Jim Graves

Jim Graves

Jim Graves is a Catholic writer and editor living in Newport Beach, California. He previously served as Managing Editor for the Diocese of Orange Bulletin, the official newspaper of the Diocese of Orange, California. His work has appeared in the National Catholic Register, Our Sunday Visitor, Cal Catholic Daily and Catholic World Report.

Articles by Jim Graves

Clockwise, from top left: Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie, Cardinal Stephen Chow of Hong Kong, Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs, and Father Mike Schmitz of Duluth, Minnesota, will address the Class of 2024. Credits: Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images; Edward Pentin/National Catholic Register; Benedictine College; and FOCUS

Class of ’24: Commencement speakers range from ‘The Chosen’ actor to a Catholic cardinal

May 10, 2024 / 06:00 am

Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie, Cardinal Stephen Chow of Hong Kong, and Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs will address the Class of 2024.

Palma il Giovane (1550-1628), “Portrait of Pope Pius V.” Credit: Public Domain

St. Pius V, safeguard of the faith

Apr 30, 2024 / 04:00 am

Preferring the peace of the cloister to public life, St. Pius V is remembered for ridding the Church of the abuses and corruption of the time.

Thousands participate in Walk for Life West Coast on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, in San Francisco. Credit: Jose Aguirre/Walk for Life West Coast

PHOTOS: 2024 Walk for Life West Coast and OneLife LA: ‘Powerful Witness to Life’

Jan 21, 2024 / 08:00 am

Rain couldn’t dampen the hearts that champion the cause of the unborn in California on Saturday. 

St. Mary’s Catholic Center, which serves Catholic students of the public Texas A&M University in College Station, will dedicate a new church July 29, 2023. Credit: Photo courtesy of St. Mary’s Catholic Center

PHOTOS: ‘A glimpse into heaven’: Bishop to dedicate new Catholic church at Texas A&M

Jul 26, 2023 / 11:36 am

Catholic “Aggies” will now have a new place of worship where they can “encounter Christ through art and architecture.”

Christ Our Shepherd Center in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia

Western Pennsylvania diocese invites Ukrainian refugees to visit — and permanently stay

Jul 23, 2023 / 07:00 am

The initiative, funded by Catholic Charities, is being led by Greensburg Diocese’s Bishop Larry Kulick in partnership with Archbishop Borys Gudziak.  

Saint John’s Abbey organ console. Martin Pasi did a project expanding the abbey organ beginning in 2019 and after coming to know the monks, came up with the idea of moving his organ-building operation there. Photo courtesy of Saint John’s Abbey/Father Lew Grobe and Kevin Vogt of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Leawood, Kansas.

Benedictines in the U.S. return to organ building

Jul 15, 2023 / 07:00 am

Saint John’s Abbey Woodworking will join forces with Abbey Organ Builders to build organs and serve as a school for artisans.

Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades dedicates the organ at St. Pius X parish in Granger, Indiana, in 2022. Photo courtesy of Jeremy Hoy

Catholic churches are buying pre-owned pipe organs to enhance their liturgies

Jun 24, 2023 / 07:00 am

While in some parts of the country church organs are being removed, destroyed, or sold, in other places they are increasingly in demand. 

Sister Thea Bowman and Venerable Augustus Tolton. Courtesy of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration / New York Public Library

Meet the 6 American Black Catholics who are on the road to sainthood

Feb 28, 2023 / 12:55 pm

At the end of Black History Month, Catholics would do well to recall that there are currently six African American Catholics who are on the path to sainthood.

Sister Brenda Cherry (right) attests to the long legacy of teaching by the Oblate Sisters of Providence. Credit: Oblate Sisters of Providence Archives

Servant of God Mother Mary Lange and the rich history of Black Catholic religious orders

Feb 28, 2023 / 10:00 am

Two centuries ago, Mary Elizabeth Lange emigrated to the United States from Cuba and joined a friend to offer free education to Baltimore’s Black children.

An estimated 10,000 people turned out for the Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco on Jan. 21, 2023, the second-largest pro-life demonstration in the U.S. after the national March for Life in Washington, D.C., which marked its 50th anniversary a day earlier. Credit: Francisco Valdez

Walk for Life West Coast and OneLife LA 2023 proclaim: ‘Life is good!’

Jan 23, 2023 / 07:45 am

San Francisco and Los Angeles events brought out droves of participants to witness to the humanity of the unborn and the dignity of all life.