Dioceses and parish volunteers who have embraced the "Walking with Moms in Need" initiative are still in the early stages of assessing its effectiveness. Statistics counting the numbers who have been helped are an inconclusive means of measuring how well the initiative is working. But anecdotes so far give an encouraging picture.
WASHINGTON (CNS) Dioceses and parish volunteers who have embraced the Walking with Moms in Need initiative are still in the early stages of assessing its effectiveness.
Statistics counting the numbers who have been helped are an inconclusive means of measuring how well the initiative is working. But anecdotes so far give an encouraging picture.
This initiative of the U.S. bishops aims to connect pregnant women and their families with parishes and to a growing network of resources wi
WAKEFIELD Like the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, Deacon Tam Tran says he did not recognize God walking with him throughout much of his life. Born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam, he came to the Catholic faith after years of hardship and worldly success, and later, after a near-death experience, discerned a call to the permanent diaconate.
BOSTON About 500 people from the parishes and ministries of the Archdiocese of Boston attended the Red Sox game on July 25 for Catholic Night, where several Catholic individuals and organizations were honored in a pre-game ceremony.
The former pastor of a Bartlett church was reinstated Saturday after Cardinal Blase Cupich said Saturday an investigation found insufficient evidence to prove allegations of sexual abuse of a minor.