Bishop Estévez to ordain 13 seminarians as transitional deacons
April 16, 2015
This Saturday, April 18, Bishop Felipe Estévez will ordain 13 seminarians as transitional deacons, two of which are our very own David Keegan and Philip Timlin. The ordination is scheduled to take place at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church (370 SW 3rd Street) in Boca Raton at 11 a.m. Read More
Helping Hands for Burkina Faso
April 14, 2015
by J.T. Rodriguez Every hand scooping, every hand sealing, every hand boxing food was touching another hand on the other side of the world. There is something different about using your own hands to help a person, which is distinctly different from simply giving a dollar: it becomes personal. Read More
UF Students Evangelize and Share the Joy of the Gospel with Parishes
April 13, 2015
by Tonia Borsellino A team of five Catholic Gators from the University of Florida increased their commitment to service at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Gainesville during the parish’s first Helping Hands food-packaging event for Catholic Relief Services held on Saturday, April 11. Read More
The Pope to officially convoke the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy tomorrow
April 10, 2015
At 5.30 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday 11 April, the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday, in St. Peter's Basilica, the Pope will officially convoke the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy with the publication of the Bull of Indiction, “Misericordiae vultus”. Read More
Helping Hands: Gainesville Students support CRS programs in West Africa
April 8, 2015
The St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Gainesville is hosting a Helping Hands food-packaging event on Saturday, April 11. The event, in support of a special collaboration between Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Stop Hunger Now, will bring together local volunteers to package more than 10,000 meals and to provide funds to buy CRS food, support, job training and community development programs in the West African nation of Burkina Faso. Read More
Florida Bishops Speak out on Conscience Protection for Private Child-Placing Agencies
April 7, 2015
UPDATE (4/9/2015) The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops (FCCB) applauds today’s passage of HB 7111, Conscience Protection for Private Child-Placing Agencies, by the Florida House of Representatives. Read More
First Coast Media Gets Sneak Peak at Cathedral Renovation
March 27, 2015
First Coast news media got a sneak peak at the renovations of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Augustine Thursday, March 27. Father Tom Willis, rector of the Cathedral provided an overview of the extensive work that was done to the interior of the church in preparation for the 450th anniversary of the parish and the city of St. Augustine. Read More
2015 Catholic Charities Gala
March 26, 2015
Catholic Charities Gala 2015 will be held April 25, at the Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa Hotel, Ponte Vedra, from 6:30 to 11 p.m. This event serves as one of the primary fundraisers for Catholic Charities Jacksonville Regional Office with proceeds assisting the agency in reaching out to the community with emergency assistance. Read More
St. Augustine’s Replica Spanish Boat Christened by Father Tom Willis
March 23, 2015
by Margo C. Pope Salt, holy water, and white wine combined with the prayers of Father Tom Willis on Sunday afternoon as he christened a replica 16th-century chalupa work boat built by the Saint Augustine Maritime Heritage Foundation. The 37-foot-wooden boat honors the 450th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine in 1565 by the Spanish. Read More
The Search Continues for an 18th Century Image of Our Lady of La Leche
March 20, 2015
By Margo C. Pope St. Augustine’s veneration of Our Lady of La Leche ─ Nuestra Senora de La Leche y Buen Parto ─ is almost as old as the city having been brought to St. Augustine in 1620, 55 years after the city’s founding by the Spanish. It continues today in the historic chapel of the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche. Read More