Did you know that St. Valentine’s Day is a Catholic Feast Day?! Somehow the word “Saint” gets dropped off when wishing someone a Happy St. Valentine’s Day greeting each year!

Since joining UPRISE in December 2020, Lesder Hans de Jesus, from Côte d’Ivoire, has now formed a non-governmental organization (NGO) whose mission is to inspire and provide donations of food to an orphanage based in Abidjan, “Bon berger de Bouake, Ivory Coast.”

One of our early UPRISE movement-makers from Pakistan, a bright young woman with a Master’s in English Literature, has chosen to dedicate her life to serving young children…

This COVID-19 virus has upended our abilities to gathering around the world in our local parishes with our pastor and faith families to worship together and celebrate the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.