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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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TEXAS: Sidewalk Advocates for Life works to train, equip and support local communities across the United States and the world in “sidewalk advocacy” in the pro-life movement. They strive to be the hands and feet of Christ, offering loving, life-affirming alternatives to all present at the abortion center, thereby eliminating demand and ending abortion. “One
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There’s no denying that Catholics are present on all social media platforms. Whether it’s a healthy debate on “Catholic Twitter,” building an online community through specialized websites and Facebook groups, or sharing their own life and faith journeys through personal blogs, there is no shortage of young Catholics using social media in ongoing evangelization efforts.
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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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Perseverance, dedication, and endurance don’t even begin to describe what we witnessed during the Olympics this year. Athletes put everything on the line in every category of competition. As the sporting events come to a close at the PyeongChang Olympics, take a look back at the 13 most inspiring moments of the 2018 Olympics:
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There has been a multiplication of the loaves and chicken fish in this past week at Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide. Lovers of the sometimes-called “Jesus’ Restaurant” will be delighted to hear that they need not deny the family friendly restaurant their patronage on Fridays during the Lenten season. At participating locations, you can order your tastefully tart
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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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MONTREAT – “My home is in Heaven,” Billy Graham once said. “I’m just traveling through this world.” Today, Evangelist and Pastor Billy Graham, who shared the Gospel with over 200 million people over the course of six decades passed away. Graham, who prayed with US presidents from Truman to Obama, passed away at his home
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Dean Koontz is beginning to sound an awful lot like Cormac McCarthy, I reckon. Not that I mind. I’ve been studying and writing on McCarthy for almost twenty years. I belong, in other words, to that group that ‘remembers when.’ Call us wizened if you like.
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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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Temptation is one of those pesky facts of life we have to deal with because of the Fall (thanks a bunch, Adam and Eve). But do you find yourself tempted all the time? Do you struggle to be rid of those annoying temptations? Don’t give into despair because you’re experiencing temptation. Instead, fight them head
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Every day offers an opportunity to either grow closer to God or to give into the temptation to sin. This battleground and interior journey is full of passions, feelings, and emotions – and there’s nothing wrong with that. After all, passions give us our energy and life purpose. It’s impossible to look a the lives
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VATICAN – In a meeting with Roman parish priests, Pope Francis announced that Pope Paul VI would be canonized in 2018. “There are two Bishops of Rome who are already saints,” Pope Francis pointed out. He was referring to the recent canonizations of Saint Pope John XXIII and Saint Pope John Paul II. Pope Francis
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WAUKEGAN – Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, a work-study program that has provided assistance to students for over 14 years, just moved into a new state of the art campus this week. Their new school building? A renovated Kmart store. Thanks to an $18.5 million reuse project headed by JGMA architects and the McShane
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Lent can be a difficult Liturgical Season for some Christians. In addition to the fasting, abstinence, sacrifices, alms-giving, and penance, it often seems like the devil ups the ante on spiritual warfare. It’s almost like he is throwing a satanic temper tantrum. And you know what? He actually might be. The devil hates Lent. During
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As most of you know, Catholics are meant to fast from ages 14 to 59. Starting at the age of 14, Catholics are required to abstain from meat and meat products (e.g. soups and other foods made with meat flavors) on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all other Fridays during the week. On Ash Wednesday and
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The 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea will witness athletes from 92 country committees compete in 102 sporting events. For the first time ever, countries like Ecuador, Nigeria, and Singapore are competing in the winter games. We can’t wait to watch Olympians compete in our favorite winter sports. It’s incredible to watch Catholics athletes compete
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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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