Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church

The Trinity is one of the most central mysteries of the Christian faith, and yet for most of us, our minds have great difficulty understanding the Triune God. Our own inability to understand the Trinity should not dissuade us, as even the greatest saints did not fully grasp this reality during their life on earth. Read More…

There are more than 1.3 billion Catholics in the world, or 17.7% of the global population, according to the latest edition of an annual Vatican report. There were more than 13.7 million baptisms in 2021 and more than 11.1 million of those – 81% – were baptisms of children under the age of 7. That’s Read More…

We all know that St. Valentine is a patron saint of lovers, but he’s not the only saint we can invoke for love and marriage. There’s a saintly couple you may not have heard of who have their own unique love story. The story takes place in the 4th century. In Auvergne (near the center Read More…

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government has voted to allow the forcible takeover of the Catholic-run Calvary Public Hospital. The compulsory acquisition of the medical facility is expected to begin almost immediately and be complete by the first week of July. Calvary Health Care, however, has vowed a legal challenge to the legislation, with the Read More…

I met Silvia in May 2014. I went by car from Muscat (Oman) to where she lived in Dubai — not as a tourist, but to participate in a retreat of spiritual exercises. She and her husband Roberto were the hosts, and I felt welcome from the first moment. What I couldn’t imagine was that Read More…

The Good Samaritan — the kind man who was “moved with pity” at the sight of a man left for dead by bandits, and then ignored by a priest and a Levite (Lk 10:25-37) — can positively influence our behavior on social media. Even though we’re no longer talking about the road to Jericho, but rather Read More…

Summer is normally the time we take a break from things. School is over, the weather is nice, and most people take at least some time off work. Even the liturgical calendar seems to reflect this yearly sabbath, moving out of the spiritually “busy” seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter into the mundanely named Read More…

The Gospel for this Sunday is Jn 3:16-18 1. A word of introduction In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks to Nicodemus of the mystery of the Holy Trinity. God the Father, out of love for mankind, sends the Son, the Savior, so that those who accept Him may be born again of the Spirit. These are Read More…