The Roman Catholic Church of St. FRANCES OF ROME,
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, St. ANTHONY, AND OUR LADY OF GRACE

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There are plenty of great things happening within our community all year long. Please keep track of them by listening to church announcements, checking our calendar, and reading our weekly bulletin.

You can also stay updated about Catholic news by watching or reading the media below.
National Catholic Register
- Notre Dame Priest: How Blessed Sacrament, Crown of Thorns Were Saved From Fire
  
  By Edward Pentin | Father Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain to the Paris Fire Brigade, was on his way with a group of military chaplains to a dinner on Holy Monday with a local bishop when they noticed...
- Holy Thursday and Divine Mercy
  
  By Father Roger J. Landry | As the Sacred Triduum begins Holy Thursday, the Church ponders three interconnected realities: Christ’s washing of the feet of his apostles, instituting the Eucharist,
- Former Megachurch Pastors Share the ‘Revolution’ of Catholic Communion
  
  By Peter Jesserer Smith | STOCKHOLM — Five years ago, Ulf and Birgitta Ekman surprised the world of evangelical Protestantism by leaving the Swedish megachurch they founded to come into full...
- The Church Needs Our Help — Let’s Get to Work
  
  By Adam DeVille | As Catholics around the world continue to reel from seemingly endless revelations of abuses of sex and power, do we want to give the devil another unearned victory? Instead of...
- Man Arrested Entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral with Gasoline
  
  By Christine Rousselle/CNA | NEW YORK - A man is in custody after he attempted to bring containers of gasoline into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City Wednesday night. A spokesperson...
Catholic News Service
News from the Vatican
- Pope urges priests to know the names, faces of their flock
  
  Speaking to fellow priests Thursday, Pope Francis compared the flocks they lead to the crowds that constantly surrounded Jesus, who was able to recognize individual people, heal their wounds and who...
- Vatican doc on sex abuse may raise more questions than it answers
  
  Sources who spoke on background have told Crux that new Vatican norms on clerical abuse risk being so rushed that instead of making things clearer, the text may raise more questions than it answers.
- Holy Thursday source of many iconic images of Pope Francis
  
  In the six years that he’s sat on the Chair of Peter, images of Pope Francis have captivated the world with his tender paternal gestures and his continued defense of the poor, marginalized and those...
- God’s glory is shown on the cross, pope says at audience
  
  The glory of God is not manifested with fanfare and applause but displayed through the love of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, Pope Francis said.
- Greta takes climate change campaign to Vatican, meets pope
  
  Pope Francis encouraged Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday to continue her campaign to fight climate change, during a brief meeting at the end of his weekly general...
Rome Reports