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by bcadmin | May 30, 2022 | Featured, Fulton J. Sheen, Memorial Day, News, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
Memorial Day provides an opportunity to reflect on faith, patriotism, and the ultimate sacrifice. Much wisdom can be found in Bp. Sheen’s words of encouragement to soldiers in the Second World War, excerpted from his Wartime Prayer Book: The evil in the world must not make me doubt the existence of God. There could be […]
by bcadmin | May 30, 2022 | Daily Quote, Memorial Day, News | 0 |
A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith “War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love …
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 18, 2022 | 1917, American Catholicism, Columns, Communism, Fatima, Features, Memorial Day, News, Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Benedict XV, Pope Pius XII, Russia, Russian Revolution, Spanish War, The Past Present, Una M. Cadegan | 0 |
The month of May presents American Catholics with mixed martial messages. On May 12, we celebrated the Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Roman soldiers who left the army after their conversion to Christianity and ultimately gave […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 2, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Arlington, Memorial Day, Military chaplains, News | 0 |
At Arlington National Cemetery, Catholic chaplains have a special mission to provide last rites for those who gave their lives for their country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 2, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Arlington, Memorial Day, Military chaplains, News | 0 |
At Arlington National Cemetery, Catholic chaplains have a special mission to provide last rites for those who gave their lives for their country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 29, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, Memorial Day, News | 0 |
The inception of Memorial Day goes back to the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history, when Americans slaughtered their countrymen by the thousands in single-day battles — the Civil War.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 29, 2021 | Memorial Day, News, Prayer | 0 |
1. Attend Mass at a cemetery Some Catholic cemeteries offer Mass on Memorial Day. To find one near you, contact your diocese or parish. 2. Learn about Fr. Emil Kapaun Emil Kapaun was a priest from Kansas and a U.S. Army chaplain se…
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 28, 2021 | Featured, Memorial Day, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The inception of Memorial Day goes back to the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history, when Americans slaughtered their countrymen by the thousands in single-day battles — the Civil War.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 16, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Green Bay, Memorial Day, News | 0 |
When Bob Tuszynski heard about a request in May 2020 for buglers and trumpeters to perform “Taps” at 3 p.m. on Memorial Day, he jumped at the opportunity.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 25, 2020 | Catholic Living, Featured, Memorial Day, News, Weekly Headlines | 0 |
One of the timeless traditions that occurs at the United States Naval Academy during plebe summer, before one is welcomed into the Brigade of Midshipmen, is for midshipman candidates to spend an afternoon at the Naval Academy cemetery where distinguished alumni and fallen warriors are laid to rest. The tombstones of Vice Admiral James Stockdale, […]
by bcadmin | May 25, 2020 | Art & Culture, Featured, Memorial Day, News, Weekly Headlines | 0 |
It stands overlooking the Thames, across an exceptionally glorious view of a beautiful part of England. White and austere, it has the solemn feeling of a temple, and you instinctively—and correctly—lower your voice as you draw near. This is Runnymede. The name echoes at once in the mind of anyone with a care for English history—for […]
by bcadmin | May 25, 2020 | Friends, life, Marines, Memorial Day, News, soldiers, Those Catholic Men | 0 |
As my friend shared his thoughts on the occasion of his son’s birth yesterday, he reflected that “It [his son’s birth] is good, meaningful, and a witness against death that marches with the intensity of a mob and the intention of a cancer.” I couldn’t agree more that the miracle of life and the beauty […]
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