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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
- Maryknoll Sisters celebrate 100 years of ministry in China
  
  WASHINGTON (CNS) — It was 100 years ago — on Sept. 12, 1921 — when...
- Lebanon’s Catholic schools face ‘crisis with empty pockets,’ look for help
  
  BEIRUT (CNS) — At the start of a new academic year, uncertainty clouds the future...
- South Sudan church leaders frustrated by lack of progress in nuns’ murders
  
  JUBA, South Sudan (CNS) — One month after two Catholic sisters were executed on a...
- Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, set to welcome home remains of Father Kapaun
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (CNS) — The flag-draped casket was empty during a memorial Mass in Wichita...
- UPDATE: Pope: Bishops must handle Communion debate as shepherds, not with censures
  
  ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM SLOVAKIA (CNS) — The debate about denying Communion to politicians...

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National Catholic Register
- Jesuit High School in California Accused of Teaching Critical Race Theory
  
  Jesuit High School is located in Sacramento, California. Concerned parents at the 58-year-old Jesuit High School in Sacramento claim that instruction inspired by critical race and gender...
- Live Action Says Google’s Removal of Pro-Life Ads ‘Unprecedented’
  
  Francesca Polio/CNA Lila Rose, founder of Live Action, addresses the 2021 Live Action Life Awards Dinner at Dana Point, California; Aug. 21, 2021 Banning the ads, Lila Rose of Live Action...
- Viability — And Maybe ‘Roe v. Wade’ — Goes on Trial
  
  Kevin Dietsch The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on September 02, 2021 in Washington, DC. In the context of the national controversy triggered by Texas’ new pro-life heartbeat bill, legal...
- Will the Swiss Guard Allow Women Soldiers in the Future?
  
  Daniel Ibáñez/CNA The Swiss Guard swearing in ceremony at the Vatican on May 6, 2019. To enter the Swiss Guard, a candidate must be a single Catholic male of Swiss nationality between the...
News from the Vatican
- Tourism should foster culture of encounter, safeguard planet, Vatican says
  
  ROME — Tourism needs to protect both people and the planet as well as promote a more inclusive economy, the Vatican said. People need to support “an inclusive approach to tourism and resist the...
- Pope says pro-choice politicians ‘outside community’ of Church, but urges pastoral response
  
  Pope Francis on Wednesday said that Communion is for those who are “in the community” and politicians who support abortion are “outside of the community.”
- New Swiss Guard barracks will allow room for families, maybe female guards
  
  A complete rebuild and expansion of the living quarters for the Swiss Guard will not only improve life for guards and their families, it will also allow for the future possibility of recruiting women.
- Pope names U.S. professor to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
  
  Pope Francis has named Dominican Father Albino Barrera, an economist and theologian, as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

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Deacon Timothy ECk II, Seminarian

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