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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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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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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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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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This December Saint became one of the most honored Jesuits in History; His name is Edmund Campion
This December Saint became one of the most honored Jesuits in History; His name is Edmund Campion
By Larry Peterson
Included among the great feast days celebrated in December there is one often overlooked. It falls on December 1 and is in honor of Saint Edmund Campion.
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I Walk, Nature Talks
I Walk, Nature Talks
By Elizabeth Thomas
God continues to use three dogs to push me out the door to PLAY!. With headphones on, usually I dance and stop every now and then to throw that tennis ball--sometimes getting frustrated for I am into the SONG and the STEPS and the MOMENT. UGH! "Quit chewing that ball, and just drop it!" My quality time started to become less fun.
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What is the real Catholic social justice
What is the real Catholic social justice
By Tony Jesse
Saint Peter Claver was called to serve those in the most unbearable conditions and offer them hope. He went to the land of New Spain - Colombia helping slaves arriving on those hellish like ships.
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From Bethlehem to Greccio with St Francis of Assisi
From Bethlehem to Greccio with St Francis of Assisi
By David Torkington
Throughout his life St Francis was consumed by a desire to give his life for Christ. This desire burst into an unquenchable flame when he received news that six of his brothers had been martyred preaching to the Moslems in Morocco.
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The extra Christmas table place setting
The extra Christmas table place setting
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
Have you ever considered making an extra place setting at the Christmas dinner table? What about placing hay underneath the white table cloth? I have to admit a simple idea I had turned into a dramatic revelation – Jesus is left out.
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The Power of Music to Lead us to the Divine
The Power of Music to Lead us to the Divine
By BJ Gonzalvo
Music does inexplicable things to us. The hills are alive with the sound of music. Music moves us. It sways us and causes us to tap our fingers or bop our heads as we listen to the rhythm and beat of that Drake’s “In My Feelings” hiphop hit or Taylor Swift's version of "Last Christmas".
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The Seven Joys Of Our Lady – The Franciscan Crown
The Seven Joys Of Our Lady – The Franciscan Crown
By Frank J. Maduri
The month of December is a preparation time in Advent when we, as Catholics, prepare for the Birth of Our Savior. One way we prepare is through focused prayer and routine prayer daily. The Franciscan Crown is a traditional prayer routine, a version of the Holy Rosary which focuses on seven events, also known as the Seven Joys of Mary.
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Mary, Did You Know?
Mary, Did You Know?
By Lorrie McNickle
“Mary Did You Know”? I absolutely disdain this song. I know that many of us love it for it’s sentimentality, but that is the precise reason I dislike it so much. This song trivializes and brings much superficiality to our Blessed Mother’s role in the story of salvation.
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Time and Eternity; "God, the Universe, and Everything"
Time and Eternity; "God, the Universe, and Everything"
By Robert Atkinson, M.I.
I had been Catholic for about 12 years when I found myself working for the City and County of Denver, Colorado. My office was on one end of the 16th Street Mall, a pedestrian shopping area. A short shuttle ride down the mall was Holy Ghost Catholic Church. I made the decision to, as often as possible, attend the daily noon Mass at Holy Ghost.
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Circle of Authority
Circle of Authority
By Susan Skinner
We are living in very strange days. News travels instantly. We know of many wrongs committed on the other side of the world within days. Technology can be a blessing because we can use the knowledge we gain to pray for and help people.
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Transcendent Love
Transcendent Love
By Faith-Full Writer
Recently on FaceBook, my mid-20’s oldest child announced to that he was no longer a he. In fact, he was introducing himself as “herself”...a transgender female. My wife saw this first and showed it to me. To say that I was surprised is a bit of an understatement. Not only to find this out, but to find out at the same time as the rest of the world.
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