The vehicles bear the Vatican’s coat of arms. Read More
Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent First reading Numbers 21:4-9 If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and lived The Israelites left Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Suph, to skirt the land of Edom. On the way the people lost patience. They spoke … Read moreTue 8 April
CV NEWS FEED // Chief Justice John Roberts late Monday temporarily halted a judge’s order that would have forced the Trump administration to retrieve a deported man from a prison in El Salvador, blocking the deadline just hours before it took effect. Last week, US District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the Trump administration to return … Read moreChief Justice Roberts blocks order that would force Trump admin to retrieve deported gang member
CV NEWS FEED // The federal government’s move to suspend its cooperative agreements with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is forcing the bishops’ membership organization to reevaluate how it can best serve refugees, according to USCCB President Archbishop Timothy Broglio. Amid the suspension, the USCCB decided not to renew its cooperative agreements … Read moreUSCCB forced to rework how to serve refugees after government suspended agreements, Archbishop Broglio says