Men and women religious gather for a Mass on June 22, 2019 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Hyde Park to honor those marking jubilees this year. The religious men and women serve in various ministries around the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Pope appoints religious sister secretary of dicastery for religious In his first appointment of a high-level official of the Roman Curia, Pope Leo XIV named Sister Tiziana Merletti, a canon lawyer, to be secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
Religious poverty, chastity, obedience are signs of hope, pope says The way consecrated women and men live their vows of poverty, chastity and obedience can offer light and hope to a world looking for authentic relationships marked by love and self-giving, Pope Francis said.
Augustinian brother says visual arts ministry is ‘a prayer’ What began as an idea to save his community money on photographers and videographers for ordinations has since blossomed into a larger visual ministry for Augustinian Brother Dominic Smith.