Jeanie Hannaman

By M.C. Holbrook, Catholic Exchange - M.C. Holbrook is a homeschooling mother of ten and author of the series, The Safe Haven: Scriptural Reflections for the Heart and Home. Originally from New York City, Holbrook received a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Cornell University, and a Master’s degree in School Counseling from New York University. Holbrook enjoys meals with her family, prayer with her friends, and a hot cup of coffee each morning with the Word of God... Author’s Note: Excerpt from: The Safe Haven: Scriptural Reflections for the Heart and Home (Ordinary Time Weeks 22-28). To purchase, visit Amazon or The Catholic Company, where all other volumes currently in print are also available.  

By Lapresse, by Staff - “The supreme rule in the Church is love: no one is called to command, everyone is called to serve; no one should impose their own ideas, we all must listen to one another; no one is excluded, we are all called to participate; no one possesses the entire truth, we must all humbly seek it, and seek it together.” ... These were the words of Pope Leo XIV during his homily for the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and participation bodies. The Pontiff also urged attention to divisions within the Church, within the Christian community, which transform it into a “judging and excluding” place. ...

By Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register - San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone plans to celebrate a solemn pontifical Latin high Mass at Star of the Sea Catholic Church in San Francisco at noon Saturday, Nov. 1, which is All Saints’ Day... Pontifical Masses are celebrated by a bishop; the “pontiff” in this case refers to any bishop, not just the pope. A solemn pontifical high Mass in the traditional Latin Rite is a rare form of the Mass... The solemn pontifical high Mass is the most elaborate of the Tridentine Rite Masses. A description of it takes up 20 pages in Adrian Fortescue’s 1920 book The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described. ....