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Thursday, November 29th, 2012The November/December issue of Lay Witness magazine explores the theme of Catholic culture. Undoubtedly there are remarkable signs of hope and renewal in our culture at large, and within the Church, due in part to the encouragement of Pope Benedict, much of the same can be said. In the discipline of Sacred Music, one need look no [...]
A Few Good Fathers
Monday, November 26th, 2012Getting to know the Church Fathers means getting to know our own roots. It means knowing more deeply who we are as we learn more and more about who they are. The early Christians are our ancestors, our common genealogy, our family. When we look to our roots, what do we see? That’s what beloved [...]
The “4-1-1″ on Spiritual Direction
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012At long last, Emmaus Road Publishing joyfully announces the release of our latest title, Navigating the Interior Life: Spiritual Direction and the Journey to God by Dan Burke with Fr. John Bartunek. Covering all the ins and outs of spiritual direction (What is it? Who needs it? How do I find a spiritual director?), Navigating the [...]
New from Emmaus Road: “Getting the Marriage Conversation Right”
Friday, November 9th, 2012Msgr. Charles Pope of the Archdiocese of Washington has an informative summary of the newest booklet from Emmaus Road Publishing, Getting the Marriage Conversation Right: A Guide for Effective Dialogue (available through our website). In his post, Msgr. Pope gets to the heart of the debate over same-sex “marriage”: …the problem with most understandings of marriage today [...]
Year of Faith Book List: The Legacy of Pope John Paul II
Monday, October 22nd, 2012Today as we celebrate the memorial of Bl. John Paul II we once again have the opportunity to study from his great body of writings on a wide array of topics. Whether it be ecumenism, the relationship of faith and reason, the Blessed Mother, or the Eucharist, John Paul II seemed to have touched on [...]
Jumpstarting the Year of Faith
Friday, October 12th, 2012Yesterday marked the official start of the Year of Faith, a time designated by Pope Benedict for the universal Church to rediscover the treasures of our faith in Jesus Christ. Throughout this exciting year, Catholics United for the Faith will promote the celebration of the Year of Faith in our various outreaches. For starters, we [...]
Indulgences for the Year of Faith
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012While we’re still a few days shy of the official start of the Year of Faith, the U.S. Bishop’s conference is releasing a steady stream of resources for this great season in the Church. Beginning on October 11, according to a Vatican decree, the opportunity for plenary indulgence will be possible. Obtaining the indulgence is [...]
Have Mercy on Us and on the Whole World
Friday, October 5th, 2012Today is the feastday of St. Faustina Kowalska, the Apostle of Divine Mercy. From her diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul: And I understood that the greatest attribute of God is love and mercy. It unites the creature with the Creator. This immense love and abyss of mercy are made known in the Incarnation of [...]
Pope Benedict’s October Intentions
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012General: That the New Evangelization may progress in the oldest Christian countries. Mission: That the celebration of World Mission Day may result in a renewed commitment to evangelization.
More than “Anti-Abortion”
Friday, September 28th, 2012Commenting on a new “abortion rights” campaign that tries to normalize the statistic “1 in 3 women will have an abortion by the age of 45,” Simcha Fischer highlights the fact that 1 in 3 does not equate with normality. Nor does it take into account the faces of those numbers–the faces of many women [...]
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