All Saints Parish Homilies and News

My husband and I had the privilege to visit the Notre Dame Cathedral every time we visited Paris. Although the amazing reconstruction efforts following the devastasting fire was an internataional given, it is the spirit of Notre Dame that has also re-inspired the religious soul of France.     The Resurrection of Notre-Dame :   Echo report published in Columbia the Knights of Columbus Magazine, by Soline Tadie:  Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris celebrates the inaugural Mass at the newly restored Notre-Dame Cathedral on December 8, 2024. The 18th-century statue of the Virgin of Pity, or Pietà, by French sculptor Nicolas Coustou, stands in the background. (OSV News photo/Christophe Petit Tesson, pool via Reuters) Flames devour the roof of Notre-Dame Cathedral on April 15, 2019. (Photo by François Guillot/AFP via Getty Images) Engulfed in flames five years ago, the newly restored cathedral of Paris rekindles religious fervor in France. The iconic Notre-Dame d...

Monsignor Hilary Franco to Newsmax: Ash Wednesday Is About Showing Our Faith. Echo report published in NewsMax by Sam Barron: Monsignor Hilary Franco , the adviser for the mission to the Holy See, told Newsmax on Wednesday he was proud to celebrate Ash Wednesday.  Franco said this time of year is a penance as we prepare for Easter and celebrating the resurrection. "It's a kind of a sign of our faith as we go on in the world of today," Franco told " National Report ." "The sign of the cross on our forehead might give us the possibility of showing the world that we still have some kind of a going beyond. That's what we need. And we are reminded of the meaning of this time of Lent." "I feel that it's important for us to understand the real meaning of that cross," Franco said. "It means that I am … sharing whatever we have received from God. I feel that whatever we are today, it's kind of a result of the kind of gifts that God h...

Inspiring Facebook message published by Father James Martin S.J. Thank you for sharing this, Fr. James . Your voice is so welcome during this time when many of us are distressed by the chilling silence of church leaders. (Response by Carlos Sanders) This is so beautiful - both the image and the reflection. God bless Bishop Mariann Budde. She is a hero for our time, and will be numbered among the Saints. (Response by Monica Soule) Thanks to the artist  Fr. William Hart McNichols for this beautiful new image of Bishop Mariann Budde, which he has shared with me.  Here is his reflection on his new painting: "Holy Living Prophet Bishop Mariann" “Now as the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place; and suddenly they came from the sky, a noise like the blowing of a great wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And they saw what was like separate tongues of fire, and one settled on each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, ...