The apostolate is not something reserved to clergy and religious. It never was. Long before Vatican II — which, according to a strange mythology, first asserted the importance of the laity in propagating the Catholic message — Saint Vincent Pallotti … Continue reading
Category: Catholic Living
Woman Returns Favor to Catholic Social Services for Saving Her and Her Baby
This is a beautiful story. CNA reports: Kolerok-Schott never forgot how Catholic Social Services had come to her aid during her “darkest hour.” Across the years, she has worked and saved to give something back to the organization that helped … Continue reading
Village of Zan Jia Cun, a Catholic Oasis in Central China
Agenzia Fides: A small village on Silk Road, inhabited by 660 people, of whom 400 are Catholic (about 130 families), has given 14 vocations to the Church in recent years: 7 priests, 1 deacon, 3 religious sisters, 2 major seminarians … Continue reading
Mexican Actor Pledges to Build Largest Pro-Life Women’s Clinic in US
CNA reports: Mexican producer and actor Eduardo Verastegui has announced that his organization, Mantle of Guadalupe, is planning to build the largest pro-life women’s clinic in the United States. Verastegui’s announcement came during the first-ever gala held by Mantle of … Continue reading
More Than 2000 College Students Put Their Faith in Action in Chile
CNA reports: Each morning, the young people go door-to-door visiting families and sharing the Gospel, explain organizers of the mission. In the afternoon, the students participate in the “social mission” by visiting hospitals, prisons, orphanages and retirement homes. More about … Continue reading
Mark Walberg: From Street Thug to Devout Catholic
Catholic Online interview: “Being a Catholic is the most important aspect of my life,” the A-list actor tells me firmly when we meet for tea in a posh hotel near his home in Beverly Hills. “The first thing I do … Continue reading
Blessing of the Home on the Feast of the Epiphany
Priest: Peace be to this house. All: And to all who dwell herein Priest: From the east came the Magi to Bethlehem to adore the Lord; and opening their treasures they offered precious gifts: gold for the great King, incense … Continue reading
Pilgrimage for Restoration, 2011 Dates Announced
What follows is reproduced from the Pilgrimage for Restoration Weblog. The change in the pilgrimage schedule should make it more convenient for collegians, working folks, and most anybody to attend. It’s also more like the schedule of the Chartres Pilgrimage … Continue reading
Get into the Advent Spirit!
Advent is not what most people think it is. Advent is not the shopping season before Christmas. It is not a time to have Christmas parties. It is not a time to sing Christmas carols. What is it, then? It’s … Continue reading
Argentinian Archbishop Attacks Imperialistic UN and Satellite Orgs for Conspiracy in Undermining Natural Law
California Catholic News: The archbishop said these ideas are part of a global plan that is based at “the United Nations and a series of its satellite organizations.” He said huge amounts of money are behind the attempts to change … Continue reading
St. Joseph, St. Theresa, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Brothers
Here’s a little secret I reveal to readers while the Brothers are on our Roman pilgrimage. Exactly a year ago today — on the feast of St. Theresa of Avila — the MICM Brothers in Richmond, N.H. instituted a new … Continue reading
The Rescue in Copiapo
If there were many persons who didn’t watch on October 13 the television coverage from Chile of the rescue of the 33 miners who had been trapped below ground for more than two months, they missed some of the most … Continue reading
Proper Limits on Governmental Hubris, and You
The central government in Washington D.C. now maintains lists of U.S. citizens who will be killed without due process of law, for unspecified crimes, determined by secret, unaccountable, departments of state. These walking doomed will be terminated by unmanned killer … Continue reading
Run With the Saints Two Day Fiesta for Saint Anne at FSSP Parish
Seems like great fun, and a heavy haul to boot. Rorate Caeli reports: Recently, about 60 men of Father’s parish “ran with the saints” as the high point for the parish’s two-day fiesta, in honor of St. Anne. According to … Continue reading