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January 31, 2023
St. John Bosco, a man for (almost) every occasion!
Like so many great saints, St. John Bosco led an unusual life. He was aised in great poverty and with little education, yet today his name is beloved all over the world. St. John Bosco was born Giovanni Melchior Bosco in Italy in 1888, during a harsh time of drought and famine. His father died […]
St. John Bosco, a man for (almost) every occasion!
January 30, 2023
Pope Francis accepts Ouellet’s resignation, appoints American to lead Dicastery for Bishops
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: Pope Francis on Monday named an American as the next prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops to succeed Cardinal Marc Ouellet. Bishop Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Vatican office responsible for evaluating new members of the Catholic Church’s hierarchy, the Vatican announced Jan. 30. Report is here.
Pope Francis accepts Ouellet’s resignation, appoints American to lead Dicastery for Bishops
Research shows the faith is young: Check out these numbers
A few weeks ago, Bishop Robert Barron called on YouTube for every Catholic to invite one person to Mass this year. It is time to stop feeling defensive and hopeless about the Church, he said, and time to take advantage of the new signs of growth. I couldn’t agree more, and I have been sharing […]
Research shows the faith is young: Check out these numbers
Accept Our Limitations Before God
Martin Madalai Muthu csc – Readings: Heb 11: 32-40; Mk 5: 1-20 Mark describes the first exorcism performed by Jesus in a pagan territory. This act of healing explains to us the love of Jesus and describes three main characteristics of the love of Jesus. Jesus reaches out to all; He transforms others, and He […]
Accept Our Limitations Before God
January 29, 2023
Sunday Mass Readings
Sunday, January 29 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Roman Ordinary calendar St. Gildas the Wise Book of Zephaniah 2,3.3,12-13. Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth, who have observed his law; Seek justice, seek humility; perhaps you may be sheltered on the day of the LORD’S anger. But I will leave as a remnant in your midst […]
Sunday Mass Readings
January 28, 2023
Saints Alive! | St Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican friar, encountered the thought of Aristotle as a student in Naples. His great Summa Theologiae brought together Aristotle’s thought and the classical Christian formulations of the Fathers of the Church. Aquinas’ writings display the profound harmony between faith and reason, and have formed students of theology for centuries. Of him Pope John Paul II wrote, “He could defend the radical newness introduced by Revelation without ever demeaning the venture proper to reason.” In 1567, he was declared the “Angelic Doctor.”For more about this saint, Angelic Doctor of the Church, please click on the image.Peace be with you!
Saints Alive! | St Thomas Aquinas
Polish family’s martyrdom paves way for beatification
Józef and Wiktoria Ulma secretly gave shelter to eight Jews for almost two years in German-occupied Poland Published: January 28, 2023 05:19 AM GMT Updated: January 28, 2023 05:21 AM GMT Urszula Niemczak keeps a regular schedule. At least twice a week she carefully checks whether winter decorations or fresh flowers growing in the summer […]
Polish family’s martyrdom paves way for beatification
January 27, 2023
Why smart people believe crazy things
When news of the death of Pope Benedict XVI broke on December 31, the expectations of many were shattered in a corner of the Church. It was not the result of grief over the death of our pope emeritus, but because it meant future events would not occur in the way they thought they would. […]
Why smart people believe crazy things
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