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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
- COMMENTARY: The stories we tell, the lessons we learn
  
  When I have reunions with my brothers and sisters, at some point we start telling...
- Sunday Scripture readings, July 4, 2021: Who’s this for?
  
  Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1) Ez 2:2-5 Psalm 123:1-4 2) 2 Cor 12:7-10 Gospel:...
- Sunday Scripture readings, June 27, 2021: God’s healing hand
  
  Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1) Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24 Psalm 30: 2, 4-6, 11-13 2)...
- Pope, religious leaders call for better EU immigration policies
  
  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the remains of a rickety boat, pulled from the floor...
- Texas city’s ordinance creating ‘Sanctuary for the Unborn’ takes effect
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas (CNS) — After a federal court dismissed Planned Parenthood’s challenge to a Lubbock...

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National Catholic Register
- Father Thomas Joseph White On Leading the Angelicum, Vocations, and the Hillbilly Thomists
  
  Courtesy photo Dominican Father Thomas Joseph White The Dominican priest talks about his recent appointment as rector of the Angelicum, vibrant spiritual life in Rome, and in engaging with...
- Pope Francis: Marginalizing the Poor Threatens ‘the Very Concept of Democracy’
  
  Daniel Ibanez/CNA Pope Francis waves to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on Sept. 9, 2015 for the general audience. The theme of this year’s World Day of the Poor is “The poor you will always...
- Joe Biden Attends Sunday Mass in English Seaside Town Amid G7 Summit
  
  Daniel Leal-Olivas President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden leave Mass in St Ives, Cornwall during the G7 summit on June 13, 2021. Biden, America’s second Catholic President after John...
- Cedars of Lebanon Proclaiming God’s Truth and Love
  
  Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, “Pilgrimage to the Cedars of Lebanon,” 1907 Homily for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
News from the Vatican
- Pope warns marginalization of the poor is a threat to democracy
  
  According to Pope Francis, the fact that the poor are marginalized puts democracy in jeopardy.
- Pope demands food aid reach starving people of Tigray
  
  Pope Francis demanded Sunday that humanitarian aid reach hungry people in the war-torn Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers are blocking food deliveries and other...
- Vatican project aims to make digital space a place of encounter
  
  The Catholic Church can break new ground in fostering dialogue in the often-polarizing space of the digital web, said participants in a Vatican communications initiative.
- Pope names South Korea bishop prefect for clergy
  
  Pope Francis has appointed South Korean Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik of Daejeon as the new prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy.

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