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By Philip Kosloski | Aleteia
According to local monks, St. Charbel was never photographed during his life, but miraculously appeared in a photo taken at his tomb.
St. Charbel lived in the 19th century in Lebanon. He was attracted to the hermit’s life of the desert and eventually entered the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya.
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The annual Boston College event aims to recover the history of the “apostle to the apostles” and inspire continued witness by modern Catholic women.
A virtual event with Boston College on Tuesday, July 22, will celebrate the feast of St. Mary Magdalene and the women who assisted in the earthly ministry of Jesus. The only African-American female delegate to the Synod on Synodality, Dr. Cynthia Bailey Manns, will serve as the facilitator.
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By William Murray | Catholic Standard
Because Catholics believe that all people are created in the image and likeness of God, the faithful need to extend care to people beyond our national borders and help migrants within our national borders, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told a Catholic fraternal organization gathered in Rockville, Maryland, for its annual convention.
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who also leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, was the principal celebrant and homilist at a July 20 Mass opening the Knights of Peter Claver’s 109th annual Senior National Convention.
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Past IBCS professor Dr. M. Shawn Copeland served as the main speaker for the event at Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation’s Catholic HBCU.
NEW ORLEANS — “This is not a summer school, but a school that meets in the summer.”
The quote from Dominican sister Jamie T. Phelps rang through St. Katharine Drexel Chapel at Xavier University of Louisiana on Friday evening—recounted by retired Boston College professor Dr. M. Shawn Copeland during the 2025 graduation ceremony of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies, which held its 46th annual session this year.
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The annual Boston College event aims to recover the history of the “apostle to the apostles” and inspire continued witness by modern Catholic women.
A virtual event with Boston College on Tuesday, July 22, will celebrate the feast of St. Mary Magdalene and the women who assisted in the earthly ministry of Jesus. The only African-American female delegate to the Synod on Synodality, Dr. Cynthia Bailey Manns, will serve as the facilitator.
“[She will share] how Mary Magdalene’s leadership, witness, and authority created a path for the Synod Mothers to speak and serve in their authority on behalf of themselves and others as baptized missionary disciples of the Church,” reads an event description from the university’s Clough School of Theology and Ministry.