A DIFFERENT WAY TO APPROACH THE WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CARE OF CREATION This is an image of the Eagle Nebula. Nebulae are clouds of cosmic dust and gas stars are formed. Consider this image light years away and...
175th Anniversary “Be Where it All Began”, September 3 – 5, 2020 Spirituality. Friendship. Service. Worcester, MA – Every year, Vincentians from across the country come together to participate in St. Vincent de Paul’s National Assembly, where a variety of speakers and...
To make a courageous choice that leads to personal loss is difficult. Most of us choose self-protection over self sacrifice. To make such a choice when that loss is one’s very life is beyond difficult. But, as Christians, we are...
In honor of this Fall's 40th issue of Venture and Visions (the original levels of the Pflaum Gospel Weeklies), and in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the Gospel Weeklies in 2021, Pflaum Publishing Group and Bayard Inc. are humbled...
The 2020 Catholic Media Awards were announced on July 2, as the Virtual Catholic Media Conference wrapped up a three-day online convention. CPA honored Bayard with 8 awards, acknowledging the outstanding work of our teams as they strive to further...
Committed to integrity and social justice, Twenty-Third Publications and Bayard, Inc. stand in solidarity with all victims of abuse and unequivocally supports their recovery and healing. As the recent allegations concerning composer David Haas continue to unfold, his works are no...
I remember when COVID-19 started, just as the word “pandemic” was starting to be whispered, before life as we knew it changed so radically. That first week, it seemed harder to get through the days and nights – there were...
The men’s group at the parish sat stone still, many with tears in their eyes, as Joe spoke of the anger he’d been carrying in his heart for thirty years. He spoke about a time in the 1960s, when he...
“Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a cornerstone, chosen and precious, and whoever believes in it shall not be put to shame” (1 Peter 2:6). A cornerstone lies at the foundation of a building. It is often laid with a...
Pope Francis consecrated the world to the Blessed Virgin Mary earlier this month, at Easter. Similarly, the Bishops of Latin America consecrated their peoples to Our Lady of Guadalupe on Easter. The Bishops of Canada and the United States are also...