Bishop Ricken promulgates pastoral letter on the Eucharist
September 8, 2022 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: As we as a Diocesan family continue our journey into missionary discipleship as “Disciples on ...
Foundations of Faith
Do other Christians use the sign of the cross, or just Catholics?” This question arrived at The Compass via email a while back. It’s something many of us may wonder. […]
Each week, or, for some of us, each day, we gather around a table. That table is the altar of God in a church or chapel. In the past, and […]
During Mass, we often ask the intercession of eight women. One, of course, is the Blessed Mother. Seeking the prayers of these women takes place in the second part of […]
ST. MARY’S CITY, Md. — While English colonists who arrived in the New World were looking for greater opportunities, many of the Catholic colonists who arrived in Maryland also were […]
What do Alfred Hitchcock and Pope Francis have in common? The 19th-century French composer Charles Gounod wrote a hymn for one and a TV theme song used by the other. […]
This June, a novena in honor of the oldest statue of the Blessed Mother in public use in the United States will take place in Sante Fe, N.M. The Novena […]
This weekend is Pentecost (June 5) and the location where the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles has also been an important site since the first years of the church. […]
It’s unlikely to see the pope carried by you, with ostrich feathers waving overhead, but Pope Francis recently referred to that tradition, due to a persistent health issue with his […]
Three gold pieces led to Masses for the dead in a whole new way in the sixth century. Because of it, though most of us may not know about it, […]
On May 8, the western Catholic church celebrates the Fourth Sunday of Easter, often called “Good Shepherd Sunday” because of its Gospel: Jn 10:27-30, where Jesus speaks of his sheep. […]
