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St. Rita of Cascia
Remembered as Healer & PeacemakerHer life is a story of great love, terrible loss, profound forgiveness, and strong faith. Saint Rita of Cascia (1381-1457), born Margarita Lotti, is a beloved saint of the Church, who honors her bravery. Her feast day is May 22.
As a young girl she proclaimed she wanted to join the… Read more
This spectacular prayerful event happens the fourth Friday of each month!
You’re invited.
Make plans to be there this Friday, May 23!We could go on and on about how Camp Carlo is.
Listen to these campers! Then register your kids and grandkids!
Let’s grow in faith! Let’s goooooooooooo to our Catholic youth adventure camp!REMINDER:
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated for Fr. Mario Richard Claro at the Cathedral of St. Joseph (1300 Eoff St, Wheeling) on Tuesday, May 27 at 12:05pm.
Fr. Claro, 84, of Franklin, WV, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2025, at University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA.
He was born September 19, 1940, in New York, NY,… Read more“¡Viva Cristo Rey! ¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!” Long live Christ the King! Long live the Virgin of Guadalupe!
This was the cry of the Christeros, peasant Catholics who opposed the fierce political and anti-Catholic oppression inflicted by the Mexican government on its citizens in the early twentieth century.
On May 21, we remember St.… Read moreWe Pray for The Church – Rosary Procession & Crusade for Vocations:
It may have seemed like an ordinary Tuesday evening last week, but it was extraordinary in Wheeling as more than 100 people sweetly sang Immaculate Mary a cappella and prayed the Rosary in the streets – for the Church, for those who have left the Church, for our families,… Read more
May 20th is the memorial of St. Bernadine of Siena – a 15th Century Franciscan, called “the Apostle of the Holy Name of Jesus.”
His wisdom shared in his sermons still reminds us that, “Whenever divine grace selects someone to receive a particular grace or some especially favoured position, all the gifts (needed for it) are given to the… Read moreAs we continue to honor Mary this month, we share“Our Lady of West Virginia.”
Our Lady is a beauty
Of the West Virginia Hills.
From Spruce Knob’s lofty towering
To where Kenova spills
Out of bounds, and seeks to share
Our wealth with sister-states,
Our Lady smiling sunshine
Forever radiates.The bright blue of her mantle
Is in summer… Read moreMass for Pope Leo XIV and the intentions of the pope will be celebrated by Bishop Mark E. Brennan at 6pm, on June 10th, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling.
Simultaneously, Rev. Don Higgs will celebrate a Mass honoring Pope Leo XIV at 6pm, June 10, from the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral in Charleston.
All are welcome and encouraged to attend.The 1700th Anniversary of The Nicaea Council
(authors of the Nicene Creed)The Nicene Creed is a bold affirmation of our Christian identity – Jesus Christ is “true God from true God.”
Seventeen hundred years ago, 300 bishops from all over the world were called to the first ecumenical council held in a Byzantine palace in Nicea (the year… Read more- Load More
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