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Archbishop celebrates Mass at Basilica of St. Joseph in Bardstown

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Photo Caption: Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre celebrated Mass with Father Terry Bradshaw, right, at the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown, Ky., on April 2, just three days after his installation Mass. He carried a crozier and wore a pectoral cross from Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget’s era. Bishop Flaget served as the first bishop. (Record Photo by Kayla Bennett)

BARDSTOWN, Ky. — The bourbon capital of the world shares its home with the historic Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral, and although distilled spirits weren’t the reason Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre celebrated Mass there on the first Saturday after his installation, they did offer a warm welcome to his new Kentucky home.

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12 Ways to honor the Holy Eucharist in April

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What the month of April means to Catholics and how to honor it in your home.

By Annabelle Moseley | Aleteia

For Catholics, April is the month devoted to the Holy Eucharist. How poignant it is that during this very month of the Eucharist, so many of us will not be able to receive Holy Communion, due to churches closing their doors in order to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. How searingly poetic that our hunger and thirst for the Eucharist is now taking place in the very month dedicated to honoring it.

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Historically Black beach to be saved as Annapolis parkland

Photo: Lifeguards gather on the shoreline of Carr’s and Sparrow’s beaches in Annapolis. The Black-owned and operated beaches were a thriving gathering place for generations of Black families. Maryland State Archives

By Jeremy Cox | Bay Journal

Time was running out to save the last vestige of a rollicking African American getaway on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.

The pair of neighboring Jim Crow era resorts once buzzed along the waterfront of the Annapolis Neck peninsula. At their height during the 1950s and ‘60s, Carr’s and Sparrow’s beaches attracted crowds by the thousands who came to relax and enjoy some of the top Black entertainers of the day, from Little Richard to Aretha Franklin.

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Young Black Catholics are still here and flourishing more than their peers

A new study found Gen Z Black Catholics are more traditionally religious than their Catholic peers of other racial groups.

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(RNS) — Kizito Katende is used to getting surprised looks. “Some people are taken aback a little bit, because they really wouldn’t expect a young Black person to be Catholic,” he said.

Kizito is 18 years old and attends a predominantly white parish in Detroit. For the most part, his experiences in the Catholic Church have been positive. “When done well, Catholicism is very welcoming, like a family, and it’s not discriminatory. For the most part, I have been treated well by other Catholics. Catholicism welcomes Black people,” he explained.

Photo: Kevin J. Parks/Catholic Review Staff — Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory and fellow clergy celebrate Mass for the Men’s Day Celebration at St. Bernardine Catholic Church in West Baltimore Nov. 14, 2021.

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Treasures of the Church

Experience of the Sacred Relics

Treasures of the Church is a ministry of evangelization of the Catholic Church.  Directed by Fr. Carlos Martins, its purpose is to give people an experience of the living God through an encounter with the relics of his saints in the form of an exposition.  Each exposition begins with a multi-media presentation on the Church’s use of relics that is scriptural, catechetical, and devotional, leading to a renewal of the Catholic faith for many people.  After the teaching those in attendance have an opportunity to venerate the relics of some of their favorite saints.

Watch a YouTube video about the presentation here: https://youtu.be/6htFBYxYmac