Today – Our Lady of Lourdes
Nice. I lifted this from the Magnificat prayer book. It will resonate with some people’s own experiences.
Catholic stuff
New Archbishop of NY; Church is not a Country Club
Love the quote below the link. Lots more if you hit the link. “Today in the Gospel, Jesus gives us the Great Commission,” … “Go, and make disciples, baptize them in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And behold, God is with us always.” “This is a call to be a missionary Church, not a … Read more
Vatican approves Beatification of Fulton Sheen
Announced yesterday. Below the brief video is one of Sheen’s more famous quotes. And also,very nice coverage in the NY Times. Hit the link below for the NYT article. Here’s the NYT coverage including the miracle ascribed to him. The Vatican will allow an American archbishop, who was one of the best-known Catholic clergy of … Read more
2,000 Notre Dame students attend Mass at outdoor ice chapel
Pretty cool (a pun?), built by two students. See the short video and hit the link below for more of the story. Starts to make up for this recent ND posting I put up. Another stab in the back from Notre Dame After 38 inches of snow fell on the campus, seniors Wesley Buonerba and … Read more
Another stab in the back from Notre Dame
Not the first and no doubt won’t be the last. Quite a few years ago a professor there told me that the students were more prolife than the faculty. I know the largest Notre Dame campus club is the prolife club and Notre Dame always has a big turnout at the March for Life. Scroll … Read more
On Catholic Church divisions
This is pretty good as an Australian – with an Asian background – offers a commentary on some Bishop Barron comments.
From Pew; An easy chart of America’s beliefs and practices
The Pew Research Firm is very reliable and thanks to EM for sending this to me – As of 2023, about 218 million of the 262 million adults in the United States said they believe in God or a universal spirit. Large numbers like these can be difficult to picture, but what if we scaled … Read more
A few pictures from the March for Life
Just a sample – may post more or get them over to the currently being reconstituted LifeNet blog – part of the Hudson Valley Coalition for Life. These four young women were from Montana State University – quite a trip for them. They are staying over until Monday and since they are from Montana probably … Read more
Pope Leo’s important address to Vatican Diplomat Corp.
I love it. “Peter among us.” this is from The Pillar, a Catholic online publication. —Pope Leo XIV gave last week his first annual address to the Vatican’s diplomatic corps — a speech which customarily sets out diplomatic priorities for the year, and is the pope’s “state of the world” address. Edgar Beltran broke down … Read more
Kentucky bishops: Nations have right to borders, but actions in US causing ‘hostility, anxiety, and fear’
This is from CatholicVote “Nations have a right and responsibility to control their borders and to enforce laws meant to protect the population, but all laws must be enforced in a just and predictable manner that respects the God-given dignity of each human person,” the bishops wrote in the statement. The bishops quoted Pope Leo’s … Read more