Fr Darryl is one of the many podcasting priests around the world. Here’s one of his latest video creations. Follow Fr Darryl Millette at SaskaPriest.
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“The Church needs to be concerned for, and present in, the world of communication, in order to dialogue with people today and to help them encounter Christ.” – Pope Francis – World Communications Day message, 2014 If evangelization is part of church’s identity, then spreading the message of the gospel is what we need to…
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This week on Among Women we honor the first anniversary of the election of Pope Francis. Listen to a special edition that I’m calling “What We Love About Pope Francis.” This episode feature comments from Among Women listeners and conversation with our special guest, Sr Anne Joan Flanagan, of the Daughters of St Paul, AKA the blogger at Nun…
Read MoreLovely book of photos and quotes for the Pope’s birthday yesterday at the Vatican website. <–no, not this one… this one’s from Catholic Memes. (But you’ll like them, trust me!)
Read MoreI’m over at Kelly Wahlquist’s place today where many people are reading through and reflecting on Pope Francis’ latest Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, translated as “The Joy of the Gospel.” The section I was assigned to cover was not exactly joyful… it was Francis’ outline of the difficult state of affairs that our world is…
Read MoreThe Church acknowledges the indispensable contribution which women make to society through the sensitivity, intuition and other distinctive skill sets which they, more than men, tend to possess. I think, for example, of the special concern which women show to others, which finds a particular, even if not exclusive, expression in motherhood. I readily acknowledge that…
Read MorePope Francis asks his audience today if they all know their baptismal day! When our children were growing up we celebrated their baptismal days in a way like birthdays! My thoughts on baptism — it is one reason why we are soooo blessed! –from an excerpt from my book, Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious: Celebrating the…
Read MoreAs we conclude the Year of Faith this month, I’m completing my 5-part series at Patheos summarizing Francis’ first encyclical on faith, Lumen Fidei, looking at chapter four. (Check out the new study guide on the document at the bottom of this post.) Here’s the opening of my latest column at Patheos… God has our…
Read MoreMy Patheos series on Pope Francis’ first encyclical on faith, Lumen Fidei, continues… All church teaching is based on Scripture, and chapter one of Pope Francis’ Lumen Fidei (LF) is no exception; its over-arching theme is from St. John’s First Epistle, “We know and believe the love God has for us” (cf. 1 Jn 4:16). Memorize that verse…
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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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Among Women wants to know: What do you love about Pope Francis? Or, what have you learned from him?
March 13 marks the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ election as our Holy Father. I’d like to release a special edition of Among Women in honor of Pope Francis’ election, and I need your input! Tell me, and tell the Among Women audience: What do you love about Pope Francis? And/or… What you have learned…
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