Queens, New York, July 10th, 2020: A 100 year old statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary outside Cathedral Prep School and Seminary was spray painted with the word “idol” by an unknown individual. Boston, Massachusetts, July 11th, 2020: A statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is set on fire outside the…
Prayer request for Liz Greve
Brother Knights, I’ve been informed that Liz Greve’s cancer has returned. She is going in for a CT scan tomorrow, June 16th, to determine its severity. Please keep Liz, John, and their family in your prayers. O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces, health of the sick, you brought…
All lives matter
In the fall of 1768, colonial unrest in Boston resulted in British troops being sent in to restore order. Tensions were high between the colonists and British, and escalated as the months wore on. After sunset on the evening of March 5th, a crowd of colonists confronted a group of…
2020 Chris Damo Scholarship winner
The Chris Damo Scholarship is awarded to a St. Michael School 8th grade student who will be attending one of the Columbus area Catholic High Schools after graduation from St. Michael School. The applicant must be a current 8th grade student at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic School, and must…
The Audacity of Faith
Being a Roman emperor the middle of the Third Century wasn’t exactly easy. There were barbarians attacking the Roman empire from the north, peasant uprisings and civil wars, political instability and assassinations, unemployment and economic depression, and the devaluation of the denarius, the Roman currency. And then there were those…
Bishops of U.S., Canada will consecrate their nations to Mary May 1
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has announced the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops May 1 in consecrating the two nations to the care of the Blessed Mother under the title “Mary, Mother…
Confessions at St. Michael’s starting May 2nd
Please see the letter from Fr. Dinovo regarding an update to reception of this Sacrament: https://www.saintmichael-cd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Letter-to-Parishioners-April-27-2020.pdf
2020 Brown Scapular Enrollment
Brother Knights, for the past three years we have done a Rite for the Blessing and Investiture in the Brown Scapular of our Lady of Mount Carmel at our May business meeting. Even though we are uncertain if we are going to have an in-person meeting on May 11th, I…
Pray for our priests & religious
As we make our way through Holy Week, please pray for Fr. Dinovo, Fr. Herge, our deacons, our Dominican Sisters, our bishop, and all consecrated religious. They are continuing to do their work despite the empty pews. While we may be cut off from the Sacraments, remember that they are…
St. Frances Cabrini on lack of the availability of the Eucharist
According to our calculations we shall not arrive before Tuesday. Imagine! We thought we should arrive in time to keep the Feast of the Patronage of Saint Joseph; instead we shall have to pass the Feast on the sea and without Holy Communion. We are beginning to feel gravely the…