In the Sanctuary System, the seven lampstands (the Menorah) represented the Holy Spirit, an idea reinforced by Zachariah 4:1-6. Closely associated with the lampstands, is oil, which fed the flames ...

Forty-two cardinals, 42 bishops and 1,800 priests living in Rome concelebrated the Mass. Holy Thursday marks the institution ...

Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that they can authentically ...

More than 180 priests from around the Diocese of Phoenix — the largest turnout in more than a decade — gathered with Bishop John Dolan, Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo Nevares and Bishop Emeritus Thomas ...

Jubilation filled the air as priests throughout the diocese congregated at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington for ...

Learn about the annual Chrism Mass and its role in Holy Week as Bishop Brennan consecrates chrism oil for diocesan churches.

Bishop Joseph Williams prepares the sacred oils to be consecrated and blessed at the Chrism Mass on April 15 in ...

Blessed Maria Celeste Crostarosa did not view Viva Memoria as a “mere intellectual exercise but rather as a call to embody ...

your Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, upon the rich substance of this oil, which you were pleased to bring forth from vigorous green trees to restore our bodies, so that by your holy blessing this oil ...