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Deacons, Women, and the Call to Serve
Commonweal - Nov 27, 2016 at 9:21 pm I was privileged to take part in a roundtable discussion co-sponsored by the Fordham Center for Religion and Culture and America Media, entitled “Deacons, Women, and the Call to...
5 Reasons the Church Condemns Communism as “Intrinsically Wrong”
ChurchPOP - Nov 27, 2016 at 9:19 pm “See to it, Venerable Brethren,” Pope Pius XI warned in his 1937 encyclical Divini Redemptoris, “that the Faithful do not allow themselves to
The post 5 Reasons the Church...
Before DeVos, Trump Offered Secretary of Education Post To Jerry Falwell, Jr.
The Religion Clause - Nov 27, 2016 at 7:14 pm As previously reported, Donald Trump last week picked school-choice advocate Betsy DeVos as his nominee for Secretary of Education. AP reported yesterday that Trump had first...
First Sunday of Advent
Regina Magazine - Nov 27, 2016 at 6:54 pm First Sunday of Advent Adapted from The Liturgical Year by Abbot Gueranger This Sunday, the first of the ecclesiastical year, is called, in the chronicles and charts of the middle...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Nov 27, 2016 at 6:53 pm In Porter v. Wegman, (9th Cir., Nov. 23, 2016), the 9th Circuit reversed a distrcit court's summary judgment for defendant and remanded for trial an inmate's complaint that he was...
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Regina Magazine - Nov 27, 2016 at 6:05 pm November 27 Today is the feast day of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection,...
Hamill calling Trump picks despicable? Skywalker actor pressured his son’s girlfriend into abortion
LifeSiteNews - Nov 27, 2016 at 5:51 pm Star Wars actor Mark Hamill calls Trump picks 'despicable' but his own recent behavior in coercing abortion truly fits the 'despicable' label
Singing carols is growing in Brisbane (even if it’s stinking hot)
The Catholic Leader - Nov 27, 2016 at 5:10 pm SINGING traditional carols in churches has become a growing trend in Brisbane’s blistering summer heat. With only weeks until Catholics welcome the Christ child on Christmas day,...
St. Catherine Laboure: Saint of the Day for Monday, November 28, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 27, 2016 at 5:01 pm St. Catherine Laboure, virgin, was born on May 2, 1806. At an early age she entered the community of the Daughters of Charity, in Paris, France. ...
The Salve Regina (hail Holy Queen): Prayer of the Day for Monday, November 28, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 27, 2016 at 5:01 pm Hail Holy Queen, Mother of
Mercy, our life our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; To thee do we send up ...
Daily Readings for Monday, November 28, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Nov 27, 2016 at 5:01 pm Reading 1: Isaiah 4:2-6, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 122:8-9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 122:1-4, Gospel: Matthew 8:5-11
In new musical, disability rights activist tackles assisted suicide
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 27, 2016 at 4:48 pm London, England, Nov 27, 2016 / 03:48 pm (CNA).- Physician-assisted suicide has been a subject of controversy for several years, but Liz Carr is taking the issue somewhere it has...
2017 Dominican Rite Calendar (Corrected)
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 27, 2016 at 3:03 pm I have made some corrections in the Dominican Rite Calendar for 2017 and this revised version is now available on the left sidebar at Dominican Liturgy. You can download it at...
Preparing for the Messiah: patiently waiting in Advent
Communio - Nov 27, 2016 at 2:37 pm During these blessed Advent days, we, too, are called to imitate the Israelites by cultivating an attitude of strong hope, patiently waiting as they did, for the arrival of the...
AD ORIENTEM WATCH! – ACTION ITEM!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 27, 2016 at 1:10 pm I hope you readers out there will post about the changes effected in parishes concerning ad orientem worship for Holy Mass.
Did you see priests “turning towards the Lord”?
I’ve...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 27, 2016 at 1:06 pm Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard for your Mass of obligation?
For my part, I had both EF and OF today, including a 1st Holy Communion. Nice.
I spoke about the...
Heidi Hess Saxton Invites You to Ponder Advent with St. Teresa of Calcutta
CatholicMom.com - Nov 27, 2016 at 12:30 pm We’re always happy to share the good news about new books, and even more so when the books come from amazing friends of CatholicMom.com. Over the years, Heidi Hess Saxton has...
Bishops facing Amoris Laetitia: Thinking along with Ross Douthat and John L. Allen, Jr.
GetReligion - Nov 27, 2016 at 12:30 pm
What Ross Douthat said.
While most American journalists, and many scribes overseas, continue their meltdown about the election of Citizen Donald Trump, there is another amazing...
Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent, December 4, 2016, Year A
Big C Catholics - Nov 27, 2016 at 11:45 am Detail, St. John the Baptist Preaching, Mattia Preti (Il Cavaliere Calabrese), c. 1665.Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)Here we are...
Sunday Brunch Specials for November 27, 2016: All About Advent
CatholicMom.com - Nov 27, 2016 at 11:00 am
Welcome to the Advent Edition of the CatholicMom.com Sunday Brunch! We’re serving up a buffet of articles from the past week; this week, it’s all on the topic of Advent, which...
