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ITALY – Almost 800 years ago, a group of monks were snowbound and starving inside the Friary of Folloni near Montella in Italy. Legend says that Saint Francis of Assisi, who was in France at the time, sent the sack of bread to the monks, delivered by the hands of angels. The cloth bag filled with French […]
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If you love a well-crafted beer, you need to thank a monk. There is a long, historical connection between monasteries and finely crafted beer. Starting all the way back in the sixth century, Benedict of Nursa created a formula for monastic life that we know today as The Rule of Saint Benedict. In the rule, Benedict required monks
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PRAGUE – The Thirty Year’s War was one of the longest and most destructive religious wars fought in Europe’s history. Spanning between 1618 and 1648, the fighting between various Protestant and Catholic states resulted in the deaths of over 8 million people. After the war ended with the Peace of Westphalia, Prague erected a Marian
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Once called “the most hidden of the saints,” Saint Joseph led a humble life in Nazareth as the foster father of Jesus. Yet despite his quiet life, the Church named Saint Joseph the patron saint of the Universal Church. In a recently published book, The Truth About Saint Joseph: Encountering the Most Hidden of Saints, Father Maurice Meschler,
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VATICAN CITY – After an incredibly grueling 18 month long imprisonment, Father Tom Uzhunnalil has been released. The Salesian missionary was captured by the Islamic State terrorists in Yemen in 2016, during a vicious attack on the Missionaries of Charity. The attack left sixteen people dead, including four sisters. After his abduction, false rumors swirled that
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In the Catholic Church, the Liturgy of the Hours (also known as the Divine Office) is the daily prayer of the Church. The prayers are prayed five times a day: Office of Readings, Morning Prayer, Daytime Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer. Canon law requires priests in the Catholic Church to pray the entire Liturgy
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Calcutta – Only one year after her canonization, the Vatican declared Mother Teresa of Calcutta a patron saint of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, where she spent her life serving the poorest of the poor. On September 6, 2017, the Archbishop of the Calcutta diocese celebrated Mass at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary. Mother
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Delicious food is a glorious thing – so are these pilgrimage destinations. Pick your all time favorite comfort foods and we’ll pick a destination for you next pilgrimage!
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More than two thousand years ago, ordinary Christians were huddled in the Upper Room together. Thanks to the work of the Holy Spirit, those men spread the Gospel message to all corners of the earth. How did they do it? How did they go from simple, ordinary fishermen and tax collectors to the most famous
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Hurricane Harvey hit Texas on August 25, 2017. Since that day, more than forty inches of water have flooded southeast Texas – and weather forecasters predict that fifty inches of rain will fall before the storm is finished. At least thirty people have died in the wake of the tropical storm, and many more are
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TEXAS – Floods didn’t stop Father David Bergeron, a Catholic priest, from bringing Christ and the Mass to those stranded by Hurricane Harvey this weekend. After spending the night in his truck, Father Bergeron got into his kayak the next morning. His mission? To return to his parish and say Mass for Catholics stranded in the
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SPOKANE WASHINGTON – In an interview, Pope Francis one said, “I do not know if we will be able to make a world without poverty, because sin is always there and leads to selfishness. But we must always fight, always.” In the spirit of Pope Francis, Catholic Charities Spokane is fighting for a world without
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When you think of someone sharing the Gospel, what kind of person comes to mind? For most of us, we think of someone who is comfortable in a crowd. We may think of someone who doesn’t know a stranger and is chock full of intelligent yet accessible responses to questions about the faith. The person
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MELBOURNE – The words shared between a penitent sinner and a priest under the seal of the sacrament of confession are confidential. The seal of confession is so important that priests are not allowed to reveal what has been shared with them in the confessional, even if they’re threatened with death. If a priest breaks
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At the end of her earthly life, Mary was assumed, body and soul, to Heaven. Her entrance into Heaven after her life here on earth is what the Catholic Church celebrates on August 15th as the Feast of the Assumption. Here are seven facts you may not know about the Assumption to help you celebrate
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Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan friar. 76 years ago, he died as a martyr in Auschwitz. He was well known for his passionate devotion to Our Lady and his love for missionary work. During the war, his monastery was a hiding place for 2,000 Jews. The monastery also housed a printing press, which
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Convert. Philosopher. Professor. Carmelite. Martyr. Saint. All of these words describe the amazing, inspiring life of Saint Edith Stein, whose feast day the Church celebrates on August 9th. Her writings inspired future saints, her thoughts on womanhood define the New Feminism encouraged by Saint Pope John Paul II and the story of her life tells
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SAN ANGELO – Father Stefano Cecchin is a Vatican postulator who presents the case for the canonization or beatification of someone in the Catholic Church. This week, he is touring the San Angelo Concho River in Texas, where tradition holds that an apparition of Maria de Jesus de Agreda – the Lady in Blue –
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The Basilica della Santa Casa (the Basilica of the Holy House) is a beautiful Marian shrine and pilgrimage destination found in Loreto, Italy. The house sits about three miles away from the sea. The house in which the Virgin Mary is believed to have lived with the Holy Family is enshrined inside the basilica. But the
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FLORIDA – In 1995, Father Rene Robert wrote a document titled Declaration to Life, which argued against the death penalty. Little did he know that 20 years later, his writings would be read in his own murder trial, as those he loved petitioned the court to grant his murderer a second chance at life. It all
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