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THE END?
T. S. Eliot, in his poem ( 1925) “The Hollow Men,” wrote, “This is the way the world ends/ Not with a bang but a whimper.” If this is true, we are far away from the end, as our world seems to be...
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HISPANIC HERITAGE
National Hispanic Heritage Monthis a period from 15 September to 15 October in the United States for recognizing the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and...
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OUR FUTURE- NEW PRIORESS
Our Lady of the Rock’s Foundress and Prioress for 43 years has retired and the new Prioress appointed by Abbess Lucia is Mother Noella Marcellino. What is amazing is both are “cheese nuns”. Nov. 28,...
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ENOUGH TO DRIVE ME NUTS!
I APOLOGIZE TO MY FOLLOWERS FOR THE FORMAT OF THE BLOGS- WHY THESE TECH PEOPLE CANT LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE , IS BEYOND ME- AFTER TEN + YEARS OF DOING THINGS THE SAME, I NOT ONLY HAVE TO FIND NEW...
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HEIR OF PADRE PIO
This week we celebrate the feast of St. Padre Pio and it is no coincidence that an Italian archbishop has opened the cause for beatification of a Capuchin friar and spiritual son of St. Padre Pio.In...
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FUTURE BLESSED FROM THE BLACK FOREST
FATHER FRANCIS MARY of the CROSS JORDAN, founder of the Salvatorians, will be beatified May 15, 2021, at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. The future Blessed was named Johann Baptist...
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ENGLISH SAINT - FIRST IN 800 YEARS
Shrewsbury-born nun is on course to become Britain’s first female non-martyr saint in 800 years after the Vatican ruled she lived a life of ‘heroic virtue’.MOTHER ELIZABETH PROUT labored in the slums...
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MINORITIES IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Some interesting statistics, and one wonders why these numbers don’t hold true in our public schools? Children at Play- Rockville Md Mural“A...
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NEW ENCYCLICAL FOR RACIAL TENSIONS
Pope Francis's new encyclical FRATELLI TUTTI(Brothers All) is very relevant for the crises in our own country today regarding racial tensions, which are overwhelming. Archbishop Gomez of Los Angeles...
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FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES- NEW BLESSED
BLESSED OLINTO MARELLAwas an Italian Roman Catholic priest who exercised his pastoral service in the Archdiocese of Bologna. The new blessed was a classmate of Pope St. John XXIII in Rome and the pope...
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PRAISE WHERE PRAISE IS DUE
On October 8 the Holy Father in speaking to members of the Women’s Consultation Group of the Pontifical Council for Culture taking part in a webinar praised St. Hildegard of Bingen.He compared the...
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EARLY MISSIONARY TO OUR LOCAL TRIBES
Years ago we read a wonderful book (Paths to the Northwest, Wilfred Schoenberg, SJ) on the arrival of the Jesuits in the Pacific Northwest. If other missionaries were mentioned, I don’t remember,...
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BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR EARLY CHURCH IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST
The Archdiocese of Seattle and University of Washington have a great reading list for the Catholic History of the Northwest. I am showing only the works of Father Wilfred Schoenberg, SJ as he was so...
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WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
In this year marked by the suffering and challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic, the missionary journey of the whole Church continues in light of the words found in the account of the calling of...
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GOOD NEWS FOR MISSION SUNDAY
Bryan BustardAccording to the Vatican, the number of Catholics worldwide increased by almost 16 million in a year to 1.33 billion. The figures, shared by the Fides News Service Oct. 16, showed that...
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SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states:The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life. The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate,...
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NEWEST SAINT FOR YOUTH
CARLOS ACUTIS, who was beatified in Assisi Oct. 10, is an example of a teen who used the internet to “influence” people to draw closer to God, his mother, Antonia Salzano, said.“Carlo was able to use...
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DETROIT- RISING FROM THE ASHES
We all know the plight of the great city of Detroit. Friends told us that in the past few years things have been looking up, more building, more repairs, more business moving in, more jobs, but the...
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NEW BLESSED - CLOSE TO HOME
The last couple of years have seen a bit of a boom in American saint making. Before the beatification of Bl Stanley Rother in September 2017, no American-born man had yet risen to the distinction of...
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ALL SOULS DAY IN A PANDEMIC
How do we keep great feasts of the year in the midst of a pandemic, which seems to be on the rise worldwide? The Church helps us by giving new regulations to help us stay safe.Plenary or full...
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