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Timothy ECk II, Seminarian
- Seminarian from St. Jude Parish for the Diocese of Metuchen
- VERBUM CARO FACTUM EST And the Word was made flesh – John 1:14
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
- Update: Bishop 'profoundly saddened' by deaths, damage from Midwest storms
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee May 24 called for "prayers for the victims and their grieving families...
- Update: Students plan to raise nuclear weapon dangers in fall return to campuses
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) -- At the start of his senior year at The Catholic University of America last fall, Tim Jones never thought he'd be joining a...
- Family portraits, mutual support part of Caritas global assembly
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert Duncan By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle added a photo of his "Lolo Kim" to a mosaic of migrants, world leaders and...
- Foster brotherhood, solidarity, pope tells new ambassadors
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Nations, like individuals, have a "solemn duty" to care for the poor and to work together to promote development, Pope Francis told a...
- Christopher Leadership Award goes to CEO of Tunnel to Towers Foundation
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy David Reich By NEW YORK (CNS) -- Frank Siller, chairman and CEO of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, is the 2019 recipient of the Christopher Leadership Award...

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National Catholic Register
- The Gold Standard Textbook on the Holy Eucharist, Anglicans Find Home In Catholic Church, and More!
  
  By Tito Edwarfds | The Gold Standard Textbook on the Holy Eucharist – Roland Millare at Adoremus +1 A Story of Restoration: An Anglican Community Finds Home in the Catholic Church – Joanna Bogle at...
- Michigan Attorney General Charges 5 Amid Clergy Sex Abuse Investigation
  
  By Catholic News Agency | LANSING - Five men who served in Michigan as Catholic priests have been charged with 21 counts of sex abuse, the state attorney general announced Friday. “This is just...
- How to Live and Breathe the Triumphant Joy of the Easter Season
  
  By Amanda Evinger | Throughout my life, I've witnessed tremendous testimonies of joy. I knew a young man who spent his entire life confined to a wheelchair. He served as a clean disc jockey for...
- Meet Princess Diana’s Priest-Relative
  
  By John M. Grondelski | FATHER IGNATIUS SPENCER: ENGLISH NOBLE AND CHRISTIAN SAINT By Gerard Skinner Gracewing, 2018 446 pages, £17.99 (about $24) To order: gracewing.co.uk or amazon.com &
News from the Vatican
- Abortion never a solution for unborn children with disorders, pope insists
  
  Abortion is never a solution even when the unborn child is suffering from pathological disorders, because children in the womb are “small patients" and medicine knows how to provide patient care,
- From Venezuela to Syria, the Church’s charities are front and center
  
  Despite its flaws, the Catholic Church is a remarkable intelligence network, one with personnel always front and center in countries marred by man-made or natural crises.
- Letter and spirit: Using universal law to guide local churches on abuse
  
  Pope Francis's latest effort to help the Catholic Church safeguard its members from abuse and hold its leaders accountable came in the form of a new universal law, "Vos estis lux mundi"...
- All children deserve a home, pope says, encouraging adoption
  
  With so many children in the world needing a good home and so many couples unable to have children, there must be a way to make adoption easier and less costly, Pope Francis said.

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