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Further Evidence Needed To Rule On Ministerial Exception Defense
The Religion Clause - Jul 29, 2017 at 9:39 pm In Stabler v. Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York, (SD NY, July 28, 2017), a New York federal district court refused to dismiss a suit alleging gender, age and...
A Pilgrimage Site in Rome for the “Saint of Auschwitz”
Quartermaster of the Barque - Jul 29, 2017 at 9:20 pm
St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe is most keenly associated with where he met his end, as a martyr imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz, who ultimately gave his life in exchange for the...
The bilingual sisters of Elenyi make relaxing music
Aleteia - Jul 29, 2017 at 6:00 pm Releasing songs in English and Spanish is bound to draw a huge audience.Elenyi is a group of 3 sisters from Salt Lake City. The girls began singing as kids and, after being asked...
Texas Senate passes bill banning general insurance plans from covering abortion
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 29, 2017 at 5:01 pm Austin, Texas, Jul 29, 2017 / 04:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday the Texas Senate passed a bill which would ban general insurance policies from covering abortions for private...
My View For Awhile: Northward Bound
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 29, 2017 at 3:57 pm Time to head home. In other words, it’s time for another bout with Delta.
On my computer screen in that photo, is the text of a comment posted under my last travel post...
ASK FATHER: Was St. Michael Prayer after Mass suppressed by Vatican II?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 29, 2017 at 3:37 pm
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From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
I recently heard a priest announce to his congregation that the St. Michael Prayer had been “suppressed”...
Arranging the EF Breviary for the Rest of the Liturgical Year
New Liturgical Movement - Jul 29, 2017 at 2:50 pm This is our annual posting on one of the discrepancies between the traditional arrangement of the Roman Breviary and the new rubrics of 1960; the first such discrepancy appear at...
Family Blessing at Bedtime: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, July 30, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 29, 2017 at 2:20 pm Heavenly Father,
Bless (name) and keep him (her) in Your love.
Grant him (her) a good rest tonight,
And send Your angels to protect him (her). ...
Daily Readings for Sunday, July 30, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jul 29, 2017 at 2:20 pm Reading 1: 1 Kings 3:5, Reading 1: 1 Kings 3:7-12, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:76-77, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:127-130, Responsorial Psalm: ...
Why Science Can’t Ever Disprove the Existence of God
ChurchPOP - Jul 29, 2017 at 1:50 pm Given the ruminations of Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, one might have thought that the absolute limit of scientistic arrogance
The post Why Science Can’t...
These prayers recall 7 occasions when Jesus’ blood was spilled
Aleteia - Jul 29, 2017 at 1:00 pm And they are meant to be prayed every day for 12 years!A few years ago I met a woman who mentioned she’d been praying The 12-Year Prayer of St. Bridget for just over a year. I had...
St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Big C Catholics - Jul 29, 2017 at 12:50 pm (In 2017, this feast is superseded by the Sunday liturgy.)July 30th, the Catholic Church observes the optional memorial of Saint Peter Chrysologus. In the fifth century, Ravenna,...
Old vs. New: a Reflection for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
CatholicMom.com - Jul 29, 2017 at 12:30 pm
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Readings for July 30, 2017: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflection on #Sunday #Gospel by @dritaly: ultimate question–does this fit into the...
New-old habits of the postmodern heart: 'When people choose not to believe in God, they do not ... '
GetReligion - Jul 29, 2017 at 11:35 am It is without a doubt the most famous quotation that journalist and Christian apologist G.K. Chesterton either (a) said, (b) never said, (c) might have said or (d) said in pieces...
Taking a Dating Break... While Single
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Jul 29, 2017 at 11:28 am The past two weeks have been a bit odd. My "letter" to Catholic writers (and, really, to Catholics on social media in general) was not well received... and that was before the...
Ss Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Communio - Jul 29, 2017 at 10:38 am Benedictines celebrate today as the memorial of Saints Mary, Martha and Lazarus- Hosts of the Lord. Models par excellence of what the Rule of Saint Benedict says about receiving...
The Industrial Revolution for Galaxies (Part 1)
The Catholic Astronomer - Jul 29, 2017 at 10:37 am When one looks at a deep image of the distant universe using the Hubble Space Telescope, a myriad of galaxies fill the telescope’s field of view. Some galaxies sport elegant...
Referendum will only worsen crisis, say Venezuelan bishops
Catholic Herald - Jul 29, 2017 at 10:05 am On the eve of a referendum to elect a constituent assembly to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution, leaders of the country’s bishops’ conference have said that the referendum is...
A Christmas play got this priest sent to Dachau
Aleteia - Jul 29, 2017 at 10:00 am Fr. Alois Andritzki was only 28 when he stared down death for love of Christ.Despite the growing affronts to religious liberty in the West, we Americans must count ourselves...
NLM: Useful study of creation of the Novus Ordo Lectionary
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 29, 2017 at 9:58 am Have you followed the tennis match back and forth that has resulted since Card. Sarah’s suggestion in La Nef that the Extraordinary and the Ordinary Forms of Mass should have a...
