Back from a weekend up northeast way.
It was the first time I’d ever visited the cathedral of the Diocese of Charlotte – St. Patrick’s. It’s lovely, but so very small, which is of course why the diocese has announced plans to build a new one. It’s a situation similar to that of Atlanta, where these jewel box stone cathedrals were built in eras when there were few Catholics living in the area.
(And now Charlotte has one of the largest, if not the largest parish in the country – St. Matthew’s.)
Just a few notes:
- I’m in Living Faith today.
- Here. Now is free until Tuesday at midnight.
- It’s Catherine of Siena’s feast – click back for a couple of posts on her.
- Here’s Andrew Petiprin’s review of Wildcat. The next episode of the podcast will cover the film, and I’ll be writing about it, also for CWR next week, sourced in part by one of Ethan Hawke’s Q & A appearances with a screening that I’ll be attending.
Among the sometimes daunting tasks facing newly ordained priests is that of getting to know a church full of unfamiliar faces.
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati’s newest shepherds have found a way to bring a spirit of fun to their efforts: The priests ordained in 2022 are competing with those ordained in 2023 to see who can bless the most parishioners’ houses during the Easter season.
Now, the story you should pay the most attention to:
Last fall it was announced that Dr. Elvira Parravicini would be awarded the 2024 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal
Dr. Elvira Parravicini, founding director of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program and professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center, will receive the 2024 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal—the nation’s most important award for heroes of the pro-life movement—at a Mass and dinner on April 27, 2024, at the University of Notre Dame.
“Dr. Parravicini’s work perfectly embodies the goods of unconditional love, radical hospitality, and misericordia (taking on the suffering of another as your own) that constitutes the foundation of a culture of life,” said O. Carter Snead, professor of law and director of the de Nicola Center. “Her care for mothers, babies (born and unborn), and families is a prophetic witness to the self-emptying love that the Evangelium Vitae Medal was created to honor and celebrate.”
The ceremony was this past weekend, and this video was a part of it – beautiful.
…as a neonatologist I’m called to meet families expecting babies with any kind of problems I ask questions about the little baby. They have a name I want to use that name if possible during our interview to make sure they understand I am the one who stands for their baby I always say congratulation when they learn that they were pregnant… they were like Yay but then this fear for the baby to suffer…. for themselves to suffer is very overwhelming. That’s why our program stands with families carrying a baby with life limiting condition because alone is very very difficult …
Beautiful story of Dr. Elvira Parravicini! What an inspiration.