St. Ignatius’ new church celebrates the past
MAY 7, 2021 By ROB HERBST The Catholic Week MOBILE – St. Ignatius Parish is honoring its past, plus looking to the future with its beautiful new church. Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi blessed and dedicated the parish’s new church building on April 25, a church that celebrates its long Jesuit...
Saint of the Month: St. John Berchmans
St. John Berchmans was a gifted Jesuit seminarian who lived a short life of exemplary virtue. John was born in 1599 to a master shoemaker’s family in Belgium. From early childhood, he wished to become a priest. He was notably affectionate and kind, and he possessed a cheerful disposition. He...
Wisdom of the saints about the Church (part 6)
“So it falls out that in this world, in evil days like these, the Church walks onward like a wayfarer stricken by the world’s hostility, but comforted by the mercy of God. Nor does this state of affairs date only from the days of Christ’s and His Apostles’ presence on...