Canadian army Maj. Bastien Leclerc, a chaplain, leads a Catholic confirmation service aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) in Civitavecchia, Italy, Sept. 29, 2014. The Arleigh Burke was deployed in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security opera
U.S. Air Force chaplain Maj. Mitchell Zygadlo, the 501st Combat Support Wing's Roman Catholic chaplain, prays with his rosary inside the chapel at RAF Alconbury, United Kingdom, on December 8, 2015. Zygadlo, who grew up in Poland, said his faith had always been a strong cornerstone of his spiritual
Details The image relates to a religious ceremony called the Easter Vigil, which takes place on the night before Easter Sunday. The ceremony involves a Liturgy of the Word, which is a part of the Catholic Mass that focuses on readings from the Bible. The Easter Vigil is traditionally held...
Details: ANNAPOLIS, Md. (October 18, 2020) As part of the United States Navy’s 245th birthday celebration and observance, Catholic Mass is celebrated at the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel by Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who has served for the Archdiocese of the Military Services, USA, since 2007. The central theme...
In this photo there are two women wearing either shawls or nun's habits. It is unclear if these are laywomen or nuns. The woman in the foreground is kneeling and holding rosary beads. This seems to be a small cemetery, possibly for a family or small parish.
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal is an important place of prayer and pilgrimage that draws believers from all over the world who wish to prayerfully reflect and ask the Virgin Mary’s protection. The chapel was built in 1815 and was dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Trappists, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a Catholic religious order of cloistered monastics that branched off from the Cistercians.
The Polish Catholic Mission, Polish: Polska Misja Katolicka, (PMK) is a permanent Catholic chaplaincy for migrant Poles. It operates in a number of countries under the direction of the Polish Episcopal Conference.
A young Marine finds a moment of quiet and solitude in which to offer up a prayer for the safety of himself and his comrades. Minutes later, the 1st Marine Division launched an offensive against entrenched communist troops during the Korean conflict.
A side-altar or bye-altar is an altar that is subordinate to the central or high altar in a church. The term is generally applied to altars that are situated in the bay or bays of the nave, transepts, etc. Side-altars may be recessed in a side-chapel,...
Peregrine Laziosi was born in 1260, the only son of an affluent family in Forlì, in northern Italy. At that time Forli was part of the Papal States. Peregrine's family supported the anti-papal faction. In 1283 the residents of Forlì were under interdict. Philip Benizi, Prior General...
