By holding their annual Christmas concert on Gaudete Sunday, the parishioners and staff of St. Mary Parish in Tohatchi aptly fulfill the call for joy during the Advent season.
This week, the Diocese of Gallup released the names of 30 priests and one lay teacher who were credibly accused of sexual abuse against minors while working within the Diocese.
After a successful renovation in 2013, parishes in Cubero and Seboyeta, New Mexico, have once again partnered with a Chicago charity in order to accommodate disabled parishioners.
The recent statement of Pope Francis on the death penalty and the use of prisons as punishment have been treated as revolutionary in the media at large. In fact, his words are revolutionary – precisely because they are exactly in line with what the Catholic Church and Popes before him have taught.
From the vast regions of the Four Corners they gathered – hundreds of middle and high-schoolers, accompanied by their parents and youth group leaders – to attend the third annual Southwest Catholic Youth Conference.
St. Berard Parish at Navajo, NM is just large enough to seat a regular Sunday crowd, but people were packed shoulder-to-shoulder for the very special Mass in honor of the church’s 50th anniversary.
