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In case you didn’t hear, Netflix has a new documentary series called The Keepers that investigates the murder of Sr. Cathy Cesnik in 1969 in Baltimore, MD and ends up uncovering stories of abuse at the hands of a priest, Fr. A . Joseph Maskell. This is a hard series to watch, filled with pain, […]
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100 years ago, on May 13, 1917, the Blessed Mother began appearing to three small shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal. Mary taught the children how to pray and how to make reparations for the sins of others, but with such intense visions like the one of hell or the miracle of the dancing sun, the
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Adoption is the chance and ability to give children life, but it is also so much more than that: it is a community act and an act of mercy, according to the Bible, but it is hard work on the part of all people involved. It is not easy to open heart and home to
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The internet is a funny place filled with funny people doing funny things. Pope St. John Paul II was a prolific traveler, writer, and athlete, which lends itself to some great memes. Here are the best JP2 memes I found: JPII was the MAN! Dark Knight, meet Pope Awesome Kinda like the
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You’d be hard-pressed to find Catholics who haven’t heard of St. Therese of Lisieux or St. Catherine of Siena or St. Francis of Assisi or some of the other ever-popular saints. But sometimes it’s good to befriend lesser-known saints- they can become special friends and intercessors for us, leading us closer to God with an
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You know the Marian apparitions of Guadalupe and Lourdes, Fatima and the Miraculous Medal, but the Blessed Virgin Mary has appeared many other times and in many other places. Here are some approved apparitions you may not have heard of. Our Lady of Laus In May 1664, seventeen year old Benoite Rencurel saw a
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Music is a very powerful force- from the beating of the percussion, to the depths of the bass, the lilting piano, the harmonies and melodies, and the lyrics- it is hard to not be moved by some sort of music. Like anything, there are good ways to use music and there are not-so-good ways, so
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Lent may be almost over, but if you haven’t found a sacrifice to make yet or dropped the ball on yours, here are 5 sacrifices you still have time to do for Lent. Read a Book on the Passion A good one is The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ which are the visions
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What are relics? Relics are any body part (sometimes the entire body), blood, possession, piece of clothing, or pieces of cloth touched to the remains of a saint and popes are those cool dudes who take their role as servant of the whole Church from St. Peter and Christ’s edict to him. There’s two “classes” of
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It’s time to start filling those Easter baskets again! Brace yourselves because you’ve likely already seen the onslaught of crazy Easter baskets, oodles of candy, and stuffed lambs and bunnies at your local stores. But don’t give in! While jelly beans and chocolate crosses are delicious here are some basket-fillers that will help you and
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A year ago, I gave a short list of faithfully departed souls that I thought we’d keep hearing more about, and in that year, things have developed rapidly. So I thought I’d make some more predictions. Here are four more faithfully departed I think you’ll start to hear much more about soon and very soon.
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Popes have to sit in a lot of different chairs and in different places. Here are 6 of the coolest papal chairs (and some are relics, too!) we could find. 1. Papal Throne This is the chair the current pope usually sits on while in the Vatican and is located in the apse of
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Many non-Catholics will say that the Catholic Church doesn’t like women very much, but nothing could be further from the truth! The Catholic Church has a long history of elevating women and seeing the unique and necessary feminine genius women bring to the world. Here are some awesome quotes from saints and Catholic writers that prove
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A new breakout TV show this year has been NBC’s This Is Us. It tells the tales of a group of people who share the same birthday and how they navigate the triumphs and sorrows of life. It brings all of the feels with very little of the sickly-sweet saccharine plots that many other shows
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Ae we started finding out in THIS previous article on saints with weird patronages, Catholics have a saint for everything! Here are a dozen more saints with strange patronages. 1. Spelunkers – St. Benedict Spelunkers climb around in caves which is why St. Benedict, who was a hermit and lived in a cave for many
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Cassidy Rydell wrote a piece over at The Odyssey about which households Disney princesses would fit into if they went to Franciscan University of Steubenville. It was a great piece and my FUS friends and I were all tickled. But we’re so old that we didn’t know some of the households she referenced! So here’s
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Kristyn Brown began The Saints Project with a simple mission in mind: to make the saints even more accessible to the modern world and hold them up as role models. What the world gains is incredible, uplifting beauty. Prior to beginning The Saints Project two years ago, Kristyn was a busy yet unfulfilled
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Something the communion of saints teaches us is that there is a place for everyone and everything in Catholicism- catholic does mean “universal”, after all. There are patron saints for absolutely every profession, predicament, situation, and ailment under the sun so that you always have someone special to turn to with your needs. Here are
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