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Meet Augustine John Ukken and Antonietta Giugliano. They both now bear the title of Venerable, the second step on the journey to Sainthood.
Meet Augustine John Ukken and Antonietta Giugliano. They both now bear the title of Venerable, the second step on the journey to Sainthood.
By Larry Peterson
On Friday, December 22, 2018, Pope Francis, based on the recommendations from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, validated nine men and three women as people of “Heroic Virtue.”
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Epiphany, the Light of the World Revealed
Epiphany, the Light of the World Revealed
By Mary Rivers
High above the darkened world Light from heaven comes- Comes as a babe, the Messiah, Human, yet divine.
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St. Yvo of Chartres: This little-known Saint is responsible for much of the Code of Canon Law
St. Yvo of Chartres: This little-known Saint is responsible for much of the Code of Canon Law
By Larry Peterson
His name was quite unusual; it was Yvo. He was born in the year 1040 near Chartres, France, which is why he is called Yvo of Chartres. Not much is known about his family background and his adolescent life. The documented history of his life seems to begin when Yvo became a student in Paris and began studying at the Abbey of Bec in Normandy, a Benedictine Monastery.
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Give Him everything
Give Him everything
By George Calleja
Jesus. The Son of God. The Son who died on the cross. The cross that embraced all the sins. Through Jesus love the sins were embraced.
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It's Just a Song
It's Just a Song
By Lorrie McNickle
Nothing seems to rile people up more than stating you don’t like a song. That fact demonstrated so remarkably on this very website certainly drives home just how superficially so many embrace the Faith and just how ignorant most of us our about the Faith as well.
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What Was Your Theme of the Year?
What Was Your Theme of the Year?
By Katie Zalany
A few years ago I started a New Year's practice. Every New Year's Eve, I look at how God spoke to me throughout the year. I review items collected throughout the year, my journal, books I read, underlined Scripture in my prayer book, and insights from retreats. I sit down and reflect on all the ways God's moved in my life.
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An essay on the formative value of setting up a crèche, in 3 steps!
An essay on the formative value of setting up a crèche, in 3 steps!
By Michele Szekely
I set up this particular crèche every year, at a different spot in my apartment. I make a sort of a Christmas corner with it, adding ornaments and various objects related to Noël. But above where I put it this year, I have a Franciscan Resurrected Jesus and this one is on the wall year around. It was given to me by a dear friend who just died.
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Letter to God from a Discerning Young Adult
Letter to God from a Discerning Young Adult
By Katie Zalany
Dear Lord, Let me be brutally honest with you. What you are calling me to frightens me to death. While it’s a road paved with self-giving and charity for your glory, it’s certain to be a lonely, hard and narrow road. I'm not sure I'm up to the challenge.
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Saint Alice: The Patroness of the Blind and Paralyzed entered the Cistercian Order at the age of Seven
Saint Alice: The Patroness of the Blind and Paralyzed entered the Cistercian Order at the age of Seven
By Larry Peterson
Sometimes we read or hear stories about certain saints that make us simply “wonder” how can this be? For example here are two:
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Universal Love
Universal Love
By Nancy Marie Murray
Have you noticed the trend on popular television shows to refer to the “universe” as if it were God? Those who do not yet know God prefer to see the mysterious, magnificent, and seemingly limitless universe as their guiding force instead of a God who chose to become one of us.
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POPE SAINT MARTIN I, MARTYR
POPE SAINT MARTIN I, MARTYR
By Debra Booton McCoy
Martin, son of Fabricius, was born sometime between 590 and 600, near Todi, Umbria. His biographer, Theodore, wrote of Martin that he was of noble birth, of commanding intelligence and of great charity to the poor.
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Young Adults Who Leave the Church
Young Adults Who Leave the Church
By Bill Dunn
In recent years I’ve grown close to a group of friends from church. Because we’re middle-aged folks, we talk a lot about very serious subjects, such as bifocals, bunions, and blood pressure. No, I’m kidding, we’re not painfully boring ALL the time. Once in a while we discuss a topic about which we feel very passionate: our adult children who rarely go to church anymore.
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Saint Barbara; raised a Pagan, her Reasoning led her to Discover her Creator. She was martyred and became one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Church
Saint Barbara; raised a Pagan, her Reasoning led her to Discover her Creator. She was martyred and became one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Church
By Larry Peterson
St. Barbara was born sometime in the middle of the 3rd century in a place called Heliopolis, a city which today would be located somewhere in Lebanon. Barbara’s pagan father was a rich and influential man, and his name was Dioscorus.
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New Year's Resolution: One Rosary Bead at a Time
New Year's Resolution: One Rosary Bead at a Time
By BJ Gonzalvo
I remember when I was first told to lead a decade of the rosary. I got so uneasy and intimidated as my turn approached. I was afraid that I would fumble holding the beads, lose count, or not say it the way it should be said.
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Mary and Joseph Find Jesus in the Temple | The Jews Find the Messiah in the NEW Temple, the Catholic Church?
Mary and Joseph Find Jesus in the Temple | The Jews Find the Messiah in the NEW Temple, the Catholic Church?
By Scott Pauline
The micro events of the finding of the Christ in the Old Temple of God by Our Lady and St Joseph perfectly mirror the macro events of Church history of the final conversion of the Jews, as they “find the Messiah” in the New Temple of God, the Catholic Church.
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Some NEW New Year's Resolutions
Some NEW New Year's Resolutions
By Bill Dunn
Most people are not very fond of the first full week of January. It’s dark and cold, and the post-holiday letdown has kicked in. Our once gorgeous Christmas trees now lie by the curb, dry and brittle, completely naked except for a few straggling pieces of tinsel.
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Resolution Time
Resolution Time
By E.M. McCarthy
New Year, new you, or so the slogan went. But what would a Catholic new you look like? I think it would be a lot harder than losing ten pounds, or saving money rather than spending it. To be a better Catholic would take a great deal of faith, hope, and love.
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