Welcome to the St. Agnes Catholic Corner. This page contains articles written about both Catholic teachings and St. Agnes Catholic Church. Grab a cup of coffee and take some time to browse the topics and expand your horizons. New articles are posted every one to two weeks. If you have any questions about the topics or if you have anything you’d like to learn about, contact our Director of Liturgy at liturgy@stagnesshepherdstown.org.
The Gift of the Eucharist
Every Sunday we gather and give thanks and praise for something we have already received. We are responding to a gift, one which we do not control or earn. It is a [read more...]
Sister Earth
Friday, April 22nd, was the 52nd Earth Day and the theme this year was Invest in our Planet. Next month on May 24th is also the seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical [read more...]
The Fifty Days of Easter
Celebrate!! If we fast for forty days, we celebrate for fifty!! For these fifty days of the Easter Season, ending with the Feast of Pentecost, we celebrate the reality we celebrate every [read more...]
Passion Sunday, the Beginning of Holy Week
And so we begin! Passion Sunday marks the last Sunday of Lent and opens Holy Week. On this day we begin with the celebration of Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem, an act that [read more...]
What Do You Know About Passion/Palm Sunday and Holy Week?
Well, is it Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday? The short answer is, Yes! It is both. The correct name is Passion Sunday, a name change that occurred after Vatican II. The two [read more...]
Ash Wednesday and the Beginning of Lent
Catholic Corner February 24, 2022 Repent and Be Faithful to the Gospel On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, we begin the Lenten season. We mark it by the reception of ashes on our [read more...]
Transformative Listening: Liturgy and Life
Catholic Corner February 3, 2022 Christ is alive, he is our hope . . . Christ is alive, he wants you to be alive! (Pope Francis, Christus Vivit, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation) Our [read more...]
The Synod: In Unity with All Christian People
Catholic Corner January 20, 2022 This is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and its theme is taken from the words of the Magi in the Gospel of Matthew: “Where is [read more...]
Ordinary Time
Catholic Corner January 13, 2022 Now that the Christmas Season is past, we return to Ordinary Time but Ordinary Time is anything but ordinary! Our focus tends to be on the “big [read more...]
The Synod, The Church and Vatican II: Some Theological Background
Catholic Corner January 6, 2022 One thing that has already come forth from the synod is Pope Francis’ clear desire to see the vision of Vatican II fully implemented. We witness this [read more...]
All Things Christmas
Catholic Corner December 23, 2021 Fun facts about Christmas! First, Christmas is not a celebration of Jesus’ actual birthday! December 25th is not the date of his birth, rather scholars place the [read more...]
Christ’s First Coming
Catholic Corner December 16, 2021 For the past three Sunday’s of Advent our attention has looked forward to the Second Coming of Christ. This Sunday we turn our attention to Christ’s first [read more...]