Jeanie Hannaman

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing - The earliest history of the Catholic Church in the United States is decidedly Marian. The first recorded Mass in what is now the United States proper was celebrated at present-day St. Augustine, Florida in 1565. The date was September 8: the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. The English-speaking colonies would have to wait almost seven decades for their first Mass, which was celebrated in what is now Maryland, in the year 1634. The date was March 25: the Feast of the Annunciation.

By Shaun McAfee, National Catholic Register - Advent is a time to align our hearts with the hope of Christ’s coming... When most people hear “penitential season,” they tend to imagine ashes on foreheads, solemn hymns and the intensity of abstinence and fasting. But when it comes to Advent, a season similarly steeped in the idea of preparation and penance, we tend to have it wrapped in the excitement of Christmas... So, what exactly makes Advent a penitential season? And how can we embrace it in a way that deepens our spiritual life while keeping our spirits lifted?

By Michael Haynes, LifeSiteNews - After significant public attention to an LGBT-specific pilgrimage for the Jubilee, the Vatican has deleted the event from its online public calendar... From some time in the afternoon (Rome time) of December 10, the entry for one of the approved Jubilee pilgrimages to Rome was deleted from the official website. As of time of writing, the entry for the September 5-6, 2025 pilgrimage of the “Associazione la Tenda di Gionata e altre associazioni” – or “Association of Jonathan’s tent and other groups” – is no longer active.