Sister Eileen McKenzie carries the monstrance during a ceremony marking the transition in the congregation's adoration practice. Photo by Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. For more than 141 ...

Every Christian is called to be a person of prayer. Such a tall order can seem daunting, which is why the spiritual treasury of the Church provides us with various prayer methods. Each method is a ...

There are many different ways of praying. After giving a strong foundation to its teachings on prayer, the Catechism of the Catholic Church shifts and begins to dissect the many different ways of ...

Pope Francis said Sunday that prayer in adoration of God and service to others spreads the fire of God's love, changing the world one heart at a time. "I invite everyone to discover the beauty of the ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT)- Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA), beginning next month, will no longer pray 24 hours, seven days a week. After 23 years of including prayer partners in its ...

For nearly a century and a half, for every hour of every day, 24/7, members of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have said prayers in their chapel in La Crosse. Next month, that will ...

EDITORIAL: Pope Francis reminded us of an irreplaceable, foundational element that is often overlooked — or even derided — in our implementation of the Great Commission: the need for prayer and, ...

Five minutes from here, the landscape is all ash and ruin. But inside this small chapel, there is a kaleidoscope of stained-glass light and a single man sitting bathed in that light. The man is ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

In his Angelus address, the pope reflected upon this Sunday’s Gospel from Luke in which Jesus says to his disciples, “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” A ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (RNS) — To bring healing from the ashes of the most destructive wildfires in California history, hundreds across the country practice Eucharistic adoration, prayer before an altar ...