This is awesome! 🙌 Transformers actor Shia LaBeouf surprised Capuchin Franciscan retreat participants discerning the priesthood with an encouraging FaceTime phone call. LaBeouf recently worked with the Capuchins while filming his movie portraying St. Padre Pio. [Never Miss Another Article: Follow ChurchPOP’s Telegram Channel!] Fr. Hai Ho, OFM, of the...
This is awesome! 🙌 Newly-ordained priest Fr. Michael Zimmerman of the Archdiocese of Boston launched a YouTube series on April 13 that guides men in discerning the priesthood. In this 27-episode series entitled “Scavias: Know the Ways of the Lord,” Fr. Zimmerman guides and encourages young men in following God’s...
How many religious orders are there? What are the differences? 🤔 On this week’s episode of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan Scheel, Fr. Rich Pagano, and Ryan DellaCrosse discuss “The Differences Between Catholic Religious Orders,” such as Franciscans, Dominicans, and Jesuits. The guys answer these questions: • What are the four...
Daughter of Charity Sister André Randon turned 116 in February. She is the oldest person in Europe and the second-oldest person in the world. 117-year-old Japanese woman Kane Tanaka is the only person to surpass her in age. Born Lucile Randon on Feb. 11, 1904, Sr. André converted to Catholicism...
This is so cool! Two Dominican seminarians studying at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland began OPChant, a YouTube Channel that teaches Gregorian Chant in the Dominican tradition. Brothers Stefan Ansinger, O.P. and Brother Alexandre Frezzato, O.P., sing each chant and provide a copy of the score, as...
The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in La Crosse, Wis. will end their longstanding perpetual Eucharistic adoration tradition as of this month. The sisters began worshipping Our Eucharistic Lord around-the-clock in 1878. Through fires, floods, and flu outbreaks, the sisters constantly prayed before the Blessed Sacrament for more than 140...
