Corazon Puro, the Bronx-based Catholic outreach ministry for youth and young adults, will host a bilingual missionary formation gathering for ministry leaders and volunteers, in particular, the Hispanic Ministry laity.

Opening ceremonies will take place Friday evening in the French capital.

Today's parable is surely a familiar one. It's more than a nice story though. We have to take it personally. Can you visualize this path of the seed sown on soil? Sometimes we find ourselves on rocky ground, amid thorns, or happily on fertile soil. Before we make choices in our lives, we have to be reminded of today's Gospel. We need to not only hear the Word of God but understand it.

In his video today for the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, Cardinal Dolan reflects of the importance of our grandparents.

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