More than a century ago, the Passionists, a preaching order in the Roman Catholic Church, arrived in Scranton to conduct missions and retreats. The people and the local clergy loved them so much that Bishop Michael Hoban of the Diocese of Scranton invited the Passionists…
Day: April 4, 2022
The power of name
Names can be powerful. Consider the names of places which but for their prominence in military annals would be unknown to most of us, names like Thermopylae, Milvian Bridge, Lepanto, and Waterloo. We hear the names of these locations and are ennobled by the recollection…