Bishop Byrne: Feast of the Ascension Reminds Us of Our Ultimate Destiny

| 05/7/2024

By: Mary Shovlain

The Feast of the Ascension is this Thursday. Bishop Byrne, Episcopal Vicar of Staten Island, reflects on the great significance of this feast and how it reminds us of our earthly vocation and our ultimate destiny in Heaven.

Archbishop Ronald Hicks and Monsignor Jim Vlaun discuss Archbishop Hicks’ recent article in First Things on physician-assisted suicide, the recent confirmation of youth with disabilities, ordination anniversaries, the upcoming meeting of the USCCB, and Change the World.

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Archbishop Ronald Hicks

| 06/02/2026

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At the Second Annual Thomistic Bioethics Colloquium, organized by Dominican Healthcare Ministry and held May 29 at St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village, Catholic scholars and clergy reflected on the Anointing of the Sick as a sacrament of grace, forgiveness, strength, and hope.

By:

Mary Shovlain

| 06/02/2026

American pope says he personally witnessed Sheen's evangelization as a child.

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OSV News

| 06/02/2026