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White Sox Catcher: I Love Praying the Rosary

Catholic Vote - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:41 pm
  Meet Tyler Flowers, catcher for the Chicago White Sox. In a recent interview with the Catholic New World, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Chicago, the major league baseball...

What I Learned Wednesday #18: Oops!, Ahh! and Eesh! Edition

Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:22 pm
These are actually from last week but since I didn't post anything last week (and haven't for a week due to busy schedule and illness), I am using them for this week's post.1. You...

Rape victim consoled by phone call from Pope Francis: “Now I know that I am not alone…”

The Deacon's Bench - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:10 pm
He really is the world’s pastor. Read on:  A 44-year-old woman from Argentina said that after writing a letter to Pope Francis telling him that she had been raped by a local...

Photos of Mosaics of Saint Louis at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

Rome of the West - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:01 pm
LAST SUNDAY, on the Feast of Saint Louis, King of France, I attended Holy Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis. Afterwards, I took these photos of the mosaics of Saint...

St. Augustine on the role of works at the final judgment

The Sacred Page - Aug 28, 2013 at 7:49 pm
I like to tell my students that, after the authors of Scripture, there are three towering figures who have most influenced Catholic thought. I refer to them as the "Triple A Club...

Pope Francis Celebrates Mass with General Chapter of the Augustinian Order

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 28, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Basilica of Saint Augustine with members of the Augustinian Order on the occasion of their 184thGeneral Chapter. The Church is the site of the...

Papal Message to Seoul Archbishop for Month of Martyrs

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 28, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Here is the text of the message sent on Pope Francis' behalf by his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, to the archbishop of Seoul for a celebration next month of a "...

Crowds in DC urged to continue work of Martin Luther King

Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:50 pm
Washington D.C., Aug 28, 2013 / 05:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Thousands of people gathered in downtown Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin...

Civil rights lesson: 'We're equal in His eyes'

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:26 pm
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org Rosati-Kain senior Jillian Franks forcefully and clearly read excerpts of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's Aug...

Letter to the Editor

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:24 pm
The Church loves the person, not necessarily his ideas Regarding the "dangerous split" between social justice and pro-life advocates, leading to eroded Roman Catholic...

Archbishop Carlson approves establishment of new Catholic foundation

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:23 pm
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org A new Catholic foundation is expected to provide long-term support for Catholic education and other...

Different pathways unite for two Benedictine monks

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:23 pm
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org Their pathways to the priesthood might have been different, but Fathers Francis Hein and Cassian...

Support of mine workers follows Church teaching

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm
Joseph Kennyjkenny@archstl.org Catholic priests joined other faith leaders and some 250 community members earlier this summer in a candlelight...

EDITORIAL | Missouri's A+ Program discriminates

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm
A new school year has begun, and again it is time to look at a program in our state that contains a major injustice. Missouri's A+ Scholarship Program is a wonderful opportunity...

THE CATHOLIC DIFFERENCE | Living inside the Bible

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm
George Weigel KRAKOW, Poland -- The village of Pasierbiec is in the south of Poland, about 30 miles from the old royal capital of Krakow. Its...

TWENTY SOMETHING | The art of saying no

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm
Christina Capecchi Somewhere along the line, as college-admission rates plunged and smartphones proliferated, "busy" became code for "...

Monthly parties for disabled adults to begin in September

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm
The annual season of "Felice Cuores Party Time" will begin in September. Felice Cuores is a series of monthly parties for adults 18 and older with mental and developmental...

'Coach Mack' says helping homeless is no sweat

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org With the sun beating down on them, the St. Louis Rams defensive line ran their drills, the late-August heat...

Obituary | Sr. Eric Albrecht, ASC

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm
A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 26 at the ASC Center in Ruma, Ill., for Adorers of the Blood of Christ Sister Eric Albrecht, an educator and health care worker. A memorial...

Priest enlists help of St. Louisans to start school in Uganda

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org When Father George Ssemmombwe came to St. Louis several years ago to study, he had little idea what...
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