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Posted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Evangelization, family, Feasts, Featured, News, Patron Saints, Pope St. Sixtus II, Prayer Life & Liturgy, Saints, st jerome, St. lawrence, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, witness |
I love saint stories. I know I’m not alone – even the saints loved saint stories. St. Ignatius of Loyola’s conversion was spurred by reading the life of Christ and the lives of the saints. St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) stayed up all…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Analysis, Features, Generation Z, isolation, Loneliness, millennials, News, Religion, Special Report, Technology |
Generation Z is approaching adulthood. Those born between 1997 and 2012 now fill our middle schools, high schools, and colleges. Unlike previous generations, Gen Z was raised with the internet at their fingertips and iPads […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | In the News, News |
At a pre-trial hearing in Hong Kong, a judge set a five-day trial (Sept. 19-23) for Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun…
The post Cardinal Zen trial date set appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Commentary, News |
What if the pontiff established a robust vision for the office of preacher — to be commissioned at the diocesan…
The post Will Pope Francis permit lay preachers? appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Commentary, News |
For the Eucharistic revival to spur the renewal of the Church, there is a need to strengthen the Eucharistic dimension…
The post No vocations, no Eucharistic revival appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | 2022, Columns, Inflation Reduction Act, News, The Catholic Thing |
The word “bureaucracy” stands for a thing which is (secretly) quite popular – more than I ever would have guessed…
The post The Devil and the Bureaucrats appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MoreGospel Verse, Cf. 1 Thes 2:13:Receive the word of God, not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God.St. Jane Frances de Chantal was a married woman and a mother of seven children from Dijon, France. Her husband was killed in a hunting a…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Bishop Barron installed, Digital Edition, Father Paul Kammen photography, Merging parishes, New mission advancement manager, News, Outdoor influences, Papal pilgrimage reaction, Why I am Catholic |
Father Paul Kammen photography, Merging parishes, New mission advancement manager, Papal pilgrimage reaction, Bishop Barron installed, Outdoor influences, Why I am Catholic
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Baker Park Reserve, Camera, Father Paul Kammen, Featured, Holy Name of Jesus, Local News, News, photography, Vocation to the priesthood |
While his vocation to the priesthood was developing at The St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul in the early 2000s, another passion was taking root in the mind, heart and eyes of Father Paul Kammen: photography.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | A chance at life, Abortion concerns, Doing what can be done, Finding the sacred, From Readers, Inspirational leadership, News, Papal respect, Pro-life advocates do more than protest |
Pro-life advocates do more than protest
A chance at life
Doing what can be done
Papal respect, abortion concerns
Inspirational leadership
Finding the sacred
To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings…
The post The law’s delay / The insolence of office appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Already/Not Yet, Little Flower, News, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul |
When I first read St. Therese of Lisieux’s “Story of a Soul,” I was not impressed. In fact, I found “the Little Flower” to be more than a little obnoxious.
Read MoreBishop Giorgio Bertin, the apostolic administrator of Mogadishu, reports a massive humanitarian crisis in Somalia, where a severe drought has driven a million people from their homes in search of adequate food.
Read MoreCardinal Kurt Koch, the prefect of the Dicastery for Christian Unity, says that Pope Francis should meet with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill only if they can agree to conditions that show mutual respect.
The cardinal’s caution about prospects…
A coalition of Nicaraguan civic groups has joined in a plea to the Vatican, urging Pope Francis “not to leave us alone” in the face of mounting government repression.
Saying that the “persecution and hatred of the regime against the …
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Finding virtue, News, Simple Holiness |
It will come as no surprise to most people, even Catholics, that what we have experienced over the past 30 months has created indifference: a lack of interest, concern or empathy for the predicament of others. Even if an individual is commonly known for being compassionate, the past two-and-a-half years have created exhaustion and fatigue.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Eureka moment, Inspiration, News, Twenty Something |
During his down time at work, a Minnesota surgeon often browses the New Yorker in the hospital library. One day he spotted its famed cartoon caption contest — a caption-less cartoon that calls on readers to submit captions and then vote on their favorites, to be published in the following issue of the magazine.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | News, Spiritual Life |
Questions Covered:
04:09 – How do I explain the sacraments to my Baptist girlfriend?
11:08 – What’s the relationship between religious truth and fact?
16:04 – Is the phrase extra Ecclesiam nulla salus still a usable phrase af…
Questions Covered:
02:48 – What are your thoughts on a pre-tribulation rapture?
10:41 – What are your thoughts on if the mystical experiences of the New Testament were due to the use of psychedelic drugs?
16:06 – I was debating wit…
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