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Naming a baby (or choosing a Confirmation name!) can be a tough, daunting task – especially for Catholics! There are all different kinds of naming styles and so many considerations, such as family traditions or names, if you want to directly or indirectly honor someone, popularity, and a host of others. But what if you […]
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Sometimes passing the Faith on to the youngest disciples can seem a daunting task. Where to start? How can you make Catholicism, the sacraments, and the saints accessible without watering them down? How to keep them engaged? This new activity book from Sophia Institute Press can help. Filled with pages to color, word searches, and
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Young adults are leaving the Catholic Church! Did that get your attention? If not, it should have. According to a 2014 Pew Research study, 36 percent of Americans ages 18 to 29 identified themselves as “no religious affiliation”. Curtis Martin, founder of FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Studies), thinks that the Catholic Church is losing
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That pretty much says it all… “Preach the gospel always; and if necessary, use words.” Attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi. As clever as it might sound, he never said it. And he wouldn’t have, anyways. First of all, Francis preached at every opportunity he was given and his peaching pierced the hearts of
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What should enter your mind as you pass through the Church door? What symbolism is in the Sign of the Cross other than the Trinity? How should you listen to the readings during Mass? If you’ve ever wondered about these things or if your interest is now piqued, then pick up a copy of A Devotional
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“Why are you Catholic?” is a really good question – one that deserves a really good answer. In his latest book, Dr. Peter Kreeft has at least forty answers to that question. But forty reasons to be Catholic is just the beginning – for Dr. Kreeft and for all the rest of us, too. “There
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Grace and Protestantism. These are two concepts that we think we have a firm understanding of—even converts and those of us with advanced theological educations—but we really have a hard time putting our finder on foundations of the concepts. That makes it even harder to understand the deeper issues, too. Two resources I’ve come across
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The one thing on earth that doesn’t discriminate is death. But many people just leave it at that. The Catholic faith teaches that there are other things that take place after we die. These things make up the Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. Read more: Don’t Wait For The End Times, Prepare NOW
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Whether you’re a military wife who is stationed at base with your spouse, or you’re counting down the days until his return from deployment, you’re balancing countless emotions and struggles. Prayer is an incredible help – but you may find that the words you need just aren’t in your prayer books. Without support, you can
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Chances are either you or someone you know has been affected by pornography. Chances are even greater still that even if you have never struggled or have never known someone who has struggled with pornography, you suffer from the far-reaching effects it has on culture. Both men and women suffer from addictions to pornography and
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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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Recently launched by Chloe Langr and Joe Heschmeyer, The Catholic Podcast is a new source of Catholic listening in what I think is really becoming a golden age of podcasts. Fans of Catching Foxes, Homilies from Fr. Mike Schmitz, The Catholic Hipster Podcast, and Catholic Stuff You Should Know will be right at home with
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When we were children, we would dream about who we could possibly grow up to be. We talk about being a policeman, fireman, a super hero or even an astronaut. We play “teacher” teaching our class of stuffed animals or “Mass”, even trading off who gets to play the priest. This is the story of
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I had the opportunity to read a wonderful and interesting new book by Mr. Anthony Coscia titled Tony’s 50,000 Co-incidence Miracles. Just like the title alludes, the book explores numerous stories of co-incidences and what he considers to be miraculous events in his long life. The book is a sweet testament to one mans faith and
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It doesn’t matter what Christian denomination you join, as long as you’re sincere. This may sound like a claim that we hear often in today’s culture. We live in a world ruled by the dictatorship of relativism. But back in 1887, Father John MacLaughlin grappled with the question of whether one religion is as good
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We are so blessed to have known and loved Mother Angelica. She placed all of her faith in God alone, and believed she could move mountains when everyone else around her doubted. She had an inner strength from her time before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, where she wrote down her thoughts and prayers in
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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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According to Marcus Grodi, host of EWTN’s The Journey Home, there’s nothing more miraculously powerful in the world than a conversion story. Almost twenty-five years ago, Marcus started the Coming Home Network, a ministry to help converts to Catholicism share their stories. The Journey Home on EWTN has shared stories of people from all walks
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