Love how this simple question of beards in sports led someone to meet a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal. Post by Catholic News Service. Ok, and now for something completely different — and silly.
Read MoreA Nun asked her Sunday School class to write a note to God…….. Dear GOD: Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don’t you just keep the ones You have? ~~Johnny Dear GOD: I bet it is very hard for You to love all of everybody in the whole world….
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Today many in Boston are celebrating the big win in the World Series last night. The Gohn family is no different – we’re thrilled with the Red Sox victory. But let me tell you something that is more precious to me than the win at Fenway last night: Women whose love and winning ideas make…
Read MoreOk, so my post yesterday had me sharing a drawing from Sr Grace Remington OCSO that I love to share when I’m giving a retreat that mentions Mary’s role in the work of redemption alongside our Lord. Since I’d like to share this drawing more in the future, I am inquiring at the monastery where Sr…
Read MoreIf you read my book, I hope you’ll come to understand that every woman is called to spiritual motherhood, and many of us are called to physical motherhood. Sister Antonio Brenner was both. Her recent death is mourned by many inmates who lived with her in a Tijuana prison, and many outside the prison who…
Read MoreIn Mary, Eve discovers the nature of the true dignity of woman, of feminine humanity. This discovery must continually reach the heart of every woman and shape her vocation and her life. -Blessed John Paul II, Mulieris Dignitatem, par 11. I’ve always been moved by this illustration.
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Today is World Mission Sunday. Missionaries are on the front lines of the new evangelization! Meet Jonathan and Kristen Weiss, a young married couple with two small children who are part of the lay community of missionaries with Family Missions Company. Listen to a podcast where Jonathan and Kristen Weiss share their story of how…
Read MoreSo I’ve been reading Francis’ encyclical and writing about it over at Patheos. My latest piece on Lumen Fidei’s chapter three is up over at my column, A Word in Season. I’d like to zero in on one section of chapter three that I write about in the longer piece: the unity of faith is the…
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Among Women looks at the 25th anniversary of Blessed John Paul II’s apostolic letter, Mulieris Dignitatem. My guest is author-blogger Genevieve Kineke who has long studied this document and who recently released a commemorative book edition of John Paul’s letter with commentary and ways you can study this ground-breaking document for women. You can win a copy of…
Read MoreThe maternal mission is also the basis of a particular responsibility. The mother is appointed guardian of life. It is her task to accept it with care, encouraging the human being’s first dialogue with the world, which is carried out precisely in the symbiosis with the mother’s body. It is here that history of every…
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Here it’s coffee and conversation, and where the faith-sharing is often a friendly mix of catechesis and cannoli. It’s a place where we can catch up…
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