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People requesting a Mass to be said for some intention at their local parish might face a long wait. There may be a long line of others already wanting to donate for a Mass intention. In some parishes people might have to book a Mass as much as a year or more in advance. But places exist where the individual Masses can be fulfilled sooner. Let’s take a look at a few of the major ones. Seraphic Mass Association (Pittsburgh) Let’s begin with the Seraphic Mass Association. Blessed Solanus Casey, a Capuchin priest, always recommended to people seeking healing or help that they enroll themselves, or their loved ones, in the Seraphic Mass Association, encouraging them to “thank God ahead of time” for the favors they were requesting. When he would enroll someone in the association, “amazing resul...

Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell of Los Angeles died Saturday at age 69, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reported. The archdiocese said in a statement that the bishop died unexpectedly, and that the cause of death was still being investigated. Initial reports said the bishop was the victim of gun violence, but those reports remain unconfirmed, and are seemingly based on police reports of an unidentified shooting victim near the bishops’ residence. Several local media outlets reported Saturday that the bishop was a victim of gunshot, after the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department issued a report Saturday afternoon that an unnamed adult gunshot victim died Saturday afternoon on the same block as the bishop’s residence. But a Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman told The Pillar Saturd...

I’m a derivative writer.  I wish I were creative.  I wish I were ingenious.  But my friends and colleagues, and others I admire, are just smarter than I am.  This would be sad if it weren’t also consoling.  I can’t fix the world, but I don’t need to.  Neither do you.  In the vast stream of history, individuals rarely seem to matter. . .except in the eyes of God.  But of course that’s the one place that really does matter. So the implications for each of us are worth noting, and they’re captured best by a familiar cleric in a recent interview: Interviewer:  In your opinion, what are the greatest areas of reform needed to renew the Church? Familiar cleric: Us; all of us. We’re the problem. Structures and policies are important, but people are deci...

Margaret Osborne Daily Correspondent Last year was an excellent one for amateur astronomers. Stargazers in the United States saw two total lunar eclipses, a spectacular “ring of fire” solar eclipse and a rare alignment of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. This year promises another amazing set of celestial events, including dark skies for the two most anticipated meteor showers: the Perseids and the Geminids. To watch these and other phenomena, all you’ll need is a dark location, weather-appropriate gear and occasionally a set of binoculars. To help you plan your nights out in 2023, we’ve compiled a list of the ten biggest celestial events of the year. February 2: Comet C/2022 E3 comes close to Earth Comet C/2022 E3 Dan Bartlett / NASA In early February, the comet C/202...

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The religious liberty rights of Canadian high school student Josh Alexander gained international attention earlier this month when his opposition to his Catholic high school’s transgender bathroom policy on biblical grounds led to his suspension and arrest. The 16-year-old’s case, which occurred in a school in eastern Ontario, also reveals that some Canadian Catholic schools are diverging from Church teaching with polices such as allowing students to use bathrooms based on their gender identity — and U.S. Catholic schools may be facing pressures to do the same.   Alexander and his attorney plan to file a human rights complaint for violation of religious freedom, but in the court of public opinion there is both acceptance and resistance to gay and transgender ideology including bathroo...