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Isabella Rossellini, the master of reinvention, starts a new chapter at 64
Aleteia - May 30, 2017 at 11:00 pm Rossellini shows us that there are new frontiers for women and new expansive definitions of beauty — and that we are not limited by age.Isabella Rossellini’s career choices have...
Brisbane Catholic school parents assured of no major fee increase next year
The Catholic Leader - May 30, 2017 at 10:00 pm BRISBANE Catholic Education has reassured parents they will face “no major increase” in school fees next year. In a letter to parents in 139 schools across the Brisbane...
St Ursula’s College community bid a fond farewell for parish priest Fr Peter Tonti
The Catholic Leader - May 30, 2017 at 9:42 pm CAPRICORN Coast parish priest Fr Peter Tonti was farewelled by the staff and students at St Ursula’s College, Yeppoon, in May. Fr Tonti was presented with gifts by College...
Coptic Christians in Brisbane offer words of love not hate to attackers who killed 29 people in Egypt
The Catholic Leader - May 30, 2017 at 7:52 pm WORDS of love, despite intense pain and grief, are on the lips of Brisbane priest, Fr David Mahrous, after masked gunmen attacked a bus of Coptic Christians south of the Egyptian...
From Clamshell to Cruciform
The Curt Jester - May 30, 2017 at 7:39 pm I have been thinking about some of the changes in church architecture coming up on the twenty years I have lived in the Diocese of St. Augustine. The downtown parish where I came...
The last day of the merry month of May
Rorate Coeli - May 30, 2017 at 7:00 pm Josquin des Prez
Benedicta es Caelorum Regina
Rogamus te, Domina nostra, Mater Dei inclita,
super choros angelorum exaltata, ut cordis nostri vas caelestis gratiae impleas, auro...
Egypt's Christians worry they could be martyred anytime
The Busy Catholic - May 30, 2017 at 6:31 pm Slaughter of 28 Coptic pilgrims brings fear and angerFather Rafic Greiche told Catholic News Service that Christians in Egypt are "getting this idea that we could be a martyr at...
Bishop Schneider: Consecration will bring Russia ‘to the fullness of conversion’
LifeSiteNews - May 30, 2017 at 6:09 pm The 'explicit' consecration of Russia is 'very important,' says the bishop.
Pope Francis: A shepherd must freely follow the Spirit
Catholic News Agency - General - May 30, 2017 at 5:53 pm Vatican City, May 30, 2017 / 04:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Tuesday urged priests and bishops not to be afraid to “step down completely” from their assignment when...
After Taking the Abortion Pill She Knew She Made a Mistake, But Her Baby Was Saved When This Happened
LifeNews.com - May 30, 2017 at 5:29 pm Rebekah Buell knows that fear often prompts pregnant women to consider aborting their unborn babies.
She knows because she felt exactly that way four years ago.
Buell was 19 years...
‘I knocked and I found,’ says Catholic convert Father Wittnebel
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 30, 2017 at 5:19 pm In searching for truth, Father Wittnebel came upon Catholic TV station Eternal Word Television Network. He found the speakers inspiring and the daily Mass broadcast a regular...
Father VanHoose’s vocation netted through national ministry in West St. Paul
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 30, 2017 at 5:15 pm Father Chad VanHoose, 34, had every intention of serving only one year with NET Ministries after graduating from Eastern Kentucky University in 2005 with a nursing degree. That...
In historic move, Irish nuns to give up three Dublin hospitals
Catholic News Agency - General - May 30, 2017 at 5:07 pm Dublin, Ireland, May 30, 2017 / 04:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Ireland's Sisters of Charity will end their management of three Dublin hospitals, the sisters have announced, saying...
Getting hitched? 7 Things wedding photographers want you to know
Aleteia - May 30, 2017 at 5:00 pm After all, you're hiring someone to do more than just take nice photos.It’s been almost four months since our wedding. Our cake is sitting in the freezer, Joseph’s suit is hanging...
Trust, not certainty, guided Father Sandquist’s discernment
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 30, 2017 at 4:59 pm Father Sandquist was attending an engineering job fair in college when he started to feel “not quite at peace about my future,” he said. He went back to his dorm room to reflect,...
Taking ‘wrong class’ prompted Father Baker to enter seminary
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 30, 2017 at 4:58 pm Father Paul Baker remembers a time when sleep was hard to come by. He had graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 2009 with majors in history and geography, and...
Obamacare is Imploding, Republicans Must Repeal It and Defund Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - May 30, 2017 at 4:55 pm It’s a good thing the House and Senate are out this week. Judging by the headlines, they’ll need their rest to navigate choppy waters of the health care repeal when they return....
For Father Hagen, vocation deepens sense of ‘romance between God and his people’
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 30, 2017 at 4:50 pm He describes his discernment process as “a slow, gradual one” in which he has gone from “part-time disciple to full-time disciple, and realizing that God’s dreams and plans were...
Looking for a ‘job that can impact lives,’ Father Theisen drawn to priesthood
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 30, 2017 at 4:48 pm He has enjoyed the prayerful atmosphere at the St. Paul Seminary, and has spent many an hour praying in the chapel. Another takeaway has been the fraternity with his nine...
Father Froehle told God he’d ‘keep moving’ if doors opened
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 30, 2017 at 4:33 pm High school conversations with his parish priest about the priesthood, as well as a supportive letter from his grandparents prior to confirmation, had planted seeds about his...
