Shia LaBeouf sets sights on becoming a deacon in the Catholic Church sfgate.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfgate.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Shia LaBeouf turned to the Catholic faith after playing an Italian priest in the 2022 film 'Padre Pio.' His confirmation sponsor says he wants to be a deacon.
“My mom and dad were very good role models. They were always doing things for our community and our church. You learn by example; it’s a very important part of
England's health service to stop prescribing puberty blockers for kids – Catholic World Report catholicworldreport.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from catholicworldreport.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sunday September 25th - Open Thread - The Last Refuge theconservativetreehouse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theconservativetreehouse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Echoes is the opinion section of TheBostonPilot.com. The Boston Pilot is a daily news Catholic newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts, covering news and opinion about the Catholic Church and Catholic life. We carry daily news from Boston, New England, US, the Vatican, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Central and Latin America. The Boston Pilot is part of the Pilot Media Group, America s oldest Catholic newspaper and the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston.
Olivia Newton-John arrives for G'Day USA Los Angeles Black Tie Gala Jan. 27, 2018, in Los Angeles. The singer and actress died Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, at age 73 after a decades-long struggle with breast cancer. / Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2022 / 13:51 pm (CNA). Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, perhaps best known for her role as Sandy Olsson in the 1978 film “Grease,” shared her favorite prayer last year. She passed away Monday at age 73. The prayer was, she revealed in a 2021 interview, the Lord’s Prayer. She began reciting it daily after she became pregnant with her only child, Chloe, she said on the podcast “A Life of Greatness.” “I was close to losing her at one point,” she recalled. “I asked God to please save Chloe and, if he did, I would say the Lord’s Prayer every night for the rest of my life.” “So I have,” she said. “I think it’s a beautiful prayer. It’s a powerful prayer. I believe in prayer, I think prayer is very powerful.” Chloe was born in 1986. Newton-John learned the Lord’s Prayer as a child, she said, adding that her family attended church while her father served as the head of a Presbyterian college — Ormond College at the University of Melbourne in Australia. “I believe all the beliefs have validity and meaning to a lot of people,” she added, “but I find that prayer a very powerful one.” In response to her death, which came after a decades-long struggle with breast cancer, Capuchin friar and deacon Brother Vince Mary remembered Newton-John on Twitter. He shared that Newton-John attended Catholic Mass. Olivia Newton-John appears in the back pew at the Capuchin novitiate at San Lorenzo Seminary in Santa Ynez, California. Date unknown. Photo courtesy of Capuchin Brother Mick Joyce from Borromeo Seminary Cleveland“She was a frequent visitor to our Capuchin Novitiate in Santa Ynez for masses,” Brother Vince Mary tweeted. “God grant her eternal rest!”
Rest In Peace to Olivia Newton John! She was a frequent visitor to our Capuchin Novitiate in Santa Ynez for masses. God grant her eternal rest!— Fray Chente OFMCap (@BrVinMary) August 9, 2022
He told CNA that Newton-John attended Mass frequently at the novitiate that has attracted other celebrity visitors — San Lorenzo Seminary in Santa Ynez, California. Newton-John lived near the friars. According to the Santa Barbara Independent, she passed away at her 12-acre residence in Santa Ynez Valley. In March 2020, she publicly shared her appreciation for one Capuchin Franciscan. Newton-John posted a poem on Instagram written by a Capuchin Franciscan in Ireland, Brother Richard Hendrick, where he wrote about responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I was sent this poem by a friend and it said many things I was thinking — because I also believe that good things are coming out of this difficult time — which too will pass,” she commented. “Father Richard Hendricks says it so beautifully here.” It is unclear what faith or religion Newton-John practiced before her death. During the 2021 podcast interview, she spoke about praying and chanting with her friends who are Buddhist and about experiencing spirits. She also talked about life after death. “Most humans, we want to believe that we go on,” she said. “I don’t know if that is so and I hope that I can let people know when it happens if it is.”
Solvang’s Independence Day Parade Bursts Fourth with Pride, Patriotism After COVID-19 hiatus, popular pastime returns with large crowds, more than 50 entries and a different route for 2021 Kids wave to Santa Barbara County firefighters from Station 30 in Solvang during Sunday’s Independence Day parade put on by the Solvang Rotary Club. (Serena Guentz / Noozhawk photo) By Serena Guentz, Noozhawk Contributing Writer | @NoozhawkNews July 4, 2021 | 5:07 p.m. Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Solvang on Sunday morning to celebrate the Fourth of July with the return of the annual parade sponsored by the Solvang Rotary Club. “It’s very important to the community of Solvang and the citizens of this state that the Fourth of July is celebrated just like it was two years ago,” said Art Kaslow, the club’s president. “Very important that we don’t lose any of the traditions or celebrations.”