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Message of greeting to International Gathering of Equipes Notre-Dame
News.va - Jul 22, 2012 at 8:20 am Below is the Pope's message of greeting to the XI th International Gathering of the Equipes Notre-Dame, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone. Most Reverend...
Tech Talk Digest for Last Week
CatholicMom.com - Jul 22, 2012 at 8:00 am
Here are the Tech Talk highlights from last week.
Dear Gamer: Portal
What is Portal? How does it rate with our Gamer Guys? What are the pros and cons? Find the answers to all of...
Great moments in journalism: the liar who became a star “expert” in the media
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 22, 2012 at 7:55 am Why am I not surprised?
Details:
Ryan Holiday could be called an “expert.” As head of marketing for American Apparel, an online strategist for Tucker Max, and self-styled “media...
Lebanese hermit St. Charbel remembered July 24
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 22, 2012 at 7:52 am Denver, Colo., Jul 22, 2012 / 07:52 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
On July 24, the Catholic Church celebrates the life of St. Charbel Makhlouf, a Maronite Catholic priest, monk, and hermit...
Lebanese hermit St. Charbel remembered July 24
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 22, 2012 at 7:52 am Denver, Colo., Jul 22, 2012 / 06:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On July 24, the Catholic Church celebrates the life of St. Charbel Makhlouf, a Maronite Catholic priest, monk, and hermit...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 22, 2012 at 7:51 am Was there a good point from the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday obligation?
Share it!
Pope shocked by "senseless violence" in Denver
News.va - Jul 22, 2012 at 7:10 am Pope Benedict spoke of his shock on Sunday in what he called “the senseless violence” that took place in Aurora Denver in which twelve people were killed and dozens of others...
What can Catholics learn from Ramadan?
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 22, 2012 at 6:48 am
A priest offers some insight, via CNS:
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which started July 20 in many countries, is a time of fasting, prayer and repentance, when Muslims...
To Benefit the Salvation of All
Commonweal - Jul 22, 2012 at 6:22 am I find the prayers of this Sunday’s Liturgy particularly rich and worthy of week-long meditation. Here is the “Prayer over the Offerings:”
O God, who in the one perfect sacrifice...
Surfing for God
Franciscan Media - Jul 22, 2012 at 6:00 am Drive along the sandy beaches in New Smyrna, Florida, near the inlet
when the surf is up, and you’re likely to see a 12-foot, wooden cross
planted in the sand in front of a white...
Catholics to mark opening of Olympic Games with Masses
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jul 22, 2012 at 5:06 am London, England, Jul 22, 2012 / 05:06 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The Catholic Church in England and Wales will celebrate special Masses to open the Olympic Games and the Paralympic...
22 July: Of St. Mary Magdalene, and St. Augustine, and Proust, and cookies
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 22, 2012 at 2:00 am Here is an annual post which, I humbly submit, bears some repetition.
Today is the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, disciple of the Lord.
Often saints are identified as martyrs or...
Prayer Request
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 22, 2012 at 12:38 am A reader writes:
I hit one heck of a bump in my education last spring. I was supposed to get my Bachelor’s, but I did poorly in my classes and had to take an “incomplete” in a...
Thus Giving Us the Really *Good* Movie, “Braveheart”
Jimmy Akin.org - Jul 22, 2012 at 12:08 am Did You Know? King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeated William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk on July 22, 1298. LEARN MORE.
WDTPRS 8th Sunday after Pentecost (1962MR): Being even more ourselves.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 22, 2012 at 12:01 am Today’s Collect is from the ancient Veronese Sacramentary and the Gelasian and the so-called Gregorian. It survived the liturgical tailors with their scissors and thread to live...
A Testimony to Faith
Integrated Catholic Life - Jul 21, 2012 at 11:01 pm Deep within each and every one of us there is a hunger and a thirst. We all experience this yearning of the soul – a heart that burns with longing – but we don’t always recognize...
Joseph Moore’s moving tribute to his son Andrew who died during Crossroads walk
LifeSiteNews - Jul 21, 2012 at 10:49 pm by The Editors July 21, 2012 (LifeSiteNews,com) - LifeSiteNews received this item from Crossroads Pro-Life president Jim Nolan as given to him by Andrew Moore’s father to do as...
Googly Eyes Gardener
Catholic Servant - Jul 21, 2012 at 10:15 pm Every time I watch this I crack up. Many of my favorite SNL skits of all-time star Christopher Walken.
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis begins novena “for a Rebirth of Chastity and Purity”
Catholic Servant - Jul 21, 2012 at 9:59 pm Although many may claim that striving after sexual purity is passé, the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is taking a stand behind the unpopular virtue. Under the...
