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By Father Ronald Rolheiser Some years ago at a religious conference a man approached the microphone and after apologizing for what he felt would be an inappropriate question, asked this: “I love my dog.

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis and the secretary-general of the United Nations said that, like millions of people around the world, during the Christmas season their thoughts turn to yearnings for peace and for the well-being of those in need.

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — On the eve of his 83rd birthday, Pope Francis met with a group of his peers — although many were a few years younger — and told them that “old age is a time of grace.” “Grandparents, who have received the blessing of seeing their children’s children, are entrusted with a great task: transmitting the experience of life and the history of the family, the community, the people,” the pope said Dec. 16 during an audience with members of the Italian National Association of Senior Workers.

Dec. 12 is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In honor of her feast day, parishes across the diocese held celebrations and activities through the past week. close group close group close row close group close group close group close row close group close group close row close group close group close group close group close row

By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Washington authorities apprehended a suspect in an incident involving an attack Dec. 10 against two security guards at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the largest Marian shrine in the United States, at the height of its busiest season.

The Bishop’s Faith Appeal Leadership Dinner Dec. 8 held at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in Beaumont has kicked off the 2020 BFA campaign. “Do Whatever He Tells You” serves as the theme for the new campaign.

A family member of a crime victim returned to honor him at the Tree of Angels ceremony Dec. 3 at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont. Geneva Savoy’s appearance at this year’s event marks a year after attending it for the first time two months after her son, Bradison Mims, was killed in 2018.

“During this Advent season, we must prepare ourselves spiritually for the birth of Jesus,” Bishop Curtis Guillory, SVD, said. Bishop Guillory celebrated Mass with students, staff and community members of St. Anne Catholic School, Beaumont, Dec. 3.

During this Advent Season, people often start to wonder what they can do to bring the Light of Christ to others. How can they help the hungry homeless person, the grieving teenager, the sick senior citizen, the woman inmate away from her child?

“We want to pray for those who have been affected. We come together around the altar of God to give him thanks and praise,” Bishop Curtis Guillory, SVD, said  celebrating a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Elizabeth Church in Port Neches Dec. 1.