All Saints Parish Homilies and News

Sacred relics of Saint. Bernadette of Lourdes will embark on a major yearlong U.S. tour from September 2026 through 2027 . Organized by the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, the 132-pound reliquary will visit nearly 140 locations—including churches, cathedrals, and shrines—beginning September 18, 2026, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Saint Bernadette of Lourdes:  (B. 1844- D. 1879) MIAMI (CNS) — The relics of St. Bernadette, the Marian visionary of Lourdes, France, will tour the United States for the first time. The visit will begin in South Florida at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Miami, with a morning welcome Mass April 7. The next day the relics will visit St. Bernadette Church in Hollywood, Florida, then return to Our Lady of Lourdes Church. On April 11, Monday of Holy Week, Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami will celebrate an evening Mass at the church, which will be followed by a candlelight procession. The relics will...

 https://www.jesuits.org/stories/now-discern-this-come-from-away/ “Come From Away” and the Challenge of Peace See my consumer review on social media at this site here.  By Eric A. Clayton “Come From Away” is a musical filled with a surprising amount of joy despite the events that prompted the story. The play is based on the hospitality shown to strangers in a little town in Newfoundland, Canada, called Gander. In the days following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, these Newfoundlanders found their town nearly double in population as 38 planes were diverted and forced to land in the nearby airport. I’ll be honest: I wasn’t sure how a musical set in the wake of 9/11 would work. It hardly seemed like a time that warranted a big dance number. And yet, as my wife and I watched the show play out this past weekend, I was struck by how beautifully the story balanced pain with joy, despair with hope. A balance we all grapple with each and every day. There’s one song about h...

Columbia Magazine highlights the Knights of Columbus's successful 1954, campaign to add "under God" to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. The initiative, supported by Congress and President Eisenhower, aimed to contrast American values with Soviet atheism during the Cold War. Then-Supreme Knight Luke E. Hart presents President John F. Kennedy, a fellow Knight of Columbus, with a framed copy of the Pledge of Allegiance during a meeting at the White House on Oct. 11, 1961. (Knights of Columbus Multimedia Archives) Article published in JulyAugust 2026, The Columbia Magazine by the staff: In 1951, the Knights of Columbus began a campaign to add the words “under God” to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. Grounded in historical precedent and a growing grassroots movement, the effort reached Congress and culminated when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill amending the Pledge on Flag Day, June 14, 1954. “It is a strange fact that the Pledge of Allegiance, which had its origin ...

Who Were the Carrolls of Maryland?: Young Men Who Influenced the American Revolution By Christopher Gunty   BALTIMORE (OSV News- Our Sunday Visitor) – Unable to receive a Catholic education in the British colonies in North America, three young men from wealthy Maryland families were sent to Saint-Omer, France, to study at the College of the English Jesuits. Descendants of the Carrolls of Maryland join for a photo after a Franco-American Friendship Mass Oct. 15, 2017, at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Saint-Omer, France. From left are: Denis de Kergorlay, president of the French Heritage Society and a remote descendant of the Carroll family; Harper Wright, a descendant of Charles Carroll of Carrolton; Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, 15th successor of Archbishop John Carroll; Charles Carroll Carter Sr. (now deceased) and Charles Carroll Carter Jr., descendants of Daniel Carroll of Rock Creek; and Bishop Jean-Paul Jaeger of Arras, Boulogne and Saint-Omer. (Photo: OSV News/Ann M....

Pope Leo XIV assures Americans of prayers on 250th anniversary of United States "I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all Americans on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence." Image of Pope Leo addressing those gathered at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia as awarded the 38th Liberty Medal on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Pope Leo expresses his prayers for all Americans in a letter he sent to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, which falls today, July 4th, 2026, with the hope that "the Spirit of 1776, continue to inspire hope and unity as the United States of America moves into the future." By Deborah Castellano Lubov in Vatican News "May the Spirit of 1776, continue to inspire hope and unity as the United States of America moves into the future." Pope Leo XIV expressed this in a letter he sent to mark ...

How the Augustinians rescued the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help When Napoleon invaded Rome (in 1812) , the Augustinians (Pope Leo's religious order) saved the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help from destruction. Reported in Aleteia by Philip Kosloski One of the best known and most beloved icons in the Western Church is the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help . It's featured in many Roman-rite Catholic churches, and many Catholics have a devotion to this "miracle" icon. It has a fascinating history , one that involves its rescue from destruction by a group of Augustinian monks, the same religious order that Pope Leo XIV is a member of. While the current church where it is located is staffed by the Redemptorists, previously the image was kept in a church that was run for many centuries by Augustinians. Saved from destruction When Napoleon invaded Rome in 1812, he destroyed the church of San Matteo, which was between St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran. It was a churc...