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In Phoenix for the Super Bowl: full stadium, empty church
The Deacon's Bench - Feb 1, 2015 at 7:14 am From The Boston Globe: Forgive the Franciscan friars at St. Mary’s Basilica if they wonder what exactly is being worshipped at the giant, gleaming temple across the street. An...
What the Roman Curia will be schooled on during Lent
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 1, 2015 at 7:03 am Vatican City, Feb 1, 2015 / 06:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Lenten spiritual exercises for the Roman curia will this year be preached by Fr. Bruno Secondin, a Carmelite, focused on...
Does 'never again' have any meaning? Human rights after the Holocaust
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 1, 2015 at 6:01 am Washington D.C., Feb 1, 2015 / 06:01 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Even though it ended seventy years ago, the Holocaust still gives a
stark and relevant warning on dehumanization and...
Tech Talk Digest for Last Week
CatholicMom.com - Feb 1, 2015 at 6:00 am
Here are the Tech Talk highlights from last week.
Digital Decluttering Coming Lent 2015
Join Gina in managing the digital clutter that plagues your email inbox in four easy steps...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Feb 1, 2015 at 6:00 am In Brooks v. Roy, (8th Cir., Jan. 27, 2015), the 8th Circuit upheld dismissal of an inmate's claim claims that a chemical-dependency program conflicted with his Native American...
Pope Francis announces June visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 1, 2015 at 5:41 am Vatican City, Feb 1, 2015 / 06:11 am (EWTN News/CNA).- During his Sunday Angelus address Pope Francis announced he will visit
the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in June, where WWI...
Pope Francis announces June visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 1, 2015 at 5:11 am Vatican City, Feb 1, 2015 / 04:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During his Sunday Angelus address Pope Francis announced he will visit the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in June, where WWI...
Daily Gospel Reflection for February 1, 2015
CatholicMom.com - Feb 1, 2015 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Mark 1:21-28
In this scripture passage from Mark, we see the beginnings of Jesus’ teaching ministry, and all who heard him were astonished. Why? Jesus drew his...
Sex trafficking rises during sporting events
Franciscan Media - Feb 1, 2015 at 5:00 am Catholic Charities of Arizona is preparing to serve an increased number of sex-trafficking victims arrested by local police in the days surrounding Super Bowl Sunday.
"People who...
American organization explains couples how to save marriages in crisis (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 1, 2015 at 4:11 am To view the video click here
Selma, a film that celebrates the life and cause of Martin Luther King (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 1, 2015 at 4:10 am To view the video click here
Tickets from Japan to Rome: Check! (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 1, 2015 at 4:08 am To view the video click here.
Gospel Reading for Sunday, February 1st
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 1, 2015 at 3:59 am Then they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from C. S. Lewis
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 1, 2015 at 3:30 am “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not...
Septuagesima: In the beginning
Rorate Coeli - Feb 1, 2015 at 2:10 am The lessons for Matins introduce the theme of the penitential pre-lenten season of Septuagesima: Creation, and Fall, and Original Sin; and God's intervention in human History to...
Encountering the Word — Psalm 86:5
Integrated Catholic Life - Feb 1, 2015 at 1:30 am A Daily Quote From Sacred Scripture “Lord, you are good and forgiving, most merciful to all who call on you.” (Psalm 86:5) Print this entry
Homily for February 1, 2015: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Deacon's Bench - Feb 1, 2015 at 12:01 am 11th century fresco of Christ performing exorcism in the synagogue in Capernaum via Wikipedia Several days back, just before the State of the Union speech, the New York Times ran...
Francis asks Carmelite professor to lead Vatican’s Lenten retreat
Catholic Herald - Feb 1, 2015 at 12:00 am Pope Francis has chosen an Italian Carmelite professor of spirituality to lead him and top members of the Roman Curia on their Lenten retreat.
Carmelite Fr Bruno Secondin, though...
Conversion Stories from the Bible
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 31, 2015 at 11:01 pm Nearly everyone loves conversion stories. Over the last couple of decades, the conversion stories of people who have entered the Catholic Church have exploded onto the scene in...
Septuagesima – Burying the Alleluia
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 31, 2015 at 10:35 pm We have come around again to Pre-Lent. It is time to get our heads into the game and start preparing for our upcoming Lenten discipline.
Already.
Sunday is Septuagesima. That...
