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Into Great Silence

March 30, 2007 | 4 Comments

Zeitgeist Films presents a documentary directed and written by Philip Groning. In French and Latin with English subtitles. Filmmaker Philip Groning spent six months living among the monks of the Grand Chartreuse Charterhouse in the French Alps for his documentary “Into Great Silence.” The filmmaker was granted unprecedented permission to film in 2002. This was […]

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Bl. Columba made the way of the Cross every day of the year except Easter.

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“When we contemplate the sufferings of Jesus, He grants us, according
to the measure of our faith, grace to practice the virtues which He
revealed during those holy hours. How is this?
When Christ dwelt upon earth, an all-powerful virtue went out from
His Divine Person, healing bodily infirmities, enlightening the mind,
and quickening the soul: Virtus de illo exibat, […]

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Saint of the Day - Saint John Climacus

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Saint John Climacus (605)
He was a monk on Mount Sinai who went there to live at the age of sixteen. He became an abbot, but after four years returned to his life as a hermit on this sacred mountain. It was on Mount Sinai that God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. It is on Mount […]

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Religious Liberty Goes Beyond Worship, Says Prelate

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Westminster’s Cardinal Focuses on Service to the Common Good
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminster signaled his concern about the kind of culture British society is producing as religion is pushed to the margins.
On the occasion of the 30th Thomas Corbishley Memorial Lecture on Wednesday at Westminster Cathedral Hall, the archbishop said there was a need for […]