Truly, we are creatures of habit. Used to standing for the Gospel Acclamation’s alleluias immediately following the Epistle, congregations at Mass are usually caught by surprise when the Sequence appears instead. Often left without instruction by the lector or cantor, worshippers stand, hesitate, then self-consciously resume their seats.

Twenty-nine-year old Dom Brand of South Carolina, in an apparently random act in 2020, shot and killed an 80-year-old woman named Mary Ann Elvington.

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO Cualquier católico que participe en la celebración del 24 de julio del Día Mundial de los Abuelos y los Ancianos puede recibir una indulgencia plenaria, anunció el Vaticano.

NEW YORK. It’s been three long years since Maggie Smith’s tart-tongued matriarch, Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, got off one of her memorable zingers. So it must be time for “Downton Abbey: A New Era” (PG, Focus).

COLORADO SPRINGS. Transitional deacons Matthew Kane and William Dwayer will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop James Golka on June 11 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Kane will celebrate his first Mass on June 12 at 5:30 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 2746 Fifth St., Castle Rock. Dwayer will celebrate his first Mass on June 12 at 11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Parish, 3122 Poisetta Dr. in Colorado Springs. 

For years, Catherine Huss’ twin passions were evident: faith and fashion.

The 30-year-old Catholic never felt that her faith was at odds with her penchant for apparel. But the career path she projected for herself did appear lonely. She wasn’t aware of any other Catholic fashion designers. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. Seminarian Thomas Pressley, who recently completed his third year of theology studies at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, will be ordained to the transitional diaconate by Bishop James Golka on June 4. The Herald recently interviewed Pressley about his background and vocational journey.

COLORADO SPRINGS. The annual diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass celebrating married couples, especially those with milestone anniversaries (1 year, 5, 10, 25, 50 years or more) will take place June 12 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, with Bishop James Golka presiding.

COLORADO SPRINGS. A new diocesan Catholic school will open at St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish in the fall of 2022. The St. Gabriel Classical Academy will include preschool through fifth grade, with full-day and half-day options for kindergarten.

COLORADO SPRINGS. All are invited to Catholic Radio Network’s annual Priest and Seminarian Appreciation Day that will take place June 20 at St. Paul Parish.

As I write these words, my heart is still reeling from the horror of the shooting of 19 grade school students and two of their teachers in Uvalde, Texas. This follows the killing of 10 people in a Buffalo, New York, grocery store which happened two weeks prior.

NEW YORK. The award for the most appropriate film title of 2022 goes to “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (PG-13, Disney). Truly, this is a maddening, multidimensional, decidedly strange, yet typically “Marvel”-ous movie based on the comic book series.

DELHI TOWNSHIP, OHIO. Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Anna Maria Ahl died April 26 at the age of 96 in Mother Margaret Hall, the nursing facility for the Sisters of Charity, Delhi Township, Cincinnati. Ohio. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated June 16 in the motherhouse chapel.