IONIA -- The chords flow light and lilting from Mary Cusack's keyboard. Then follows the voice of her daughter, Caitlin, praising God like a teenage angel. "Alleluia, alleluia," Caitlin sings, her ...

There are many different emotions and themes involved in daily prayer—humility, repentance, sorrow, cheerfulness, seeking, requesting, celebrating and more. Yet, some events on the Church calendar, ...

One of the most dramatic moments in the celebration of the Easter Vigil occurs just before the proclamation of the Gospel. The Alleluia, silent for more than six weeks, is solemnly intoned three times ...

In November 1986, St. John Paul II visited various places in the South Pacific. In a message he gave during the Sunday Angelus prayers at Adelaide, Australia, the Pope said, “We are an Easter People ...

If you’re Catholic, you’ve likely heard the famous Easter quote from Pope St. John Paul II — “We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song!” Did you know that he said this not at Eastertime, but ...

ST. LOUIS — “I wanted to bring Easter to the forefront, and I wanted Easter to be exciting for others,” says Karen Mesler, Founder of Alleluia Baskets. It was an idea that first dates back to 2004 ...

O'FALLON, Mo. — Some warehouses are for goods. Others are just for good. And this stockroom in O'Fallon, Missouri, is to Easter what Santa's workshop is to Christmas. Welcome to Alleluia Baskets, a ...

There are many different emotions and themes involved in daily prayer —humility, repentance, sorrow, cheerfulness, seeking, requesting, celebrating and more. Yet, some events on the Church calendar, ...