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2009-12-06T00:14:00-07:00

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Blessed Adolph Kolping (1813-1865)

Last updated on: December 6, 2009 at 12:14 am By Pat McNamara

Adolph Kolping was a German Catholic priest. Kolping grew up as the son of a shepherd. At the age of 18 he went to Cologne as a shoemaker’s assistant. He was shocked by the living conditions of most people living there, which influenced his decision to become a priest. At age 23 he attended the Dreikönigsgymnasium and afterwards studied theology in Munich, Bonn and Cologne. On April 10, 1845 he was ordained a priest in Cologne’s Minoritenkirche. First he worked... Read more

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2009-12-05T07:01:00-07:00

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Christmas Music

Last updated on: December 5, 2009 at 7:01 am By Pat McNamara

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2009-12-05T06:59:00-07:00

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Quote of the Day

Last updated on: December 5, 2009 at 6:59 am By Pat McNamara

The Word of God, Jesus Christ, on account of His great love for mankind, became what we are in order to make us what He is Himself.St. Irenaeus, Adeversus Haereses (2nd cent.) Read more

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2009-12-05T06:57:00-07:00

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Catholic Art

Last updated on: December 5, 2009 at 6:57 am By Pat McNamara

I’m sorry to say that I haven’t been able to find any information on this painting, but I felt compelled to share it nonetheless. Read more

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2009-12-05T06:56:00-07:00

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College Football

Last updated on: December 5, 2009 at 6:56 am By Pat McNamara

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2009-12-05T06:54:00-07:00

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Joe Breen and the Movies

Last updated on: December 5, 2009 at 6:54 am By Pat McNamara

Born in Philadelphia and educated by the Jesuits, Joseph Ignatius Breen (1888-1965) was a journalist turned publicist. His successful marketing of a film documentary showing Catholic multitudes at the 1926 Eucharistic Congress in Chicago catapulted his career. He worked with the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America to enforce the Hays Code in film production. From 1934 to 1954, Breen was head of Hollywood’s Production Code Administration. With powerful backers in his corner, Breen tightened the screws: “I am... Read more

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2009-12-05T06:52:00-07:00

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Scots College Founded in Rome, 1600

Last updated on: December 5, 2009 at 6:52 am By Pat McNamara

The Pontifical Scots College, Rome was founded on 5th December 1600 by Pope Clement VIII. It provided an education for young Scots Catholic men who, due to the laws against Catholics, could not receive a Catholic education at home. During the centuries that followed, the college sent a steady supply of priests to Scotland, being closed only when the French invaded Rome in 1798 and again during the Second World War. For two hundred years Jesuits and Italian secular clergy... Read more

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2009-12-04T06:05:00-07:00

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Christmas Music

Last updated on: December 4, 2009 at 6:05 am By Pat McNamara

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2009-12-04T05:57:00-07:00

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Quote of the Day

Last updated on: December 4, 2009 at 5:57 am By Pat McNamara

To wait open-endedly is an enormously radical attitude toward life. So is to trust that something will happen to us that is far beyond our own imaginings. So, too, is giving up control over our future and letting God define our life, trusting that God mold saccording to God’s love and not according to our fear. The spirirtual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, trusting that new things will happen to us, new... Read more

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2009-12-04T05:55:00-07:00

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Movie of the Week

Last updated on: December 4, 2009 at 5:55 am By Pat McNamara

Jesus of Nazareth is a 1977 Anglo–Italian television miniseries dramatizing the birth, life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus based on the accounts in the four New Testament Gospels. The miniseries was directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and produced by Lew Grade through his ITC Entertainment company. Zeffirelli co-wrote the screenplay with Anthony Burgess and Suso Cecchi d’Amico. It was filmed entirely on location in Tunisia and Morocco. The total runtime is nearly six hours, twenty minutes. The origin of the... Read more

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