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Catholic Quote of the Day — from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Integrated Catholic Life - May 19, 2016 at 11:02 pm “Like Jesus we belong to the world, living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.” (Blessed Teresa of Calcutta) Print this entry
Encountering the Word — Psalm 139:13-14
Integrated Catholic Life - May 19, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful....
A Journey Using a Medieval “Map of Hell”
Aleteia - May 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm The “religious sense” has hit Nat Geo overnight – and the Catholic Church has found itself on center stage. First came a dramatized documentary about Pope Francis and a new series...
Visit the Oldest Marian Shrine in the United States: The Shrine of Our Lady of the Milk
Aleteia - May 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm Saint Augustine, in the northeast of Florida, proudly lays claim to be the oldest European settlement in US soil. It is indeed, without a doubt, the oldest continuously-occupied...
From Barbie to the Blessed Virgin Mary: Quest for the Wholly Female
Aleteia - May 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm With a perfectly shaped body, glorious hair, and flawless face, Barbie has ranked as an icon of feminine physical beauty for generations of young girls aspiring to womanhood. In...
Imagining the Life of a Visionary Saxon Lady
Aleteia - May 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm Sally Thomas knows a few things about poetry. Her poems, works of fiction, and essays have appeared in First Things, Dappled Things, Windhover Journal, Southern Poetry Review, and...
In Pregnancy a Mother Learns to Lay Down Her Life for Another
Aleteia - May 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm If you ever wonder whether Tennyson was being quite fair when he described nature as “red in tooth and claw,” all you need to do is step into your backyard, where more than 9000...
The Hipster Priest Turning Heads (and Hearts) in Spain
Aleteia - May 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm I want to share the story of my life with the world: a precious story, one with times of crying, laughing, guessing, and making mistakes. He’s been labeled “the hipster priest” by...
What’s Behind the Surprising Trend of Board-Game Cafés?
Aleteia - May 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm Increasingly, people in the West spend the bulk of their day either in front of a computer or constantly looking at their smartphones, and endlessly (often predictably) “reacting...
A Beer Crafted Carefully, Prayerfully and with a Holy Rule
Aleteia - May 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm The little town of Norcia is becoming well known around the world, not only because it is the birthplace of Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica, or even for the town’s famous...
NEW BOOK on Mother Angelica with never before published information
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 19, 2016 at 10:16 pm The other day I chatted for a bit with Raymond Arroyo of EWTN, who stopped at our table at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. When I got home from DC, I found waiting for me...
Meet the Brisbane doctors who don’t want abortion decriminalised in Queensland
The Catholic Leader - May 19, 2016 at 9:00 pm PROMINENT doctors have expressed their concern about the traumatic effects of an abortion on women and their families, and for the protection of medical staff called on to carry...
Reason #74 for Summorum Pontificum
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 19, 2016 at 7:22 pm
This was sent by a priest friend.
“OUCH!” doesn’t quite capture my reaction.
Let me preface your viewing by saying that the older, traditional form of the Roman Rite is not...
All of Media History Re: the Church since 2005
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 19, 2016 at 6:12 pm With Benedict, the Right believed fantasies about him as the Great Rottweiler and the Left believed and feared the Right’s fantasies. With Francis, the Left believes fantasies...
Michigan Abortions Drop 1.7% as Pro-Life Groups Save Hundreds of Babies From Abortion
LifeNews.com - May 19, 2016 at 6:09 pm Abortions dropped in Michigan for the first time in three years in 2015 saving almost 500 unborn babies’ lives, according to the Right to Life of Michigan blog.
This week, the...
Domestic violence: Krav Maga self-defence workshop for women proving a top protection against a violent attack
The Catholic Leader - May 19, 2016 at 6:00 pm SHE feels his huge hands around her neck and his tightening grip. In an instant, with a series of hits and kicks, her tiny frame is free of her attacker, and she runs.Irma...
Q&A with Archbishop Mark Coleridge
The Catholic Leader - May 19, 2016 at 6:00 pm How should Catholics in Queensland respond (to the proposed private member’s bill in State Parliament on abortion)?First of all understand the legislation and what it is saying....
Lone father does not support Qld govt’s domestic violence taskforce
The Catholic Leader - May 19, 2016 at 5:30 pm MICHAEL Ord has not seen his three children for a decade. “They are grown now and do not want to have contact,” he said.Mr Ord runs the Brisbane branch of the Lone Fathers...
Louisiana Governor Signs Pro-Life Bil for 72 Hour Waiting Period Before an Abortion
LifeNews.com - May 19, 2016 at 5:26 pm Today, Governor John Bel Edwards was joined by Representative Katrina Jackson (D-Monroe) and Representative Frank Hoffman (R- West Monroe) for the signing of two important pro-...
