Archdiocese

Andrew and Tess Bussa have come to their deep, vibrant Catholic faith by different routes.

Archbishop Cordileone celebrated Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion at St. Mary’s Cathedral April 14, imploring worshippers in his homily at the beginning of Holy Week to remain faithful to the church through the centrality of the Eucharist.

The preparation, blessing and distribution of oils are central to the Catholic Church’s sacraments and rites – and are among some of the church’s most ancient traditions and rituals witnessed in preparation for Easter.

”Religious medals and jewelry are a physical way to take your faith with you,” says jewelry designer Belinda Wickwire. “When there is a tough moment, it is something you can a physically to hold on to and a reminder of where to turn.”

Three individuals were recognized for their distinguished, decades-long leadership as coaches, athletic directors and board members of CYO Catholic Charities Athletics at a "Hall of Fame" dinner March 23.

What were the Catholic headlines 60 years ago this month? Some items from The Monitor of April 17, 1959, will sound strangely familiar: A lament that Catholics do not know their liturgy, a study of demographic change in an urban parish. Other mark the Cold War era: Rome decreeing that Catholics must not vote for "Red sympathizers." But the highlight of the issue may be the Q&A column by Father Mark Hurley, an archdiocesan priest who was later a San Francisco before being named bishop of Santa Rosa. He defends St. Patrick against detractors and explains why many early Christian writings never made it into the Bible.

A group of 20 Stanford University Catholic students built a new greenhouse for the Dominican nuns of Corpus Christi Monastery in Menlo Park and helped out the sisters with a day of volunteer clearing and tilling to prepare for spring gardening.