On a recent Sunday morning, Debbie Kelln played the keyboard at the rear of Holy Name Catholic Church in Shattuck, leading the congregation through the hymns and Mass parts.

As Saint John Paul II famously said, “As goes the family, so goes the nation, and so goes the entire world in which we live.”

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) held its 50th Biennial State Convention on May 2-4, at the Catholic Pastoral Center in Oklahoma City.

“The Catholic Church proclaims that human life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a social vision for society.” (USCCB)

La cultura guatemalteca homenajeada en el Santuario del Beato Stanley Rother