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Trades of Hope is a business created by four Christian women who wanted to help woman around the world create better lives for themselves. Trades of Hope partners with artisan groups committed to creating jobs for impoverished or disabled women; these groups are also committed to creating better communities focusing on education for the artisans […]
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Catholic podcasts run the gamut of fun to informative. They cover topics from women’s issues to social justice to pop culture to instruction in the faith and everywhere in between. Sometimes, it can be hard to know where to start! If you’re looking around thinking, “I’d love to listen to delve deeper into the faith”
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Jesus lived a long time ago and it can sometimes be hard to relate to His circumstances and time period since it is so very different from our own! It can be especially hard for children to understand, since children rely on images and their senses to make sense of the world even more than
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Are you still stuck looking for a way to grow in intimacy with Christ this Lenten season? Pick up a copy of Fr. William Casey’s books Making a Holy Lent: 40 Meditations to Prepare You for the Church’s Holiest Season. Father Casey used to give Lenten retreats for EWTN. This book is a collection of his
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We see it all across America – parish life that is dull, disjointed, and underserving its parishioners and community. Parishes often don’t have the resources, both money and personnel, to correct these problems, though many pastors and parishioners want the change. L’Alto Catholic Institute is here to change that. L’Alto Catholic Institute aims to partner
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“Therefore, that I might not become too elated, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, an angel of Satan, to beat me, to keep me from being too elated” (2 Corinthians 12: 8-10). Saint Paul talks about the temptations he faced and how he begged the Lord to take them away from him.
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Lent is a very trying time of penance and sacrifice, remembering our deaths and the death of Christ, and preparing ourselves to receive everlasting life. It’s easy to feel discouraged and downtrodden or to be so overwhelmed that you don’t even know where to start! But did you know, some of our favorite Disney princesses
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Priests and seminarians have gathered in Wisla, Poland to participate in the 21st annual Pope John Paul II skiing cup. Pope St. John Paul II was an avid skier and was once overheard saying, “It’s unbecoming for a cardinal to ski badly.” Read more: Little Known Facts About John Paul II Seminarians, priests, and even priests
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In Benjamin Wiker’s book Saints vs Scoundrels: Debating Life’s Greatest Questions, he proposes what might happen should some of the greatest saints meet up with some of the greatest scoundrels and then postulates how the saint may have changed the scoundrel and, therefore, all of history. What if King Henry VIII had let Saint Thomas More
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“The Liturgy of the Hours, also known as the Divine Office…is the daily prayer of the Church, marking the hours of each day and sanctifying the day with prayer. The Hours are a meditative dialogue on the mystery of Christ, using scripture and prayer,” USCCB tells us. Praying the Liturgy of the Hours is a great
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“In the beginning, God created. . .” (Genesis 1:1). These first five words of the entire Bible are ones that Cory Heimann of Likeable Art asked 62 artists to reflect on and give their own first five words. Leaders in the Catholic art world like Bishop Robert Barron and Dr. Peter Kreeft contributed. From writers
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The Church has open causes for the canonization of many individuals and many new causes for future saints are introduced all the time. Read more: These Faithfully Departed Might Be Taking Steps to Canonization Soon Recently, some amazing people are joining the ranks of saints. Chiara Corbella Petrillo will be declared Servant of God in 2018.
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If science fiction or superheroes are your thing, James L. Papandrea’s book From Star Wars to Superman: Christ Figures in Science Fiction and Superhero Films is for you! Covering all manner of science fiction, from Lost to The Fifth Element and everywhere in between, Papandrea delivers a delightfully informative book. This book isn’t meant for serious theologians but,
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A new year has begun and with all of the resolutions that will be made (or broken), one to keep you going is: listen to more Catholic podcasts! Here are 8 Catholic podcasts to listen to in the new year (and here’s a smorgasbord of others, too!). 1. Forte Catholic with Taylor Schroll The goal
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Saint Basil the Great was a giant of the early Church and helped to snuff out Arianism. He also fought simony, aided the victims of drought and famine, denounced evil wherever he detected it, and excommunicated those involved in the widespread prostitution traffic in Cappadocia. In addition to being revered as a saint, Basil is also
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VATICAN CITY – On December 18, 2017, Pope Francis declared Father Patrick Peyton, founder of Family Rosary Crusade and Family Theater Productions, venerable. Father Peyton was born on January 9, 1909 in County Mayo, Ireland to very devout parents who prayed the rosary together as a family every day and instilled the faith well within
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Social media can be a great platform for the New Evangelization to thrive. But it is also a platform that must be approached with sincerity and clarity. A tweet from Catholic Vote last week taught that exact lesson. On Friday, December 8, Catholic Vote tweeted from their account: Many people were outraged at the tweet,
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Advent hasn’t even started yet, but it’s a short season this year so we need to prepare as much as possible! Here are some Christmas albums to add to your rotation this year – enjoy them while you set up your Christmas tree! 1. The Christmas Attic by Trans Siberian Orchestra Although any album
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Thanksgiving is upon us – a great time to be thankful for all the blessings we have in our lives. That means it’s also a great time to think about all the people in our lives we’re thankful for. One way to show people we’re thankful for them is to give them a gift, and
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Do you ever wonder how to instill a good, strong prayer life in children? Do you ever worry that rote prayers just aren’t enough? Do you want your kids to have a personal, intimate relationship with God but are unsure how to cultivate it? Learning to Pray from the MagnifiKid! division of Magnificat provides an answer.
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