Dwight Longenecker's Blog, page 254

Vain Repetition Repetition?

How a former Evangelical came to love the Rosary. Here’s my latest article for Integrated Catholic Life. Please read and share! Read: Do Catholics Pray to Mary?; Do Catholics Honor Mary Too Much?; Do Catholics Worship Mary?

Two New Churches – Take Your Pick

  Stephanie at Digital Hairshirt highlights this proposed church for Florida If any Catholic billionaires are thinking about donating to build this church may I suggest that you call me to discuss funding this church instead? It’s the church we’re trying to build at Our Lady of the Rosary parish in Greenville, SC. To learn [...]

New Blogroll is Up

I didn’t have a blogroll here for some time because it seemed to me that they got cluttered up with lots and lots and lots of blogs and I wondered if anybody ever used the links. Nevertheless, I thought I’d post my own blogroll and asked for recommendations. I sifted through them, and you can [...]

More Christianity Radio Show

You can listen to my new radio show this morning: It is aired at 8:30 on Saturday mornings on WDEO-AM in Detroit and WDEO-FM in Ft. Myers-Naples, FL. The program goes out onWMAX in Saginaw-Bay City-Midland on Saturday mornings at 7:00. You can listen to the show on-line from anywhere by going to avemariaradio.net and [...]

Stick ‘Em Up – Day 5

Here we go now folks! I’m reminding y’all that this is the week of the annual Stick ‘em Up Campaign. The good padre sits down and grinds out this material for you day by day and who do you think buys his computer? Well, who do you think pays for him to send out his [...]

Result from Praying the Rosary for Inner Healing

It’s very nice to receive comments like these from readers! Dear Fr. Longenecker, I also want to thank you for writing “Praying the Rosary for Inner Healing”. I have prayed through this book numerous times since last Advent, 2011, and recommend it to close family and friends. There were hurting episodes in my past , [...]

Married Priests? Yes but No

Here’s how the conversation usually goes: Typical Catholic: “A married priest! Wonderful! I think they should all be allowed to get married!” FDL: “Well, I am so blessed to have a family and to be allowed to be ordained, and I’m glad you approve, but have you really thought this through?” TC: “What?” FDL: “Well, [...]

More Christianity Radio Show

My weekly radio show is ready to go. More Christianity explores the fullness of the Christian faith in the Catholic Church. The half hour show features stories of saints, programs on faith and culture, conversion stories and stories of the supernatural. Each week there is a special guest and conversation about our Catholic faith. The [...]

Be a Beautiful Basilica!

The Basilica of St John Lateran is the Holy Father’s cathedral church in Rome. Go here to have a peek at images and here to learn about the church. When I was first a Catholic I wondered why we had a feast to celebrate the foundation of a grand church in Rome. So what? The [...]

Up Up and Away!

…In my beautiful balloon. Do you remember that hokey song? American balloonist Jonathan Trappe plans to fly across the Atlantic with a cluster of helium balloons. Go here for a cool picture gallery.