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REVIEW: The Roman Catholic Ceremonial: Volume I. The Ordinary Ceremonies by Jeffrey Collins.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 9, 2012 at 9:25 am Liturgical worship should be reverent, careful and the best we can accomplish. The expanding use of the Extraordinary Form will help to correct many of the aberrations inflicted...
My Brother’s Life: Very Valuable Despite Down Syndrome
LifeNews.com - Jan 9, 2012 at 9:14 am How does one measure whether a life was a success, or a failure? Some would measure it by recognition, that is, how many knew the person’s name. For others, the measure of a...
QUAERITUR: Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 9, 2012 at 9:11 am From a reader:
According to the Liturgy of the Hours note for the Baptism of the Lord this feast is to be omitted when Epiphany falls on a Sunday with a date of January 7 or 8. In...
Philippine Catholics defy terror warning, hold procession
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:59 am
From the AP:
More than 3 million Roman Catholic worshippers paraded with a charred Christ statue through the Philippine capital in an annual procession Monday despite a warning...
American Catholicism: Not just Rick and Newt
Commonweal - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:57 am Stephen, aussi…Nothing too groundbreaking from this profile of Colbert in the NYT magazine, but it’s a good read and when the comedian talks straight about his faith and his (real...
National Vocation Awareness Week
Archdiocese of Saint Louis - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:50 am By Reverend Christopher Martin, Vocation Director
Every year the Church offers to the faithful an entire week dedicated to vocation awareness. What does this mean?
Certainly it is...
Who says the U.N. isn’t effective?
Commonweal - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:44 am Quote of the Day:
“The Minister for Family of the Papal Government, Cardinal Antonelli, told me a few days ago in Zaragoza that UNESCO has a program for the next 20 years to make...
"We Must Not Lose Heart": Economic Crisis Tops Pope's "State of the World"
Whispers in the Loggia - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:42 am Keeping with longtime custom, the Vatican's "work-year" began earlier today with the Pope's New Year greeting to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See -- a talk whose...
Advice for Authors
Brandon Vogt - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:41 am If you aren't reading Seth Godin on a regular basis, you're really missing out. Seth is the quintessential guru. He has a personal blog, and writes over at The Domino Project,...
The Pope to diplomats: «Stop the persecution of Christians»
Vatican Insider - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:38 amThe Pope to diplomats: "The persecution of Christians must end"
Vatican Insider - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:38 amHomeschool Goodies’ top 10 for 2011
Homeschool Goodies - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:24 am Just for fun, here are this blog’s top 10 posts from 2011. Thanks for all the visits!
Our Lenten Lapbooks
First Communion Banners
Liturgical Year
Make a simple Paschal Candle
Our...
Pro-life college student quits job with Girl Scouts over ‘end abortion’ t-shirt
LifeSiteNews - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:21 am by Patrick B. Craine TUCSON, Arizona, January 9, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - An Arizona college student who stopped in at her workplace wearing a pro-life t-shirt quit her job...
Daily Scriptures Reflection for 1/9/11
CatholicMom.com - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:13 am Scripture: Lectionary 21. Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7 or Isaiah 55:1-11. Canticle Resp. Isaiah 12:2-3 4.5-6. Acts 10:34-38 or I John 5:1-9. Mark 1: 7-11:
Monday’s Readings
“You are my...
Vatican today — January 9, 2011
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 9, 2012 at 8:10 am THE POPE BAPTIZES SIXTEEN CHILDREN IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL
This morning in the Sistine Chapel the Pope presided at the celebration of the Eucharist for the Feast of the Baptism of...
Vatican receives final report on US women religious
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 9, 2012 at 7:20 am Hamden, Conn., Jan 9, 2012 / 07:20 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A three-year survey of women's religious life in the United States has concluded
with the filing of a final report by the...
New England College Adopts "Simple English Propers" in Ordinary Form Liturgy
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 9, 2012 at 7:00 am We're always eager to promote what is going on liturgically at Catholic universities, and so it was with interest that we recently received the following press release from the...
Daily Quote from St. Justin Martyr
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 9, 2012 at 6:30 am “As many as are persuaded and believe that what we teach and say is true, and undertake to be able to live accordingly, are instructed to pray and to entreat God with fasting, for...
Police Officer Fired After Religious Refusal To Get Medical Help For Wife Sues
The Religion Clause - Jan 9, 2012 at 6:20 am A former Lee's Corner, Missouri police officer, Caleb Horner, last week filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the police department's refusal to allow him to return to work...
Sincerity of Religious Beliefs May Be Explored In Moorish Americans' Challenge To Firings
The Religion Clause - Jan 9, 2012 at 6:05 am In Bey v. City of New York, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1743 (SD NY, Jan. 4, 2012), a New York federal district court ruled on 12 in limine motions in a case in which Moorish American...
