[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Last week in the Russian capital of Moscow, the government sponsored an International Forum entitled, “Large family and the future of humanity.” The forum was attended by an array of delegates from around the world, who all saw the need to promote large families in order to help sustain society. This comes at […]
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[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] “Ballade to Our Lady of Częstochowa” by Hilaire Belloc Lady and Queen and Mystery manifoldAnd very Regent of the untroubled sky,Whom in a dream St. Hilda did beholdAnd heard a woodland music passing by:You shall receive me when the clouds are highWith evening and the sheep attain the fold.This is the faith that
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[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Today, August 26th, is the feast day of Our Lady of Częstochowa, Queen of Poland! Here is a great litany based on a homily of the Martyred Polish Priest, Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko. It is certainly fitting for our own times. May our most beloved Mother guide us in these dark and troubled times! Litany
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[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Kolbe is the patron saint of our difficult century. – St. John Paul II While St. John Paul II was referring to the previous century, I believe Saint Maximilian Kolbe can be said to be the patron saint of the 21st century as well. Especially in this time of war and violence, we
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[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] [Blessed Edmund Bojanowski] is remembered as a good man with a big heart, who for love of God and neighbor was able to bring different sectors together, effectively rallying them around a common good. In his many-faceted activity, he anticipated much of what the Second Vatican Council said about the apostolate of the
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[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] When we celebrate the lives of the saints in the liturgy, it reminds us about the importance of following in the footsteps of the saints who have gone before us. For example, Saint Ignatius of Loyola is famous for his conversion that was the result of reading the lives of the saints. Here is a brief
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[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Here are some photos I took a few years back from a pilgrimage in Spain. The last one is from Italy in the ancient town of Ostia Antica. You can see these and more on my Flickr page. It reminds us that this life is a pilgrimage and we are all striving to reach
