We Know Your Favorite Saint Based on Your Favorite Thanksgiving Traditions
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This Lord of the Rings Christmas mashup will make you ROFL
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This is absolutely brilliant.
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Lessons All Catholic Parents Can Learn from Mrs. Kim of Gilmore Girls
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Parenting is hard. Trying to parent morally and bring up children in the light of Christ is even harder. On Gilmore Girls, Mrs. Kim was the only truly religious person presented on the show and, although she was a Seventh Day Adventist (which was portrayed fairly inaccurately on the show) and not Catholic, there are
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The Best Movies To Watch If You’re Down On Faith
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Whether you’re sitting in a theater watching the newest release or cuddling up on the couch watching an all-time favorite, movies have a way of forming connections with us. From action-packed thrillers to sentimental romances, a movie’s overall message is what remains with us even after the credits start rolling. This is why I find
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This Priest and his Muslim friend might be the best commercial of the holidays
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This is such a heartwarming commercial by Amazon https://youtu.be/Zrs8uoDmiDk And it reminds me of what the document from Vatican II, Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, Nostra Aetate. It says: “The Church, therefore, exhorts her sons, that through dialogue and collaboration with the followers of other religions, carried out with prudence and love and
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Franciscan Priests in a Manequin Challenge is pure GOLD!!!
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This is totally awesome. Give up up for the Capuchin friars San Lorenzo.
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St. Paul Had Some Lesser Known Letters and they’re awesome!
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Another exciting discovery was made in the Vatican Secret Archives. As historians, biblical scholars, and manuscript specialists were cleaning out a broom closet near the stacks, one of the staff knocked over a broomstick setting off a chain reaction that culminated in quite a few items being thrown off a nearby shelf. The particular shelf
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Archdiocese of Boston Expresses Disappointment on Legalization of Marijuana
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^ Note: The above image is of the self-proclaimed “Sisters of the Valley,” who are not actually Catholic nuns as recognized by the Catholic Church. Their actions have been documented by such pieces as Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble’s April 2016 article The Marijuana “Nuns” Need to Give up Their Schtick: The fake “Sisters of the Valley”
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HBO’s “The Young Pope” Proves Problematic. See for yourself:
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There’s a new Pope now and this is only the beginning. HBO released the first episode of their new mini-series, “The Young Pope” in October. The series, directed by Paolo Sorrentino tells the story of Pius XIII, or Lenny Berardo played by Jude Law, and Diane Keaton joins him on screen as an American nun,
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6 Reasons Jess Mariano of Gilmore Girls is the Most Likely to Convert
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Gilmore Girls fans will have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving as GG will make its return the next day (November 25) in four 90-minute installments on Netlflix. What better way to work through a food coma than with a Netflix binge? One of the questions the creators/writers/directors husband and wife team of
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Legal, But Moral? – A Reminder of Why the Catholic Church Opposes Recreational Drug Use
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In recent years, the general public’s perception of the acceptability of recreational drug use, particularly in the form of marijuana, has increased. This follows the same trend of tolerating behaviors that were once taken for granted as inherently immoral. For the present situation, what is the problem with a little drug use here and there?
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Saints Who Honorably Served In Their Military
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We are at war. Make no mistake about it. We are the Church Militant after all. Though we are in battle with all the powers and dominions and principalities, we already know the outcome of the war. Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat! That should give us great comfort, but fight on we must. In honor
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St. Francis and Peacemaking In Post-Election America
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“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” —Matthew 5:9 America is a dramatically more emotional place than it was the morning of November 8th. It has nothing to do with crime, war, or revolution, but rather peoples’ treatment of one another. Donald Trump is going to be the president, and
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Here’s why you should stop and think before taking the Lord’s name in vain
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Imagine, if you will, an adult volunteering at youth retreat. Now imagine this person holding a cup of coffee while speaking to a group of youths. When the adult takes a sip of coffee, it burns his tongue. In response to the burn, he shouts, “Oh f***, that’s hot!” The youths eyes would widen, and first
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Here’s The Best Advent Calendar You Can Get This Year (And a Special Book)
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Advent is less than a month from beginning! Now is the time to plan and gather our game plan to make this advent meaningful to our families. Here are two additions to our family traditions this year. A Gospel Advent Calendar & The Christmas Star A
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The National Black Catholic Congress Releases Its New Website During Black Catholic History Month (November)
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November is the Catholic Church’s celebration of “Black Catholic History Month,” as described by the Archdiocese of Washington. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops likewise offers a webpage featuring Timely Ministry Resources for Black Catholics. The evangelization of the African continent extends back to the Apostolic Age, when in the epoch following Jesus’ Ascension and then Pentecost
What It Looks Like When Parents Are Supported By Their Parish
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Have you ever been to a Baptism in Catholic Mass? One of the things we agree to do as a congregation is to raise these children in the Catholic Faith and to encourage their parents to do the same. It is a heavy responsibility that God puts on parents. A blessing and a joy, but
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Do Not Turn the Prolife Movement into a Heresy
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From time to time in the history of the Church, certain Christians have taken some good thing out of the deposit of Faith and fallen down in adoration before it as the only good thing there is. This is known as “heresy” and G.K. Chesterton describes its genesis: “First, [the heretic] picked out some mystical
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