Saint Rita of Cascia information and facts. Includes her miracles and novena.

Evolution of the local Church business model., written 1 day ago, This is Melbourne, Australia. I have to put out that identifying signal because what's written here is meant for the parish newsletter (local) and the parish/foundation blog (global).Australia is millions of years old. You can tell by...

God's Call, written 5 days ago, Last Saturday and Sunday, Fr Jesmond announced all the faithful attending our community that His Grace Mgr Cremona requested him to carry out his pastoral care and liturgical duties in another community, that of Cospicua. In a sincere heartfelt announcement Fr Jesmond...

PC vs Mac: South Park style, written 16 hours ago,

Thoughts from a longtime Evangelical Protestant turned Catholic

A very much simplified Rule- for laity, written 1 day ago,  

Novena for the election, written 3 days ago, It has come to my attention, from a most good and faithful source, who happens to be my official "novena reminder" and prayer coach (I love this lady and her beautiful brown scapular!) that starting today we in America can begin a novena for the...

Seven Days, written 4 hours ago, I shall be away for the next seven days and unlikely to be able to post

Dueling Worldviews, written 2 days ago, Derek Olsen of Haligweorc has written a very cogent, very helpful post on the relationship between various worldviews, especially the worldviews underpinning traditional Christianity on the one hand and science (or secular rationalism or whatever your favorite...

dark night revisited, written 6 days ago, Listening to Michael Spencer talk about what he's calling "spiritual depression" this morning has made me think of some things that have gone on in my own life for a long time and especially fairly recently. This kind of thing has also been called ...

Blessed Theresa of Calcutta, written 1 day ago, We'll be offering two Masses today, both of them commemorating this noble and remarkable woman who gave her heart and her life to our Lord Jesus Christ, and who served Him through His poorest and weakest children.Blessed Theresa of Calcutta, pray for u...

Vatican warns of growing "Christianophobia", written 3 days ago, By Philip PullellaROME (Reuters) - "Christianophobia" is a growing problem around the world and it must be fought with the same determination as anti-Semitism or Islamophobia, the Vatican said on Friday.Archbishop D...

You have stumbled across the blog of a young Catholic man at Yale University. His time in New Haven is divided between playing Ivy League football and studying history. Is he preparing for the next Crusade or the next Counter-Reformation?

It's Official..., written 5 days ago,

Seriously, I Am Appearing On SIRIUS Radio???s Catholic Channel, written 1 week ago, On Tuesday September 9 at I will be interviewed on the SIRIUS Satellite Radio program "The Catholics Next Door" with Greg and Jennifer Willits. Tune in at 11:20AM Eastern to hear me chat about LoveToBeCatho...

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Dividers Conquered. A Benedictine oblate blog., written 2 days ago, I am past the break-in, trial period for my new set of tabbed card-stock dividers I made for "Benedictine Daily Prayer — A Short Breviary." I love them. The new dividers are super, all the texts I want to read for each o...

Expecting Profound Good, written 3 hours ago, One of the great, blessed discoveries of life experience is the discovery that events that initially seem to be merely negative may in fact be profoundly good for your life. Think of occasions when your first reaction to an event was negative: this or th...

St. Mary's Plugged on Catholic Answers Live, written 20 hours ago, Curtis Martin, who is the founder/president of FOCUS, was on Catholic Answers Live and plugged St. Mary's. You can listen by clicking here. He says about 1/3 of the way through that there are some great Catholic colleges and Newman c...