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St. Ambrose, Religious Belief, and Political Action
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Dec 7, 2017 at 12:00 am Br. Albert Thomas Dempsey, O.P. discusses St. Ambrose, a Doctor of the Church who lived a life of profound holiness, thought, and public witness.
An Advent Story: Do You Want To Become A New Person?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 7, 2017 at 12:00 am Have you ever wanted to become a new person, and live out a new, exciting and fulfilling life? Is true healing, completeness and wholeness what ...
California on FIRE, 200,000 evacuated, curfews imposed as fires are whipped by Santa Ana winds
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 7, 2017 at 12:00 am California is burning. More than two hundred thousand people have been evacuated in Southern California ahead of flames whipped by hurricane-force ...
Is war with North Korea imminent? Here's the unmistakable sign to watch out for
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 7, 2017 at 12:00 am North Korea has announced that war with the U.S. is inevitable, and it is now only a matter of when. The reclusive nuclear state commonly makes ...
PRAY for the victims of shooting at New Mexico school
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 7, 2017 at 12:00 am Two students are dead following a shooting at Aztec High School in Aztec, New Mexico.
Scientists reconstruct the face of St. Nicholas
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 7, 2017 at 12:00 am Scientists at a university in Liverpool have unveiled what they say is the most realistic portrait ever created of St. Nicholas of Myra, the popular ...
Daily Reflection — Be Refreshed by the Lord
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:04 pm “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for...
Is There Something Attached to Your Giving?
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:04 pm “What’s wrong?” Jennifer asked as Rick walked in the house with a sour look on his face. “Nothing… everything… I don’t want to bother you with something this petty. I’ll be okay...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Ambrose of Milan
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:02 pm “Let your door stand open to receive him, unlock your soul to him, offer him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 7, 2017 - St. Ambrose
CatholicMom.com - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:01 pm Today’s Gospel: Matthew 7:21, 24-27 – St. Ambrose
I coached my daughter’s Destination Imagination (DI) team this year. DI is a problem solving program that incorporates...
A creative way to help your child with separation anxiety
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm This simple, free solution can help young children feel more at ease when away from their parents.When do we stop being little children? Possibly at the terrible moment of...
I put my encroaching atheism into God’s hands
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm Too weak to do something myself, I told God to do it. And then, I had this dream ...A few years back, I was really struggling to get to confession. The latest of my numerous...
Where did Advent calendars originate?
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm The yearly tradition became popular in the early 20th century.Around this time of year stores are full of Advent calendars. There is even a Star Wars Lego calendar that reveals a...
Help! I’m already failing at Advent! And Christmas is coming!
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm If you're hyperventilating over Advent, you're doing it wrong.Dear Katrina, I am already failing at Advent! I still don’t have my Advent wreath! Every year I tell myself this is...
5 Tips from St. Ambrose to boost your spiritual life
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm The 4th-century Doctor of the Church had a unique ability to pierce the heavenly veil.Bishop of Milan during the 4th century, Ambrose led a devout life of prayer. He often spent...
There’s a science behind making friends
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm One psychologist has designed a step-by-step program for kids who struggle with social interaction.As an outgoing person, I’ve always made friends pretty easily. I vividly...
St. John of the Cross’ drawings collection: ‘Ascent to Mount Carmel’
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm A look at the preliminary sketches that summarize the argument of the saint's book in a clear, straightforward manner.The Ascent to Mount Carmel (Subida al Monte Carmelo, in the...
Christianity’s return to Iraq
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: December 7, 2017Iraqi Christians attend Mass at the heavily damaged Church of the Immaculate Conception in the predominantly Christian Iraqi town of Qaraqosh (...
Advent Light: God is not in the either/or that is tearing the world apart
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 11:00 pm A reflection and prayer for December 7, 2017, Day 5 of AdventOpen up the gates to let in a nation that is just, one that keeps faith. A nation of firm purpose you keep in peace;...
Homeless on the Sunshine Coast are indebted to this Catholic woman
The Catholic Leader - Dec 6, 2017 at 8:00 pm STANDING overlooking the sprawling township of Nambour, Catholic woman Annette Baker points to some vacant land where she imagines building affordable studio units for people at...
