Action Alert!
For the latest on newly-elected Pope Leo XIV, click this announcement.
X - CLOSE

Make your gift today!

Help keep Catholics around the world educated and informed.

$1000
$500
$100
$50
$25
$
$5 USD is the minimum online donation. All donations are tax deductible in the US.
One Time
Monthly

Already donated? Log in to stop seeing these donation pop-ups.

Catholic Dictionary

Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

Random Term from the Dictionary:

PRIVATE BAPTISM

The sacrament of baptism conferred, in case of necessity, even by a person who is not a priest or deacon. It is done without the other ceremonies, by pouring water on the person's head while pronouncing the worlds, "I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

Sun11 May
Easter

Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday)

Image for Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd Sunday)

"Jesus said: ‘The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.’" Christ Himself is the Good Shepherd, who knows each one of His sheep, who gives His life for them and snatches them from the jaws of the marauding wolf. He is the true shepherd who fulfills Ezechiel's prophecy…

Learn more about this day.

May Calendar ›