Effective March 14, 2020, Bishop Christopher J. Coyne has suspended the obligation for all Catholics to attend Sunday Mass. Sunday Mass will still be offered but the obligation has been lifted. The Diocese is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and following the advice of public officials in order to ensure the health and well-being of our community, especially the most vulnerable among us. For TV Mass options and updates on COVID-19 preventative measures visit: https://www.vermontcatholic.org/covid-19/.
A few prayers to Blessed John Henry Newman became a “constant dialogue” and then a desperate response to an emergency for Melissa Villalobos of Chicago. Her healing, which saved her life and the life of her unborn child, was accepted as the miracle needed for the 19th-century British cardinal’s canonization.
Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia reminded clergy, religious and the faithful what a blessing it is to be an American this Independence Day.