The Feast of the Assumption is celebrated on Aug. 15 each year by the Catholic Church. The occasion celebrates the belief that Mary's body and soul entered heaven from Earth after her death.

Therefore the Spirit and the Church pray: "Come, Lord Jesus," since his coming will deliver us from the Evil One. 2177 The ... The Assumption - Catechism of the Catholic Church.

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Father Paul Treacy prides himself on overseeing a 168-year-old Catholic church founded by German immigrants who came together around the mission of supporting the most vulnerable among them. From ...

WILDWOOD CREST— Three years after parishioners at the Assumption Roman Catholic Church were expecting the church to close its doors after the diocese announced a merger, the church was brightly ...

For weeks, the leadership of the Assumption Church in downtown St. Paul has led efforts to block a new affordable housing complex from taking root in Mary Hall, which is owned by Catholic Charities.

The parish buildings of the former St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church are still handsome, noble-looking religious structures, even as they sit vacant and very much in need of repair.

A Catholic church in downtown St. Paul is no longer fighting plans to convert a nearby building into an 88-unit supportive housing complex for the recently homeless. The Church of the Assumption ...

St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic grammar school in Chicago’s Riverdale neighborhood on May 8, 2025. The newly selected Pope Leo XIV went to grammar school at St. Mary’s. (Eileen T. Meslar ...