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Lecture on Church Architecture since Vatican II
New Liturgical Movement - Oct 11, 2014 at 6:00 am The School of Canon Law at The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, has announced that this year's Frederick R. McManus Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor...
Game Review: Prey
CatholicMom.com - Oct 11, 2014 at 6:00 am
Genre
First Person Shooter
Platform
PC, Xbox 360
Story
Domasi “Tommy” Tawodi is a Cherokee garage mechanic and former U.S. Army soldier living on a Native American reservation in...
Life of newly beatified New Jersey sister called 'recipe for holiness'
Franciscan Media - Oct 11, 2014 at 6:00 am
NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) -- More than 2,200 people packed the Cathedral
Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark Oct. 4 to celebrate the first
beatification liturgy in the United States...
SYNOD14: Summary of 10th General Congregation
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 11, 2014 at 5:35 am Here below is an unofficial summary of interventions of the fraternal delgates during the 10th general congregation. ***
Holy Father: present Synod Fathers: 168
The tenth...
Daily Gospel Reflection for October 11, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Oct 11, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 11: 27-28
Sometimes less is more. The Church in her wisdom gives us a gospel verse today that is two lines. As moms we might take some offense. A woman...
Americans help moderate synod discussions
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 11, 2014 at 4:43 am Vatican City, Oct 11, 2014 / 04:43 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Synod of Bishops has begun breaking into small discussion groups, with Americans Cardinal Raymond Burke and Archbishop...
Sheer 'barbarism' against Middle East families must end
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 11, 2014 at 4:35 am Vatican City, Oct 11, 2014 / 04:35 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Synod of Bishops on Friday denounced "barbaric" violence in the
Middle East, saying the Holy Family's flight to Egypt...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 11, 2014 at 3:30 am “He was born of a Mother whom He chose before He was born. It is the only instance in history where both the Son willed the Mother and the Mother willed the Son. And this is what...
Encountering the Word — Ephesians 6:1-4
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 11, 2014 at 2:30 am Children, obey your parents [in the Lord], for this is right. “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise, “that it may go well with you and that...
Pig in Australia Steals 18 Beers from Campers, Gets Drunk, Fights Cow
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 11, 2014 at 2:27 am Madja look!
Two Questions About English Language Weirdness
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 11, 2014 at 2:06 am 1. How did “radical” move from meaning “rooted” to meaning “utterly unrooted in anything that is normal”?
2. How did “literally” go from meaning, you know, “literally” to...
Dear Pro-Abortion Zealots
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 11, 2014 at 2:00 am This is why people can’t stand you:
In your own repulsive and appalling way, you are some of the best friends the pro-life movement has and you do more to persuade people on the...
Who leads the fight against gay discrimination in Nigeria? The Catholic Church.
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 11, 2014 at 1:20 am Vatican City, Oct 11, 2014 / 01:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Catholic Church in Nigeria has been at the forefront in fighting discrimination towards persons with same-sex...
Let there be color
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 11, 2014 at 1:00 am I saw a rather cool series of photos from the B&W age which have been colorized. The colorized versions give an entirely different “feel” to the moment.
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Event: All Souls Solemn High Requiem Mass in Illinois
Rorate Coeli - Oct 11, 2014 at 1:00 am From a reader:
On Monday, November 3, there will be a Solemn High Requiem Mass (Extraordinary Form) at St. Odilo, National Shrine for the Poor Souls, in Berwyn, Illinois. The...
11 Oct: St. John XXIII
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 11, 2014 at 12:01 am Today is the feast of the Pope who issued the Apostolic Constitution Veterum Sapientia.
Today is the feast of the Pope who didn’t like it when people clapped in church.
Today is...
Don’t let this Sneaky Sin Keep You from the Party
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 10, 2014 at 11:02 pm At age 16, life was about rock ‘n roll. If my own band was not performing on Saturday night, I was out in the audience watching another band. It would have never occurred to me to...
Two Good Reads on the Synod
Saint Louis Catholic - Oct 10, 2014 at 9:27 pm I am happy to pass along two excellent posts on the Synod, from two very good writers: 1. The Bear talks about naughty Aussies. 2. Pat Archbold on calling it what it is.
‘Evangelizing cities today’
Cardinal Seán's Blog - Oct 10, 2014 at 8:32 pm Hello and welcome!
I begin this week with the sad news of the passing of our retired Auxiliary Bishop John Boles. He had been ill for quite a while and died Wednesday in the early...
Greene’s “Power and the Glory”: Catholic Priesthood is Vocational Sacrifice
Quartermaster of the Barque - Oct 10, 2014 at 7:45 pm We just finished reading Graham Greene’s masterpiece entitled The Power and the Glory. In it, the reader follows an unnamed cleric, identified only as the “Whisky Priest”, who...
