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MOTH WEEK
Many birders also like to study other creatures in nature such as dragon flies, especially when birds are scare at certain times of the year. But now I find from a friend in Arizona (who has a...
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SOCIAL JUSTICE PAINTER
MAXO (Maximilian) VANKAwas born in 1889 in Croatia, the illegitimate son of Austrian nobility. He spent his first eight years working as part of a peasant family. When his maternal grandmother...
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VISIBLE BEAUTY TO SEE GOD'S GLORY
“Sacred art is true and beautiful when its form corresponds to its particular vocation: evoking and glorifying, in faith and adoration, the transcendent mystery of God — the surpassing invisible beauty...
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THE COURAGE TO DIE
“ On the Way to Auschwitz” ( Ignatius Press, 2010) by Father Paul Hamans writes:“On the same summer day in 1942, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) and hundreds of other Catholic Jews...
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DIFFERENT MARTYRS
Recently, we wrote of some Franciscans being considered for sainthood. Here are two more, both Americans, both martyrs, but with a difference. One died quickly, the other a long endurance of...
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ASSUMPTION
Assumuption - Bartolomeo della Gatta Prayer to Our Lady Of The Assumptionby Pope St. Pius XO immaculate virgin, Mother of God and Mother of humanity, we believe with all the fervor of our faith in...
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LITURGICAL VISION
ISABEL PICZEK was an important Los Angeles artist. Many of her works are in public places, such as the exceptionally beautiful mosaic at the CatholicCemeteryin the Mission San Fernando, which was done...
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PUERTO RICO'S LAY SAINT
BL. CARLOS MANUEL CECILIO RODRIGUEZ SANTIAGO is the first Puerto Rican, the first Caribbean-born layperson to be beatified.He was born in 1963, the second of five brothers and sisters. Two of his...
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MIRACLES of the EUCHARIST
Every time a Mass is said and the bread is changed into the Body of Christ and the wine into His Blood, a miracle takes place. How many each day across the globe?Perhaps few have heard of Eucharistic...
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THE 12 STARS OF MARY- QUEEN OF PEACE
Inspired by the teachings of Sts. John Paul II and Maximilian Kolbe, sculptor MARIUSZ DRAPIKOWSKI and Piotr Ciołkiewicz, president of the Comunità Regina della Pace (Queen...
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ABANDONED NESTS - END OF SUMMER?
Photo by our intern, Emily Libecki, taken in herb garden in the bay tree. (Note bay leaves inside nest (possible robin...
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A DOCTOR'S TALE
My friend, DR JOHN PEZZIMENTI wanted his grandchildren to know his story and like our Mother Felicitas in her “Cord of Longing” (see Blog July 1, 2017) never realized in the beginning that the book...
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SEATTLE'S PIONEER PRIEST
Monsignor FRANCIS XAVIER PREFONTAINE, born in 1838 was a French Candian priest and missionary , an early resident in the pioneer days of SEATTLE. He was a noted figure in the history of Seattle and...
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COVID AND THE EUCHARIST
This week In Budapest, Hungary, a Eucharistic Congress is taking place. We have known such an emphasis on the Eucharist in our own country, since the beginning of the pandemic. It is gratifying to...
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PAPAL BENEDICTINE
There is a new Benedictine in the Vatican! Father Kolumban Reichlin,O.S.B., 50, was appointed chaplain of The Pontifical Swiss Guard by Pope Francis on Sept. 1 and will take up his new position in...
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EUCHARISTIC REMINDER
Pope Francis encouraged Catholics at the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapestto spend more time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament to become more like Christ.“The Eucharist is here to...
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HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Every year from September 15 to October 15, Americans celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month by appreciating the community’s history, heritage, and contributions of the ancestors of American...
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MOTHER OF SORROWS
On this feast of OUR LADY OF SORROWS, at Slovakia’s national Catholic shrine, Pope Francis said that Our Lady of Sorrows is a model of how to live the faith with compassion and care for the...
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MONASTERY RESIDENT OWL
We are lucky to have the habitat to encourage and support several species of owls, but it is not often that we see them. For years my 4-H group and I would search tree cavities and look for the scat,...
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