Catholic News Service: TACLOBAN, Philippines (CNS) — Mention the name of Maria Rosevilla Margate and many of the residents of the community known as Barangay 54A nod approvingly. They know exactly where to find her. People tell stories of her kindness … Continue reading
Category: Catholic Living
Catholic Athletes for Christ, the Faith Comes First
National Catholic Register: Mike Sweeney, Ray McKenna, and the Del Rios. Sweeney: “If you want to see how to fulfill the will of God, look no further than Mary,” Sweeney said. “She is the first Christian, the ideal Christian and the … Continue reading
Olympic Cross-Country Skier Says ‘Be a Catholic First’
Catholic News Agency: Olympic cross-country skier Rebecca Dussault recently spoke to a large crowd of young adults in Denver, exhorting them to put their Catholic faith above everything else in life. “Be Catholic first and anything that flows from that … Continue reading
Thousands of Catholic College Students Come to DC March for Life
The Cardinal Newman Society: This year, thousands of students from Catholic colleges and universities across the United States will join the throngs of pro-life people attending the 41st annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, January 22. As anyone … Continue reading
Interview With Seattle Seahawks’ Catholic Coach Dan Quinn
Trent Beatty, Catholic Exchange: Yes, Sunday Mass was a regular part of our week. It was seen in our family as it is seen by the Church: not optional, but necessary. My father insisting that we go to Mass was … Continue reading
What Is Christendom?
The question posed by the title of this article was asked several of us by our august editor. Its immediacy is reinforced by the season of Christmas – which, despite being under sporadic attack by “holiday” partisans, centers on the … Continue reading
Orestes Brownson’s Lament for Catholic France
Rorate Caeli: The glory of France is identified with the Catholic religion. Her power, greatness, renown, art, civilization, chivalry, glorious deeds, recollections, — all that is a spell upon the heart of the Frenchman, and makes him proud to belong to … Continue reading
Baseball’s Catholic Hero Roberto Clemente, Movie-Maker’s Dream
Catholic News Service tribute: When he was a young boy, Richard Rossi insisted that his dad get general-admission tickets behind right field at old Forbes Field in Pittsburgh so he could be as close as possible to his boyhood idol, Roberto … Continue reading
‘Just a Brother’
It is often the case that when one of the brothers meets someone new, a variety of questions arise concerning exactly what we are. “What’s a brother?” “Are you a priest?” “What do brothers do?” “Why be a brother?” I … Continue reading
Clearing the Mind of Cant
G.K. Chesterton’s concluding words in his earnest 1936 essay “About Voltaire” were forcefully compact and sudden and yet, at first, a little too compressed for my immediate understanding, even though I had read those words more than once before: namely, … Continue reading
Hispanics Adding Many Knees to Eucharistic Adoration
Catholic Register: Northern Colorado, once home to the third largest nocturnal adoration group in the United States, is experiencing a new surge of night adoration in its Spanish-speaking parishes. Last month, some 300 members of the Sociedad de Adoración Nocturna (Nocturnal Adoration Society … Continue reading
Pope Gives Orders to Almoner to ‘Go Out’ and Help the Poor
UCANews: When he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis was known to sneak out at night and break bread with the homeless, sit with them literally on the street and eat with them, as part of his aim to … Continue reading