﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:38:53 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Kathleen McCarty</title><link>https://www.diocs.org:443/Herald/rss/author/627/kathleen-mccarty</link><atom:link href="https://www.diocs.org:443/Herald/rss/author/627/kathleen-mccarty" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen McCarty]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Bringing hope and healing through mental health ministry]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/bringing-hope-and-healing-through-mental-health-ministry</link><description><![CDATA[ (PHOTO:  Deacon Ed Shoener, the president and a founding member of the Catholic Association for Mental Health Ministers ) 

 During this Jubilee Year of Hope, the Church calls for all of us to be ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/bringing-hope-and-healing-through-mental-health-ministry</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-1011]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen McCarty]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Lucas Pollice to teach Vatican II video course]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/lucas-pollice-to-teach-vatican-ii-video-course</link><description><![CDATA[ In his Pastoral Letter for the Year of Hope, Bishop James Golka encouraged “all the faithful of the diocese, through prayerful reading and study, [to] rediscover the beautiful and inspiring ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/lucas-pollice-to-teach-vatican-ii-video-course</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-877]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen McCarty]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Making a Local Jubilee Pilgrimage in the Year of Hope]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/making-a-local-jubilee-pilgrimage-in-the-year-of-hope</link><description><![CDATA[ COLORADO SPRINGS. During this Jubilee Year of Hope, (which runs until Jan. 6, 2026), the Church has designated particular churches in Rome and the Holy Land as sacred Jubilee sites. These Jubilee ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/making-a-local-jubilee-pilgrimage-in-the-year-of-hope</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-879]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen McCarty]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The Danger of Faith and the Pathway to Victory]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/the-danger-of-faith-and-the-pathway-to-victory</link><description><![CDATA[ What would you do if Jesus told you that he was amazed by your faith? 

 The Gospels are filled with accounts of the Lord wondering at the faith of certain people who encounter him: the centurion ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/the-danger-of-faith-and-the-pathway-to-victory</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-674]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen McCarty]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Greater Things]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/greater-things</link><description><![CDATA[ "The Church, therefore, earnestly desires that Christ’s faithful, when present at this mystery of faith, should not be there as strangers or silent spectators . . . by offering the Immaculate ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/greater-things</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-655]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen McCarty]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Love Bade Me Welcome]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/love-bade-me-welcome</link><description><![CDATA[  We love because He first loved us.  — 1 John 4:1 

 As we celebrate the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 7 (and honor the Sacred Heart during the entire month of June), it seems ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/love-bade-me-welcome</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-625]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen McCarty]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Breaking the Spell]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/breaking-the-spell</link><description><![CDATA[  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.  – John 1:5 

 “Human kind cannot bear very much reality,” wrote the poet T.S. Eliot. While some might interpret this verse ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/breaking-the-spell</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-607]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen McCarty]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[God’s Work on Sunday]]></title><link>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/gods-work-on-sunday</link><description><![CDATA[  "Blessed are those who have been called to the wedding feast of the lamb.”  — Revelation 19:9. 

 St. Thomas Aquinas once said that “love follows knowledge.” It’s also true that the more we love, ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.diocs.org/Herald/gods-work-on-sunday</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1bf32585-3ee8-41f2-8aaa-c0b49f5439ea-589]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>