The Church’s current Jubilee Year of Hope is scheduled to come to an end on Jan. 6 when the feast of the Epiphany will be celebrated in Rome. Although it’s ending and another ordinary jubilee year won’t take place until 2050, many members of Holy Spirit Parish in Indianapolis hope to continue to experience the effects of this jubilee year and share it with others for years to come.

It began in the archdiocese on Dec. 29, 2024, with a prayer service at the Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic Center, followed by a procession across the street for Mass at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, both in Indianapolis. Father James Brockmeier, rector of the cathedral, opened the 2025 “Pilgrims of Hope” Jubilee year.

The Christmas liturgical schedules for SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, 1347 N. Meridian St., in Indianapolis, and the Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 101 Hill Drive, in St. Meinrad, are as follows:

Sixth in an occasional series After another day of walking during their 600-mile pilgrimage on the Camino, Peter and Christina Rosario were bone-tired one evening when they faced a disheartening reality. As they entered the town where they planned to sleep that night, they learned that the hostel for pilgrims there was already full. And the next hostel in the next town was another 2 1/2 miles away.

Every parent has their own list of criteria for judging whether a movie is appropriate for viewing with their child at a given age.

In November, the Vatican shared the favorite films of Pope Leo XIV as he prepared for a meeting with a group of Hollywood actors and directors.

Earlier this year, a group of young Catholics shared their “Official List of 100 Movies Every Catholic Should See.”

Here are the movies that Phil Thompson featured in his book, Lights in the Darkness: Exploring Catholic Themes in Twelve Extraordinary Films:

Phil Thompson doesn’t cry easily. but his tears flowed when he watched the movie The Spitfire Grill, the redemption story of a young woman who gets out of prison and seeks a home and healing. Thompson’s tears turned to cheers while watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy, savoring the fellowship, drama and adrenaline of a classic battle between good and evil.

Benedictine Sister Carol Falkner marked the 60th anniversary of her profession of vows as a religious. She entered Our Lady of Grace from her home parish of St. Joan of Arc in Indianapolis and made her first profession of vows at Our Lady of Grace in 1965.

Part two of two In 2025, 21 members of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods celebrated significant milestones in the congregation. This article will honor the life and ministry of jubilarians who marked 60, 50 and 25 years of religious life.

Christmas arrives each year, inviting weary souls in from the cold. Like fragile sparrows trembling on bare winter branches, many live surrounded by heartbreak, disappointment and loneliness—haunted by shame, guilt or failure. One blustery day follows another, and their only companions are fellow strugglers perched on the same desolate limbs, confused and unprotected.

Despite an uptick in executions in the U.S. in 2025, opponents of the death penalty lauded decreases in new death sentences and waning public support for the practice during comments at a Dec. 3 press event announcing a new coalition called the U.S. Campaign to End the Death Penalty.

El papa Benedicto XVI escribió en una ocasión que las dos grandes figuras del Adviento son la Santísima Virgen María y san Juan Bautista. Ambos nos preparan para la venida de Cristo: María, por su aceptación de todo corazón de la voluntad de Dios para ella, y Juan, por su testimonio profético y su bautismo de arrepentimiento.

Pope Benedict XVI once wrote that the two great figures of Advent are the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist. Both prepare us for the coming of Christ—Mary, by her wholehearted acceptance of God’s will for her, and John, by his prophetic witness and his baptism of repentance.

I am not a development director. But, I have been influenced by the Dave Ramsey model in my understanding of personal finance and was always known to having been quite frugal with my spending habits.

The sun was setting by the time we’d reached consensus on our Christmas tree. We’d decided on a cedar that hadn’t been anyone’s first choice—safely neutral, conflict averted.

Vigilance, which is defined as “keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties,” is a word we become familiar with during Advent. But as Catholics, being viligant in Advent can be defined as a time of deliberate preparation, to be watchful and attentive in a spiritual sense, anticipating the arrival of Jesus with loving anticipation instead of fear.