Seven Sisters of the Holy Family Sisters celebrated jubilees of religious profession June 14 with a 10 a.m. Mass at St. Maria ...

In the presence of the mother of the newly beatified martyr, Pope Leo XIV prayed that Blessed Floribert Bwana Chui would ...

Parishioners of St. Rita Catholic Church braved the rain on May 22 to honor the church’s namesake’s feast day and its 125th ...

This year marks the 125th anniversary since Pope Leo XIII declared Rita of Cascia ... elected. St Rita was also an Augustinian nun, revered for her devotion to God and her life of prayer and ...

St. Rita was born in 1386 ... Although her sons died young, Rita was granted her prayer, and they died reconciled to God. Rita felt called to become a nun in the Augustinian convent as Cascia, but she ...

So, Rita believed God brought forth, through her prayers, their eternal life despite tragedy and violence. She now knew that she would soon be one with them again. St. Rita of Cascia died May 22 ...

The Rev. Homero Sanchez (left), pastor of Chicago’s St. Rita of Cascia, attends the papal installation Sunday with other Augustinians from Chicago. Sanchez says he’ll pray that Pope Leo will ...

The priest from St. Rita of Cascia Parish on the city’s Southwest ... the 267th pope texted Sánchez three emojis of hands pressed together in prayer, followed by a few words in Spanish that ...

But he was always drawn to a life of prayer and intimacy with God ... The Augustinian priests and brothers who live at St. Rita of Cascia Parish and teach at St. Rita’s of Cascia High School, ...

Picture: AFP They knelt beside each other to pray for him in the city’s churches ... degrees of the trademark Chicago accent. At St Rita of Cascia High School where he was a substitute teacher ...

St. Rita of Cascia High School on the city's south side held a special prayer service for Pope Leo has extensive experience at the school community. The connections here at St. Rita High School ...

When the news broke that Prevost was elected, she went straight from her home in Bridgeport to St. Rita of ... in prayer for Prevost and all the cardinals. “He’s one of us, an Augustinian ...