May

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Are there any Catholic’s in National Office?

May 16, 2007 | 1 Comment

I do believe that it would be hard for a practicing Roman Catholic to be elected to national office. How can anyone claim to be Catholic if they have chosen a Pro-Choice position? And that is just one of many non-negotiable topics that Catholic politicians have a moral duty to oppose. I know the “Catholic” […]

May

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Into Great Silence - CD

May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This CD is the soundtack from Philip Groenings film ‘Into Great Silence’. It includes Matins - Introduction - Psalm 3, The Beginner Accepts His Robe, Introït - Veni, Et Ostende Nobis Faciem Tuam, Offertory - Super Flumina Babylonis, Vespers - Hymn (Saint Ambrose) - Psalms 144, 145, Pentecost Matins - Venite, a Reading: Exceprt from […]

May

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Prelate Urges Faith Formation to Fight Poverty

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Warns of Secularization in Catholic Agencies
The president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum says Catholics need to be formed in the faith in order to fight misery in the world, especially in Latin America. Archbishop Paul Cordes said this Saturday, a day prior to the beginning of the 5th General Conference of the Episcopate of […]

May

16

The True Jesus of the Gospels

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Commentary by Raniero Cantalamessa
Here is a translation of the Italian-language commentary by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Pontifical Household, on the book “Inchiesta su Gesù” (An Investigation on Jesus) by Corrado Augias and Mauro Pesce .
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1. In the path of the cyclone
In the wake of Dan Brown’s “Da Vinci Code” cyclone […]

May

16

Priest Shot in India

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Father Philip in Stable Condition
Two men shot and injured a priest who is headmaster of a Catholic primary school in a suburb of New Delhi. He remains in the hospital in stable condition.
Two men entered the St. Vincent Palloti Primary School where they sought out Father George Philip and shot him, reported www.AsiaNews.it on Tuesday.
Witnesses […]

May

16

Novena in honor of St Mariana of Jesus , Lily of Quito

May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Novena to St Mariana of Jesus starts May 17 - May 25. Feast day is on May 26.  Please remember our Carmelite friends during this time
(St Mariana was a young victim soul who after spending her young life doing good upon earth in prayer, good works and penances offered her life for her fellow man […]

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Saint Michael the Archangel

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The name of this Archangel means “who is like unto God?” In the Old Covenant he is made known to us as the “great prince,” the protector of the children of Israel (Dan. 12, 1). Through the New Testament the Church continues this patronage of Michael (Apoc. 12, 7) and has always venerated him as […]

May

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Tradition of Singing the Passion

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The tradition of singing the Passion story began in the early centuries of the Christian church. To add solemnity to Holy Week services, priests would chant the appointed Gospel account rather than simply read it. By the 13th century, these intonations had developed into dramatic narrations with soloists playing the key roles. The earliest polyphonic […]

May

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Saint Ubald - Saint of the Day

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This saint lived in twelfth-century Italy. He was an orphan raised by his uncle, a bishop. Ubald was given a good education. When he finished his schooling, he had the chance to marry. But he became a priest instead. Eventually, the pope made him bishop of Gubbio, the city of his birth.
St. Ubald became well […]

May

16

Christ Is the Light of Nations, Says Cardinal Re

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Urges Prelates at Brazil Meeting to Fix Gaze on Jesus
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re urged prelates gathered in the 5th General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean to put Christ at the center of their assembly.
Cardinal Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, made these comments during his homily at the Mass […]

May

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Family Is Life, Says Polish Deputy Prime Minister

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4th World Congress of Families Concludes
The family is life, and without it there is no state or government, said Roman Giertych, the deputy prime minister of Poland, addressing the World Congress of Families.
More than 3,300 delegates assembled in Warsaw’s historic Palace of Culture and Science for the 4th World Congress of Families, May 11-13.
Participants came […]

May

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Some Thoughts On Reverence In the Presence of God

May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

When you enter a Catholic Church, picture in your mind a very large throne on the alter. God is there in all His magestic glory with powerful, glorious angels by His side. He is waiting just for you. How would you act? What would you do? Would you saunter into church talking and joking? Would […]