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Sacraments more than wearing white dress or red robe
One of the things I like best about this time of year is the fact that milestones are reached in the lives of our children. I don’t mean spring sports or graduations; I’m talking about sacramental milestones such as First Holy Communions and Confirmations.
Who will be able to get into heaven?
It might surprise you to know that you don’t have to be a Catholic to get into heaven. For that matter, you don’t even have to be a Christian, but you do have to detest evil. All salvation will come through the redemptive power of Jesus Christ.
Studio as sanctuary: a place of 'delight and rest'
Brother Mickey O’Neill McGrath can’t help but grin when he talks about his art studio. It’s been a long time coming for the 55-year-old Oblate of St. Frances de Sales who grew up drawing but wasn’t able to commit to a full-time art career until 1994.
Connection between Catholic schools, vocations
Speaking to a group of American bishops recently, the Holy Father said, “Before all else, I would acknowledge the great progress that has been made in recent years in improving catechesis, reviewing texts and bringing them into conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Let's get on fire for our faith this Pentecost Sunday
“Grant, we pray, that we may always be aflame with that same Spirit whom you wondrously poured out on your Apostles, and that the new Israel, gathered from every people, may receive with rejoicing the eternal commandment of your love.”
The New Evangelization in simple terms
Holy Longing | Father Ron RolheiserRecently a new expression has made its way into our theological and ecclesial vocabulary. There’s a lot of talk today about the New Evangelization. Indeed the Pope has called for a Synod to meet this year for a month in Rome to try to articulate …
From Mary to Mia: the sacred act of naming
Twenty Something | Christina CapecchiThis week the Social Security Administration released 2011’s most popular baby names, as gathered from applications for Social Security numbers, and there’s been a shake-up in the female ranks: Sophia knocked off Isabella for the number one spot.
Called to stand up for the light of truth
Keeping the Faith | Father Douglas Freer“In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses.
Graduation is a shared joy, moment of pride
As I complete my first year as vicar for Catholic Education, I have to say the best was kept for last. As much as I enjoyed visiting schools and religious education programs around the diocese, and as much as I enjoyed celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation with our young people, …
'Become leaders, dreamers, architects' of the future
It has been a pleasure to take part in many Baccalaureate Masses and graduations celebrating a new beginning in the lives of graduates. More than 1,400 graduating seniors garnered in excess of $100 million in scholarships and grants.
Breakfast with dolphins is time of fraternity
Although one might think that all created life should be a hymn of praise to the Creator, it is more correct to maintain that the human creature has the primary role in this chorus of praise. Through the human person, spokesperson for all creation, all living things praise the Lord. …
'There's always something!'
A friend of mine jokingly says that when she dies she wants this epitaph on her gravestone: There was always something! And there always is! All of us appreciate her frustration. Invariably, there’s always something, big or small, that casts a shadow and somehow keeps us from fully entering the …
Do something different: visit your cathedral
Keeping the Faith | Father Douglas FreerBlessed John Henry Newman said, “To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.”
Road-trip reflections on faith & mobility
Twenty Something | Christina CapecchiI write this from the road, winding through pines and rolling by silos as Highway 94 cuts across Wisconsin.
How can we listen to others like Jesus did?
Sharing our Catholic faith with others is most often built on the “fine art of paying attention.” As we befriend them, listen to them, and get to know them, they give us all kinds of cues about themselves—how they feel about their lives, what they are thinking about and where …
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