Florida Catholic | Diocese of Orlando

November 21, 2008

‘The Pope will speak to us as a well-informed religious leader’

Read Bishop Wenski's Column Here

Click here for the Florida Catholic's special section on the pope's visit to the United States.

Sara serenades the bishop

Sara Cardona, 5, plays “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” on her violin for Bishop Thomas Wenski during his first–ever visit to the Catholic Center Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Joseph Convent March 30.

JANNET WALSH | FC
OCALA | Sara Cardona, 5, plays “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” on her violin for Bishop Thomas Wenski during his first–ever visit to the Catholic Center Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Anthony Convent March 30. The convent is home to the Missionary Sisters Catechist — in Spanish, Hermanas Misioneras Catequistas — who arrived in Ocala Jan. 30, 2007, from Medellín, Colombia. This is the religious order’s only convent in the United States and it was officially blessed and opened April 22, 2007. See more photos here. (Para mas fotos, presione aqui)

«Slideshow: La celebración

Apopka youths lobby lawmakers for farmworkers

Students meet for two days with lawmakers in Tallahassee to discuss pending legislation.

Two parish priests going home for papal masses.

Father Timothy Daly, born and raised in Washington, and Father Anthony Palmese, originally from New York, are looking forward to concelebrating Mass with Pope Benedict XVI.

Matt Maher to perform at Festival of Faith

The popular Catholic singer and songwriter will appear at a free concert May 10.

Getting to Know a Seminarian

An interview with Vilaire Philius

School boards receive national recognition

Father Lopez High School and the Diocese of Orlando school boards are honored by the National Catholic Educational Association.

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