Why can’t I just pray at home? God is everywhere, so why can’t I go out in the woods and worship there? I don’t need to go to Church and have people telling me what to do. I have the Bible. All the rules are in there.”
Read More »What About Halloween?
Halloween is fast approaching, along with All Saints (November 1st) and All Souls (November 2) days. Halloween decorations can be seen everywhere and have been visible for weeks. It’s hard ...
Read More »October: The Month of the Holy Rosary
“The month of October each year is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary. This is primarily due to the fact that the liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary ...
Read More »St. Francis as Teenage Role Model
In this answer to a homeschooling mother, Dr. Clark, Director of Seton Home Study School, presents St. Francis as a contemporary role model for our children. Q. My teenage son ...
Read More »The Horizon of God
Dear friends, on days that are busy and full of problems, but also on days of rest and relaxation, the Lord asks us not to forget that if it is ...
Read More »One Sister Can Change the World
Imagine Sisters, a new online organization founded to be the nexus for media and information about discerning a vocation as a Catholic Religious Sister, will launch its first viral vocation initiative, The One Rose Project,
Read More »Primary Educators
As it is the parents who have given life to their children, on them lies the gravest obligation of educating their family. They must therefore be recognized as being primarily ...
Read More »Pre-Schoolers & Prayer: Your Answers
On Facebook we asked: How have you taught your pre-schoolers to pray? What was their first prayer? What prayers do they like? What about prayers before bedtime and Grace at ...
Read More »Good Saints Anne and Joachim, Pray for Us
On July 26th we celebrate the Feast of Good Saint Anne and her husband, St. Joachim, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the grandparents of Jesus. Frances Parkinson ...
Read More »Education in the Faith
It is no exaggeration to say that providing young people with a sound education in the faith represents the most urgent internal challenge facing the Catholic community in your country. ...
Read More »Fatima and Lourdes
Many Catholics know about Our Blessed Mother’s apparitions at both Fatima and Lourdes. Many also believe that the message of Our Lady of Fatima is of vital importance to the ...
Read More »Pope Benedict XVI Urbi et Orbi Message
May the jubilant voice of the Church reach all of you with the words which the ancient hymn puts on the lips of MaryMagdalene, the first to encounter the risen ...
Read More »Feast of Mary Queen of Apostles
Devotion to Mary Queen of Apostles is one of the oldest in the Church. Traditionally, the feast has been celebrated on the first Saturday after the feast of the Ascension. ...
Read More »Why Is May Mary’s Month?
Marlicia Fernandez tells how dedicating the month of May to Mary is not only simply a tradition in the Americas, but in many other cultures as well.
Read More »Pope Benedict XVI to American Bishops
As Blessed John Paul II observed, the future of humanity passes by way of the family (cf. Familiaris Consortio, 85). Indeed, “the good that the Church and society as a ...
Read More »World Day of Prayer for Vocations
The source of every perfect gift is God who is Love – Deus caritas est: “Whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him” (1 Jn 4:16). Sacred ...
Read More »Pope Benedict to the U.S. Bishops
One of the most memorable aspects of my Pastoral Visit to the United States was the opportunity it afforded me to reflect on America’s historical experience of religious freedom, and ...
Read More »Pope Benedict XVI on Marriage and Family
How is it possible to communicate the beauty of marriage to the people of today? Today, to many young people and even to some who are not so young, definitiveness ...
Read More »5 Days ‘Til Christmas!
From Clare Schmitt Happy Tuesday! Only 5 more days until Christmas! I guess I was a little over-excited when I said 5 days yesterday. It was 5 days until Christmas ...
Read More »Two Weeks Left!
by Clare Schmitt Can you believe we only have two weeks left until Christmas? I think children give us a whole new perspective on Advent, on the preparation for the ...
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