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Deacon Timothy ECk II, Seminarian
Samuel Bass, Seminarian

Seminarian for Diocese of Austin, Texas.
Sam, originally from Texas, pursued the Rite of Christian Initiation here at St. Jude Parish and was baptised at the Easter Vigil in 2013. Samuel is now pursuing the priesthood in the Diocese of Austin Texas.
Catholic News Service
- Pope calls all Catholics to be missionaries of God’s mercy
  
  ROME (CNS) — Like the disciples, who experienced Jesus’ divine mercy after the resurrection, all...
- Cardinal Cassidy, Vatican’s former top ecumenist, dies at 96
  
  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Australian Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, a longtime Vatican diplomat and former...
- Voyagers
  
  NEW YORK (CNS) — The tedious sci-fi parable “Voyagers” (Lionsgate) seems designed to prove that...
- Five top-5 lists drawn from the Vatican’s Statistical Yearbook
  
  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The countries in the world with the most people baptized Catholics...
- Even bullying has changed in pandemic, says NCEA presenter
  
  WASHINGTON (CNS) — Bullying in schools is nothing new, but in the COVID-19 era, it...

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National Catholic Register
- On Divine Mercy Sunday and Every Day — “Jesus, I Trust in You”
  
  St. Faustina and her Diary “My daughter, tell the whole world about my inconceivable mercy.”
- Pope Francis: Christ’s Wounds Shower ‘Mercy Upon our Misery’
  
  Daniel Ibañez/CNA Pope Francis celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday in St. Peter's Square on April 8, 2018. Before reciting the Regina Coeli, a Marian antiphon prayed during the Easter season...
- Is Cardinal Becciu Being Rehabilitated?
  
  Alan Holdren Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu speaks with journalists aboard the papal flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka on Jan. 12, 2015. Why did Pope Francis visit Cardinal Becciu on Holy...
- Merciful Mother: Mary, True Model of Trustful Surrender to Divine Mercy
  
  A depiction of Mary based on this painting of the Mother of Mercy is in the Chapel of the Gates of Dawn in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Divine Mercy image is found in Holy Trinity Church in Vilnius. ...
News from the Vatican
- Five top-5 lists drawn from the Vatican’s Statistical Yearbook
  
  The countries in the world with the most people baptized Catholics continue to be, in order: Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, the United States and Italy.
- Catholic leaders tell Harvard panel victims are ‘true north’ of anti-abuse fight
  
  On the 100th birthday of his priest abuser, Mark J. Williams visited his abuser’s gravesite and “let it go.” He forgave the man for the pain he had caused.
- Vatican Museums set a May 3 target to reopen
  
  The Vatican Museums are aiming to reopen to the public starting on May 3, depending on status of the coronavirus.
- ‘Profound evil’ of abuse must be eradicated, Pope Francis tells symposium
  
  As religious leaders, scholars, experts and abuse survivors come together online to participate in a three-day international symposium on faith, healing and prevention, Pope Francis sent a message as...

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