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NC Register: Knights of Columbus TV Movie on St. Joseph Available for Free Viewing Starting Dec. 8
From the National Catholic Register: St. Joseph: Our Spiritual Father will be available at no cost as of Dec. 8, to coincide with the end of the special Year of St. Joseph. The Year of St. Joseph ends only “officially” on Dec. 8, but the day should signal that devotion to…
“The Bible In a Year” podcast with Fr. Mike Schmitz
Fr. Mike Schmitz and Ascension have teamed up to deliver a free “Bible in a year” podcast program. Each episode is only about 20 minutes, which is about half Fr. Mike reading the Bible, and the other half commenting on it. It’s currently the #1 podcast in the US. Links:…
Faith Report, September 2020
The pandemic has certainly changed the way we live our lives, especially the way it has affected our Church and the Catholic Church. For months, for the first time in our history, the Church was closed, no sacrament of the Eucharist, no Penance. Today, the Church is partially open and…
Article: Please Stop What You Are Doing and Pray This Saturday
On the Catholic calendar, August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption. As one colleague recently put it, that’s the day Mom would make us go to Church during summer vacation on a weekday. Well, it’s not a holy day of obligation for Catholics this year, as it falls on a…
June 2020 thoughts
Brother Knights I hope you are all well. Yesterday we celebrated Pentecost and with that it was the first day that we were able to worship together face to face. What a blessing! It was so so Good! But to be honest, it was also difficult for me. It made…
Let’s Seal the Doorposts
St. Frances Cabrini on lack of the availability of the Eucharist
According to our calculations we shall not arrive before Tuesday. Imagine! We thought we should arrive in time to keep the Feast of the Patronage of Saint Joseph; instead we shall have to pass the Feast on the sea and without Holy Communion. We are beginning to feel gravely the…
Marian Message
When we don’t really know what we should pray for, St. Alphonsus instructs, we can simply ask Mary to pray for whatever she knows to be best for us: Pray for me, Mary, and entrust me to your Son. You know my miseries and my needs far better than I…
Article: Frivolity and Friendship: On The Eternal Importance of Good Friends
Frivolity and Friendship: On The Eternal Importance of Good Friends By Sam Guzman on Feb 24, 2020 09:38 am I was wearing my running clothes, standing on a patch of grass across from the downtown Krispy Kreme. Four donuts were in my hand, mashed together, the third such round of…