The Miracle of Tommy: An Opus for God
Catholic Online
8/23/2009, by Tom Kneier
Thomas is the culmination of the Kneiers Opus. He has already brought us some of our greatest joys and our deepest sorrows. But then, tears and jubilation are inextricably entwined with any great masterpiece! PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Catholic Online) - We had negotiated our mid-life passage without the ...
U.S. Vocations Choosing Traditional Orders
Zenit News Agency
8/21/2009
The report on 'Recent Vocations to the Religious Life' was prepared for last week's National Religious Vocation Conference. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (Zenit.org) - Vocations in the United States are attracted to religious congregations by the example of the members, particularly by their testimony of ...
Requiem of the Innocents
Catholic Online
8/19/2009, by Jennifer Hartline
I’d like to tell you about a gentle soul named Louis Canter, and the music he wants to share in order to spread a message of life, loss, and hope. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. (William P. Merrill)
Like many of you, I am a ...
Mary, Icon for Humanity
Catholic Online
8/15/2009, by Michael Terheyden
Why the emphasis on Mary at these particular times in history? KNOXVILLE, TN (Catholic Online) - In 1854 the Catholic Church declared that Mary was immaculately conceived. In 1950 the Church declared that she was assumed into heaven, though the belief is rooted in the ancient Christian Tradition. ...
The Assumption/Dormition: Mystery of Mary, Meaning of Life
Catholic Online
8/15/2009, by Deacon Keith Fournier
'What came about in bodily form in Mary, the fullness of the godhead shining through Christ in the Blessed Virgin, takes place in a similar way in every soul' (Gregory of Nyssa) CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) – On August 15 in the Western Church we celebrate the great Feast of the Assumption of ...
Mary: The Ark of the New Covenant
Catholic Online
8/14/2009, by Sonja Corbitt
The same Spirit that rested on the mercy seat of the Ark, filling the tabernacle ‘overshadowed’ the Virgin Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant BETHPAGE, TN (Catholic Online) - Located in the Holy of Holies of the Old Testament tabernacle, the innermost chamber of the Holy Place, was a special piece ...
Mother Cabrini: Mother of all Real Estate
Catholic Online
8/11/2009, by Kathryn M. Cunningham
The little girl from rural Italy who had little chance of survival became a missionary in ways that she never imagined. CHICAGO, Il. (Catholic Online) - Not unlike St. Therese of the Child Jesus Maria Francesca Cabrini longed to be a missionary to the Orient. By the time she was twenty-two she had ...
Reflection: Prayer is a Dialogue
Catholic Online
8/11/2009, by Kathryn M. Cunningham
Prayer is meant to be a two way communication with God, nothing more, nothing less.Gather your courage and pray like Jeremiah did!
CHICAGO, Il. (Catholic Online) - Through the centuries, theologians and exegetes have written endless volumes on the topic of prayer; where to pray, when to pray, ...
Learning to Live under the Broom Tree
Catholic Online
8/9/2009, by Deacon Keith A. Fournier
A lesson from Elijah: Faith is often found under the broom tree where we learn to surrender our will to God and begin to hear His still small voice. CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - The first reading of the Liturgy for the Western Church on the 19th Sunday of the Year, Year B, is drawn from the ...
Everything I need to know about God I learned at Vacation Bible School
Catholic Online
8/8/2009, by Jennifer Hartline
This week I took a little detour off the normal road and found myself at 'Crocodile Dock'. CHESAPEAKE,Va. (Catholic Online) - Remember that wonderful poster that says “Everything I need to know about life I learned in Kindergarten”? It reads:
“Most of what I really need to know about how to ...
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