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Jesus dwells with and within us

by | Nov 22, 2022 | , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Resonating in our hearts to remind us of the joy of the coming season, the supernatural and natural forces of faith and reason dwell within us — as we prepare to celebrate that “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (Jn 1:14).

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Visitor received with joy by Native Alaskans

by | Oct 11, 2022 | , , , , , , , | 0 |

While on an immersion and service trip to the tiny, remote village of Galena, Alaska, Dianne LaScotte approached an older resident outside St. John Berchman church to thank her for sharing her life story at a parish event. The woman, an elder in the Athabascan Indian community to which most of the village’s 470 residents belong, responded with curiosity, “Why are you here?”

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‘I am not a cannibal!’

by | Sep 22, 2022 | , , , , , , | 0 |

It was my habit as a freshman to attend daily Mass on my university campus. As I was leaving Mass one day, I ran into the boyfriend of a friend, we’ll call him “Brian.” He was a senior — and haughty. He had hopes of becoming an evangelical minister one day and starting his own church. He was also deeply suspicious of Catholics and didn’t hesitate to attack my faith when he could.

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Taking our part in the Real Presence revival

by | Aug 22, 2022 | , , , , , , , | 0 |

The first time I ever walked into the Center for Catholic Studies here in Minnesota, I remember thinking, “I’d love to get a job here one day.” Two years later, after I’d finished my graduate degree, that’s exactly what happened. I served as an adjunct professor and the managing editor for “Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture” for nearly 14 years.

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Why I am Catholic — Emily Dalsky

by | Aug 17, 2022 | , , , , , | 0 |

In a certain sense, I didn’t become Catholic because I chose it; I was chosen. Jesus explains: “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide” (Jn 15:16). I desired to embrace the Catholic faith in response to the Lord’s personal invitation. My being Catholic, then, is drawn up into the gratuity of God: “for without me you can do nothing” (Jn 15:5).

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Kerygma and the Eucharist

by | Jun 30, 2022 | , , , , , , , | 0 |

In response to a 2019 Pew Study that showed only 30 percent of Catholics believe in the Real Presence, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is launching a three-year long Eucharistic Revival, which starts on the Feast of Corpus Christi June 19. The first pillar of the Revival is: Foster encounters with Jesus through […]

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Why We Pray Before the Blessed Sacrament

by | Nov 10, 2021 | , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Why We Pray Before the Blessed SacramentCompanion in Our Exile In the Holy Eucharist, Christ is not only the food of our souls, but also the companion of our exile. The human heart yearns for the sweet consciousness of companionship. The Divine Presence in the tabernacle fully satisfies this natural longing, for God alone can fill the heart. Christ fulfills His […]

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‘Never forget,’ says foundation CEO who lost firefighter brother in 9/11

by | Aug 6, 2021 | , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Frank Siller still goes to the same Catholic church he has gone to since he was a little kid, Blessed Sacrament in the New York City borough of Staten Island. He always sits in his family’s same pew for Mass.

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