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Posted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | News, United States |
The move comes as the archdiocese faces a looming priest shortage, with almost two-thirds of priests older than 60
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, General, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Jeffrey Essmann. Sighs […]
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Posted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | Featured, News, Saints, St. Ceolwulf, Venerable Bede |
In the previous article, we focused on the life and importance of St. Bede the Venerable, and how the medieval monk and scholar might serve as a model for us no matter our vocation. In particular, we mentioned his most famous work, Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of England. Today, we take a look at the man […]
Conversations can be difficult with those who disagree with our viewpoints. Sometimes these turn into painful discussions, because each party comes together with different life experiences. Most of us defend, deflect, or distract ourselves when we are triggered by something hurtful coming from another. In any conflict, we can aim to diffuse instead. We are […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
John Henry Newman once compared Scripture to an inexhaustibly rich wilderness—never failing to reward the faithful explorer with thrilling new discoveries yet always beyond his ability to master it completely: It cannot, as it were, be mapped, or its contents cataloged; but after all our diligence, to the end of our lives and to the […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | In the News, News |
“So last night our bookstore in Chicago was looted. I’ll bet people were really disappointed when they got home and…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | Commentary, News |
At the Vatican Observatory at Castel Gandolfo, two Jesuit fathers, during their astronomical observations, discovered a new planet in the firmament….
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | Commentary, News |
It is in a way providential that the Feast of Pentecost arrives this year just as our country is going…
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Read MoreScrewtape (a senior devil) speaking: “Music and silence—how I detest them both! How thankful we should be that ever since…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | In the News, News |
Amid burgeoning conflict regarding the president’s response to riots across the country, President Donald Trump visited the Saint John Paul…
The post Trump visits Shrine; DC archbishop visit “reprehensible” appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | 1 Peter 2:1-18, 2020, All Conflict All the Time, American politics, Columns, conflict, Democratic Party, Francis X. Maier, Hell, Henri de Lubac, killing of George Floyd, News, Pelosi, Schiff, Schumer, The Catholic Thing, Weimar Republic |
Francis X. Maier: In seeking domestic tranquility, remember that nations change only when, we, the citizens, change. And the latter is the much harder task.
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Read MoreIn the June 3, 2020, General Audience Address, Pope Francis continued with the series of catecheses on prayer, in his address in Italian he focused his meditation on the theme: “Abraham’s Prayer” (Genesis 15:1.3-6)
Read MoreJune 1, 2020, Pope Francis published a new Motu Proprio on “transparency, control and competition, in the procedures of adjudication of public contracts of the Holy See and of Vatican City State.” Published with June 1, 2020, date, in a Holy See Press Office bulletin, the text will be promulgated through its publication in L’Osservatore Romano and will come into force thirty days from today. “The document,” a statement from the Holy See Press Office explained, “is the fruit of a coordinated synergic work of the Secretariat of State, among various entities of the Roman Curia, among them the Council for the Economy, the Secretariat for the Economy, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and the Governorate of Vatican City State.”
Read MorePope Francis celebrated Mass on Pentecost, May 31, 2020, in St. Peter’s Basilica, reminding the faithful that “the Holy Spirit is the one who brings together the many; and that the Church was born this way: we are all different, yet united by the same Holy Spirit.”
Read MorePope Francis on May 30, 2020, wrote a letter to the Priests of Rome, saying he looks forward to the next phase of efforts to respond to the new situation brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Holy Father said he had hoped to meet with Rome’s priest at the Chrism Mass, which normally takes place each year on Holy Thursday. Due to the coronavirus emergency, however, this year’s Chrism Mass has been postponed, reported Vatican News.
Read More"Your vocation is a sign of the inexhaustible and manifold richness of the gifts of the Spirit of the Risen Lord, who makes all things new (cf. Rev 21:5). It is likewise a sign of hope, pointing to the fidelity of the Father, who even today awaken…
Read MoreToday, together with the whole Church, we honor twenty-two Ugandan martyrs. They are the first martyrs of Sub-Saharan Africa and true witnesses of the Christian faith. Charles Lwanga, a catechist and a young leader, was martyred in 1886 with a group of…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | News, Quote of the Day |
“The angels will always watch over us with wonder and awe if we give ourselves to Our Lord, remaining in His presence and uniting our daily crosses to His. As we do so, we’ll find that we will make Him present to others.” — Fr. John Horgan, His Angels at Our Side: Understanding Their Power in […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | Homily of the Day, News |
There was a Jewish law, which stated that should a man die childless, the next oldest brother was to marry the widow. The first child of this union would legally be considered the child of the brother who had died. The Sadducees, the priests of Jesus’s day, use this law to build a fantastic story […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | News, Today's Saint |
The nineteenth century martyrs of Uganda were the first modern black Catholic martyrs of Africa. St. Charles Lwanga first learned of Christ from two members of the court of an African chief named Mawulungungu. Charles became a catechumen (one actively preparing for baptism); soon after this, he entered the royal court of King Mwanga of […]
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