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The Gist: Friendship in Modern Day
CatholicMom.com - Nov 26, 2016 at 7:30 am
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Now in its sixth season, CatholicTV Network’s series for Catholic women, The Gist, airs every Tuesday morning at 11 AM Eastern. Tune in to...
St Sylvester Guzzolini
Communio - Nov 26, 2016 at 7:04 am
O God who bestowed upon Saint Sylvester zeal for the sweetness of solitude and for the labors of the cenobitical life, grant us, we beseech You, to seek You always with a sincere...
Praise Moments: O Emmanuel
CatholicMom.com - Nov 26, 2016 at 6:00 am
Experience the rebirth of an ancient musical sound for the holiday season. O Emmanuel, a 10-track album, features GRAMMY Award-winning pianist, conductor, and composer J.J....
Fidel Castro, communist leader who met three Popes, dies at 90
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 26, 2016 at 5:30 am Vatican City, Nov 26, 2016 / 05:30 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In an unexpected televised statement, Fidel Castro's brother and the
current president of Cuba, Raul Castro, announced that...
Daily Gospel Reflection for November 26, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Nov 26, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 21, 34-36
In light of the current scenarios of unrest being played out daily in our world, today’s reading takes on quite a different meaning than it might...
Fidel Castro, communist leader who met three Popes, dies at 90
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 26, 2016 at 4:30 am Vatican City, Nov 26, 2016 / 03:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In an unexpected televised statement, Fidel Castro’s brother and the current president of Cuba, Raul Castro, announced that...
Former Manchester United Footballer is Becoming a Dominican Priest
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 26, 2016 at 2:28 am He’s giving up 500,000 in career earnings and global fame to pursue Jesus Christ in vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Fr. Niall Sheehan writes from Ireland: Brother Philip...
Castro, Cuba and 3 popes’ defense of dignity
Aleteia - Nov 26, 2016 at 2:28 am Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba’s Communist revolution, died Saturday night. He had turned 90 in August. Castro became the prime minister of Cuba in 1959 when he led a successful...
Speaking of writers, check out James Hamilton’s new book
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 26, 2016 at 2:21 am Sez he: The story is a Tolkienade, only one set in southern Africa rather than Europe (for a change). There are elves and goblins (though they have different names), there are...
Sr. Theophilus is a budding writer
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 26, 2016 at 2:03 am She’s a new sister with the Immaculate Heart of Mary Benedictine Monastery in Westfield, Vermont (she’s the first picture on their Oblates page). She’s writing two sites: The...
Last week on Connecting the Dots
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Nov 26, 2016 at 1:41 am Just two shows this week due to technical difficulties on Monday and goof off time on Thursday and Friday. On Tuesday, I talked about some of the historical ironies behind the...
Fidel Castro Dead at age 90
Aleteia - Nov 26, 2016 at 12:37 am It is being announced that Fidel Castro has died at age 90. Writes the BBC: Fidel Castro, Cuba’s former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, state...
“The Very Necessary Minimum”: The Forgotten “Precepts of the Church”
ChurchPOP - Nov 26, 2016 at 12:21 am What are the basic requirements of being a practicing Catholic? An important part of the answer includes what are known as the Precepts
The post “The Very Necessary Minimum”: The...
The deeper meaning of Christmas lights
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 25, 2016 at 11:04 pm As fall moves onward towards winter we have places to go, things to do, people to meet. Yet as we go about our business, we notice the days are getting shorter. Sweaters come...
Daily Catholic Quote — from G. K. Chesterton
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 25, 2016 at 11:02 pm “To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.” (G. K. Chesterton, A Short History of England) Print this entry
Encountering the Word — Psalm 17:7
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 25, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture Wondrously show thy steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at thy right hand. (Psalm 17:7) Print this entry
The Basilica of Saint Petronio, in Bologna: A church built on astronomical science
Aleteia - Nov 25, 2016 at 11:00 pm Maybe you’ve once stepped into an old European cathedral, and wondered what those zodiac signs were doing there. Isn’t that supposed to be sheer superstition? How did these signs...
Why we should address Jesus as “thou”
Aleteia - Nov 25, 2016 at 11:00 pm On the final morning of the November meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, we were treated to a fine sermon by Archbishop J. Peter Sartain. The leader of...
WATCH: Harlem Globe Trotters join STOMP to create rhythm on the court
Aleteia - Nov 25, 2016 at 11:00 pm Music can be made in any arena. In New York, tourists, school children at recess, and local residents — some from their upstairs apartment windows — were fortunate enough to catch...
Preparing for the light of Christmas in the darkness of Advent
Aleteia - Nov 25, 2016 at 11:00 pm “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day the Lord will come… you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” —Matthew 24:42, 44...
