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Rosaries, Pre-prayed!
Rosaries, Pre-prayed!
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
After the breakup of the USSR, Rosaries were sent from a parish in this country to people who had long been deprived of Sacraments and sacramentals. Two things struck me about those Rosaries that were being sent: they had been handmade, and they were being pre-prayed!
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A Creative "Twist" on Lent
A Creative "Twist" on Lent
By Linda Delia
Passing down customs and traditions of our faith, to our children, can be a lot of fun with a little creativity. When my kids were small, it was a bit of a challenge explaining to them “why” certain foods were off limits. Lent offers a great opportunity to explain the significance of penance, fasting, and prayer to our children through, the story of the pretzel.
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Catholics and Our 1,700-Year-Old Celebration of Saint Valentine (All Three of Them)
Catholics and Our 1,700-Year-Old Celebration of Saint Valentine (All Three of Them)
By Justin McClain
As a veteran theology teacher in a Catholic high school, I have found throughout the years that, as mid-February approaches, the same two things invariably happen: I realize that 1) at least a few of my students do not actually know that February 14 is officially called “Saint” Valentine’s Day, and 2) at least a few of my students do not know that Saint Valentine was an actual person at all.
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"I Thirst" A Lenten Reflection on Terri Schiavo
"I Thirst" A Lenten Reflection on Terri Schiavo
By Norman Fulkerson
It is a yearly custom for Catholics to reflect, during Lent, on the Passion and death of our Divine Savior. He was entirely innocent of wrongdoing, yet was ignominiously subjected to a show trial and condemned to a brutally painful death. This year many Catholics will also be thinking of the strikingly similar demise of an innocent woman named Theresa Marie Schiavo
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From BUSY to BLESSED: IGNITING your Family and Parish
From BUSY to BLESSED: IGNITING your Family and Parish
By Greg Schlueter
How might we breach this chasm between momentary conviction and real, life-commitment? How might we re-engage those who've simply given up, or even engage those who are MIA? Here's my take. Please feel free to join in your comments.
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Massive Applause
Massive Applause
By Conor Coutts
While visiting home for winter break last month, I was attending a Sunday Mass with my grandmother, when a challenging thing occurred. Between Eucharistic reception and the concluding rite, the pastor invited all of those who had upcoming birthdays to the front of the church, blessed them while the choir then sang ‘happy birthday’, and joyful applause broke out.
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What's A Parent To Do?
What's A Parent To Do?
By Linda Kracht
We’ve all heard or used the phrase — time is money … gotta get going; time doesn’t wait. How about this phrase: time’s ticking and I have so much to do. Many of us live the rush hour from the time we get up until the time we retire at night. Some keep going even then.
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Youth Ministry Shouldn't Be What It Used To Be
Youth Ministry Shouldn't Be What It Used To Be
By Dan Goddu
I answered the call to youth ministry from the pastor of my former parish back in 1990. I tried to meet kids where they were at by organizing youth group meetings, planning fun events, holding retreats, and by just listening. At the time, Holy Hour, Eucharistic Adoration, the Sacrament of Confession, and the Rosary were far from my planning worksheets.
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Out of the Mouths of Babes: "And I want it back!"
Out of the Mouths of Babes: "And I want it back!"
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
Decades ago, Art Linkletter hosted a television program that featured interviews with children, in a segment called “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” I’ve been thinking that Jesus likely could write a book, too, as Linkletter did, on the darndest things that kids say--kids of all ages, kids from all places, starting with the children He drew to Himself.
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Four things to do this Lent
Four things to do this Lent
By Pam Spano
What are you doing for Lent? Every year I try to do something a little different to make my Lenten experience more meaningful. This year, I decided I was going to get fit and I returned to an exercise routine I had given up. I know that doesn’t sound very spiritual, but when I feel better physically, it does help my prayer life
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One Mom's Plan for Lent
One Mom's Plan for Lent
By Stella Shea
I'm a planner. A scheduler. A multitasker. All to the point of exhaustion at times and while I have learned to be flexible within "my plans" I can't let them, or the habit go completely. Actually, as a work from home, homeschooling mom of six, I kind of need a plan.
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Michelangelo and Metanoia. Conversion in Rome.
Michelangelo and Metanoia. Conversion in Rome.
By Nathan Barontini
Rome. La città eterna. Caput mundi. One of my favorite places on the face of the Earth.
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An Enclosed Carmelite Missionary?
An Enclosed Carmelite Missionary?
By David Torkington
It was my mother who first taught me something so profound that I could never forget it. She said even though I may make my Morning Offering alone by the side of my bed or in bed I was not alone. Nor would I be alone even if I became a hermit and lived in the middle of some distant desert or a prisoner locked up in solitary confinement.
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A Pilgrimage for Life
A Pilgrimage for Life
By Ad Iesum Per Mariam
A reflection on my pilgrimage with Assumption Parish, Peekskill, NY to the 2016 March for Life, Washington D.C.
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Capirotada!
Capirotada!
By De Maria
When I was a little pagan boy, I used to look forward to Ash Wednesday for two reasons. The ashes on my forehead. And Capirotada!
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The Perils of Charitable Giving
The Perils of Charitable Giving
By Victor S E Moubarak
We had an unusual experience lately regarding charitable giving. You know the kind; you donate a regular sum every month to a charity and it is paid from your bank account. It is sometimes called sponsorship or adoption of a cause or charity.
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Taking Down the Tree
Taking Down the Tree
By Ana Braga-Henebry
I kept the tree up as long as I possibly could. It always seems to me that while the tree—with its bright, cheerful lights, shiny ornaments and red ribbons--is still up, so linger the full, warm days of Christmas.
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