Bishop Christian Riesbeck, CC has offered a pastoral letter to our diocesan faithful for this special Year of Saint Francis of Assisi. In our diocese, pilgrimage sites include: From Bishop Christian’s letter: As we enter the holy season of Lent, Pope Leo XIV invites us to place the mystery of God back at the center…
Pope Leo XIV’s message for this Lenten Season is Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion. “Lent is a time in which the Church, guided by a sense of maternal care, invites us to place the mystery of God back in the center of our lives, in order to find renewal in our…
Leading the Church into Lent for the first time as Pope, Leo XIV has Trappist Bishop Erik Varden offering Spiritual Exercises on the theme Illuminated by a Hidden Glory. These will offer Christian contemplation on truth, freedom, and communicating hope. Our Lenten Season of prayer, almsgiving, and fasting begins with Ash Wednesday February 18. Ash…
This 34th World Day of the Sick on February 11, 2026 is on the theme of, the compassion of the Samaritan: loving by bearing another’s pain. Pope Leo XIV’s prayer for this day is: “Sweet Mother, do not part from me. Turn not your eyes away from me. Walk with me at every moment and…
“The Word of Christ dwells among you” (Colossians 3:16). This is the theme of the seventh Word of God Sunday. From the pastoral guide for this Word of God Sunday: ‘What we have received from the Apostle is not a simple moral exhortation, but the indication of a new way of living. Paul does not…
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is a global ecumenical observance, during which Christians of all denominations and ecclesial communities are invited to pray for the unity of all of the baptized; to meditate together on Sacred Scripture; to participate in jointly-organized worship services; and to undertake together acts of charity and fellowship. The…
Calling all high schoolers! Jesus meets our deepest longing for meaning, joy, and love. Join hundreds of Catholic teens at Steubenville Atlantic in Halifax, July 10–12, 2026, and encounter the transforming love of Christ. Rising grade 9s through graduating grade 12s are welcome to attend with our group. Steubenville Atlantic is a high-energy youth conference…