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Pope Francis on St. Augustine’s Feast: Mass streamed LIVE today
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:54 am AUGUSTINIAN GENERAL CHAPTER MASS
WITH POPE FRANCIS TO BE STREAMED LIVE
Pope Francis say Mass today, 28 August, at the Church of St. Augustine in Rome.
The Mass will be streamed...
Franciscans of the Immaculate as Lorenzo Ricci's Jesuits: "let them be as they are, or not at all"
Rorate Coeli - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:54 am Sint ut sunt aut non sint
Roberto de Mattei
“Sint ut sunt aut non sint” (let them be as they are, or not at all) is a sentence that according to some historians was pronounced by...
Standing still with Orange is the New Black
Commonweal - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:51 am “Taking steps is easy. Standing still is hard.” You’d be forgiven if you thought these words came from Blaise Pascal, the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician, who...
16 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Life Before Birth
LifeNews.com - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:41 am We all began our journey from the moment we were conceived. Here’s some of the facts of life you may not know about your time in your mother’s womb.
1. At the moment of conception...
AP: Accused corpse-stealer is ‘religious’
GetReligion - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:27 am So here’s a weird story, out on the Associated Press wire: A man accused of stealing his father’s body from a Detroit cemetery with the hope of bringing him back to life has...
‘A Gift from God’: a stone’s throw from Maryvale, the Ordinariate’s Sisters have now moved into their new convent. Who says prayer doesn’t work?
Catholic Herald - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:25 am Yesterday, a most remarkable thing came to fruition. You will remember that the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary (SBVM), formerly members of the Anglican Community of St Mary...
Attention: brides. This one’s for you.
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:05 am Planning a wedding? Something to consider…
God vs. T-Rex: Using Circle Prayers with Children
CatholicMom.com - Aug 28, 2013 at 8:00 am
God vs. T-Rex: Using Circle Prayers with Children
It’s the fifth time tonight he’s come out of his room.
He needed more water first, then he needed to use the bathroom. Then...
Faith lives and dies within families; when families fall apart or fall away, so does religious belief
Catholic Herald - Aug 28, 2013 at 7:56 am LifeSiteNews of 23 August publishes a thought-provoking article by Julia Shaw on a new book by American author, Mary Eberstadt. The book is entitled “How the West Really Lost God...
Ordination update: 2 new deacons for the Archdiocese of Military Services
The Deacon's Bench - Aug 28, 2013 at 7:54 am Details from the Archdiocese website: The Archdiocese for the Military Services(AMS)celebrated the ordination of two permanent deacons for service to those who serve. Roy Mellon...
Every Catholic in the world should read St Augustine’s Confessions
Catholic Herald - Aug 28, 2013 at 7:52 am Like Benedict XVI, I am a devotee of St Augustine, whose feast we celebrate today. My enthusiasm for the saint first started when I read the Confessions at the tender age of 19....
Francis’ comforting phone call to Argentinean rape victim Alejandra Pereyra
Vatican Insider - Aug 28, 2013 at 7:09 amEducation Department Dismisses Complaint That Anti-Israel Incidents Subjected Jewish Students To Hostile Environment
The Religion Clause - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:57 am The University of California Berkeley announced yesterday that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has dismissed a complaint contending that three incidents...
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Communio - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:53 am Saint Augustine was born in Tagaste, Souk-Ahras, Algeria on November 13, 354 to Patricius, a pagan, and Monica, a fervent Catholic. We liturgically observed Saint Monica’s feast...
Crowds in DC urged to continue work of Martin Luther King
EWTN - US Latest News - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:50 am Washington D.C., Aug 28, 2013 / 06:50 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Thousands of people gathered in downtown Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin...
Manila Archbishop Joins Demonstration Against Pork-Barreling Scandal
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:38 am On Monday, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, led a peaceful demonstration to protest against the Filipino government's pork barreling scandal that has rocked the...
Seeing in the Dark
Dominicana - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:30 am One middle school field trip that I will never forget was to a science museum in New Jersey. Among all the traveling exhibits and hands-on displays was one darkened room that I...
I have a dream –50 years later
Communio - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:17 am The 17 minute “call to arms” speech delivered by Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr, on this date in 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, is recalled today. Few of the key...
Controversial Anti-Muslim Pastor Is Flooded Out Of Planned Qur'an Burning Site
The Religion Clause - Aug 28, 2013 at 6:10 am The Lakeland, Florida Ledger reported yesterday that controversial anti-Muslim pastor Terry Jones is looking for an alternative site for his planned provocative commemoration of...
