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Feel like a fraud at work? Embrace it!
Aleteia - May 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm It's called 'Imposter Syndrome' and it's actually a good thing. Do you ever feel like a fraud? When someone compliments you on work well done, do you get embarrassed and duck your...
What a Russian dissident can teach us about true patriotism on Memorial Day
Aleteia - May 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's view of patriotism brings together love, criticism, and repentance in a deeply theological view of man and nation.Author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn witnessed...
Egypt is suffering unrest after the pope’s visit
Aleteia - May 28, 2017 at 11:00 pm The impact of the trip, according to philosopher Massimo BorghesiKeep the doors open to both Islam and to Christians. Dissociate religion from violence. These are the pope’s...
No Ramadan Divorces In Palestinian Territories
The Religion Clause - May 28, 2017 at 6:07 pm According to a report today from Al Jazeera, Mahmud Habash, the chief judge of Palestinian Islamic courts in the West Bank and Gaza, has ordered judges to grant no divorces during...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 29/05/17
Catholic Herald - May 28, 2017 at 6:01 pm The Church exists only to announce the Gospel, Pope Francis said in yesterday’s Regina Caeli address (full text, full video). An Indian official has urged the Church to raise...
There’s no ‘I’ in Teams: The international lay movement building stronger marriages
The Catholic Leader - May 28, 2017 at 6:00 pm PRESSURE in a fast-paced world is one of the biggest challenges to building a strong marriage, one of the Brisbane organisers of an Oceania conference on marriage says. “Even just...
In Quartermaster’s Domain, the words “Pellets”, “Electric” or “Gas” are Anathema
Quartermaster of the Barque - May 28, 2017 at 5:50 pm When it comes to true, honest barbecue, the surest sign (and only advertising required) that it is the “real deal” is the smoke that announces itself. In culinary terms, the white...
No Garbage Post!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 28, 2017 at 5:25 pm The other day I forgot to hit PUBLISH! Grrrr…
Il Monsignore Illustrissimo e Reverendissimo delle Strade would have been disappointed.
These old “no dumping” signs are all over...
This is the first laundry with Down syndrome workers in Latin America
Catholic News Agency - General - May 28, 2017 at 5:09 pm Concepción, Chile, May 28, 2017 / 04:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Three years ago the Church in Chile launched “Lavandería 21,” a new work inclusion project for people with Downs...
Reflection for Pentecost Sunday
Big C Catholics - May 28, 2017 at 4:49 pm By Msgr. Bernard BourgeoisPentecost is one of the most joyful feasts on the Christian liturgical calendar. For fifty days the Church has been celebrating the great mysteries of...
Your View From The Pew: SSPX Chapel
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 28, 2017 at 4:11 pm I had an interesting series of texts this morning from a friend in New Jersey.
First, he sent a photo of his pew view:
The New Evangelization takes many forms, not that my...
Four Months Without the Eucharist
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - May 28, 2017 at 3:43 pm I know some of you have already seen the tweet and picture I uploaded yesterday on Twitter; about how I received the Eucharist for the first time in 4 months yesterday. I also...
Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit 2017 | Day 4
Big C Catholics - May 28, 2017 at 3:39 pm May 29, 2017The Pentecost novena is the original novena prayer. After Christ's Ascension, the disciples prayed for nine consecutive days for the Spirit to descend. On the tenth...
“Let’s leave to others the discussions of those who listen to themselves, and work for peace”
Vatican Insider - May 28, 2017 at 3:06 pm “Let's leave gossip to others". Leave it to those who lose themselves in "mockery" and listen only to themselves. We need instead to work "for the common good and for peace" take...
FSSP to gain major apostolate
Rorate Coeli - May 28, 2017 at 3:00 pm Saint Alphonsus church in Baltimore is one of the gems of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. A magnificent shrine where Saint John Neumann and Blessed Francis Seelos...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - May 28, 2017 at 2:52 pm In Debarr v. Clark, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76941 (D NV, May 19, 2017), a Nevada federal magistrate judge recommended that a Pagan inmatebe allowed o move ahead with his complaint...
Daily Readings for Monday, May 29, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 28, 2017 at 2:25 pm Reading 1: Acts of Apostles 19:1-8, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 68:2-7, Gospel: John 16:29-33
To St. Joseph for Protection: Prayer of the Day for Monday, May 29, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - May 28, 2017 at 2:25 pm Gracious St. Joseph, protect me and my family from all evil as you did the Holy Family. Kindly keep us ever united in the love of Christ, ever ...
First Mass of Father James Smith, FSSP
Rorate Coeli - May 28, 2017 at 2:12 pm It is truly amazing to witness firsthand how much devotion, planning and organization goes into the ordination of seven FSSP priests in Nebraska, followed by their first Masses in...
St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, Educator and Foundress
Big C Catholics - May 28, 2017 at 1:24 pm Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779-1865) was born a child of privilege, in Joigny, France. She received an exemplary education, then went to Paris in 1795, at the height of the French...