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Appleton parish dedicates new rosary garden
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 5, 2016 at 8:45 am APPLETON — Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish is known for having beautiful gardens on its property. When it came time to update the triangular-shaped garden that runs along Fremont...
Diocesan Catholic schools begin new strategic planning process
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 5, 2016 at 8:44 am GREEN BAY — The Catholic Schools Initiative that was started in the Diocese of Green Bay in 2010 and implemented in 2012 will be drawing to a close in 2017. The process of a new...
How to move mountains
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 5, 2016 at 8:42 am It all starts at the ground level, the local level, by changing hearts and changing lives.
In a nutshell, this was one of the messages Shawn Carney, national president of 40 Days...
New Article “I Regret Having Kids” Has Moms Wishing They Had Aborted Their Children Instead
LifeNews.com - Oct 5, 2016 at 8:36 am On the heels of a pro-abortion story-telling campaign, a women’s magazine has published another new, disturbing set of stories about women who regret becoming mothers.
Marie...
Would Americans be interested? Eyewitnesses describe the murder of Father Jacques Hamel
GetReligion - Oct 5, 2016 at 8:33 am Here is my question for the day: Would news consumers here in America be interested in the ongoing story of Father Jacques Hamel if offered a chance to follow it?
There has been...
Heaven Begins Now: Elizabeth of the Trinity
CatholicMom.com - Oct 5, 2016 at 8:30 am Later this month the Catholic galaxy will become a little brighter as the Church receives a new cluster of saints. Among the holy handful will be just one woman, a French...
The pill and the modern myth of progression
Catholic Herald - Oct 5, 2016 at 8:09 am The Guardian website carries an article – passionately written and argued – of great interest, dealing with new medical research from Denmark that shows that the pill is linked to...
New California Law Requires Disclosure of Title IX Exemptions
The Religion Clause - Oct 5, 2016 at 7:38 am As reported by The Advocate, last Friday California's Gov. Jerry Brown signed S.B. 1146 (full text) into law. The new law requires religiously affiliated schools in California...
Cardinal Wuerl: Amoris Laetitia is ’consensus document,’ rooted in tradition
Vatican Insider - Oct 5, 2016 at 7:09 am Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl has questioned why some choose to vocally criticise Pope Francis’ recent apostolic exhortation on family life, saying the document reflects the...
The Church must be close to Caucasus nations, Pope Francis says
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 5, 2016 at 7:05 am Vatican City, Oct 5, 2016 / 06:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis gave a recap of his recent trip to Georgia and Azerbaijan, noting how this year both nations will...
The Church must be close to Caucuses nations, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 5, 2016 at 7:05 am Vatican City, Oct 5, 2016 / 07:05 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Wednesday Pope Francis gave a recap of his recent trip to Georgia and
Azerbaijan, noting how this year both nations will...
Pope Francis greets "dog athletes" at General Audience
News.va - Oct 5, 2016 at 7:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is a famous sports fan, and he often meets athletes during his weekly General Audience. On 5 October, he met a different kind of athlete: Those with...
Learning from a Humble Champion of Mercy
Brandon Vogt - Oct 5, 2016 at 7:00 am
Today we continue our regular series called “Learning from the Saints.” Our guide is expert Bert Ghezzi, a dear friend of mine and the author of numerous books including Voices...
Emergency Response and Recovery in Nepal
CatholicMom.com - Oct 5, 2016 at 7:00 am
Photo by Jennifer Hardy/Catholic Relief Services. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Samundra Regmi is 11. His goat is three days old. They live in Nepal’s Gorkha...
The Feast of St Thérèse at the Little Flower Basilica in Michigan
New Liturgical Movement - Oct 5, 2016 at 7:00 am On the traditional feast day of St. Thérèse, October 3, there was a beautiful celebration at the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, Michigan. This marked...
Workplace Program Is A "Religion" Under Title VII
The Religion Clause - Oct 5, 2016 at 6:53 am In EEOC v. United Health Programs of America, (ED NY, Sept. 30, 2016), a New York federal district court in a 102-page opinion held that programs called "Onionhead" and Harnessing...
“I saw the fear in children’s eyes”
Vatican Insider - Oct 5, 2016 at 6:49 am “I saw the fear in children’s eyes. And I saw the strength the elderly transmit despite it all…” Pope Francis was visibly wearied and strained after his marathon journey to the...
Mother Marie Adele Garnier’s canonization cause opens
Communio - Oct 5, 2016 at 6:49 am Vatican opens cause for canonization Mother Marie Adele Garnier, OSB. Mother now carries the title of Servant of God.
Two pieces to look at:
The Catholic Herald (article)
The...
Pope Francis: “Our unity is seen in the blood of so many Christian martyrs”
Aleteia - Oct 5, 2016 at 6:44 am VATICAN CITY — Seeds of Christian unity are being sown “in the blood of so many Christian martyrs of different Christian confessions,” Pope Francis said this morning at the...
There's a new national shrine dedicated to St. Therese of Lisieux
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 5, 2016 at 6:41 am Juneau, Alaska, Oct 5, 2016 / 05:41 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Adding to the more than 70 national shrines in the United States, the St. Therese Shrine in Juneau, Alaska was added by...
