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2015-05-29T08:41:06-04:00

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Sister Anne of the Touch of Death

Last updated on: May 29, 2015 at 8:41 am By Guest Contributor

Sister Laura asked me, Sister Anne of the Touch of Death, to water her garden. I warned her. "I love plants, I really do, but I have no idea how to take care of them." Sister Laura was not dissuaded, in part, I am sure, because there are so few sisters left here at the motherhouse that she could ask. I tried to impress upon her the risk she was undertaking, and she fully assumed it. Read more

Sr. Laura Rosemarie FSP

2015-05-27T07:49:03-04:00

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2015 Graduates: Make Your Bed

Last updated on: May 27, 2015 at 7:49 am By Guest Contributor

A guest post from FatherAnthony Gerber that includes Scriptural evidence that Jesus made his bed! - "What gets you out of bed in the morning? The scaffolding is being removed. What will we see? The Lord consecrated us in truth and prays for us that we might have a good reason for getting up each morning. He prays the reason might be love…." Read more

Father Anthony Gerber

St. Dominic High School

2015-05-23T08:18:02-04:00

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A Holy Biker Gang: 1,400 Mile Bike Ride for Vocations

Last updated on: May 23, 2015 at 8:18 am By Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble

Five priests and seminarians are setting out on a 1,400 mile bike trip to promote vocations. Find out how you can follow and support them. (And let me know if you want to do the same thing with Vespas...) Read more

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Biking 4 Vocations

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Diocese of Rockville Centre

Dominik Wegiel

Father Joseph Fitzgerald

Father Marc Swartvagher

Stephen Rooney

Steven Diaz

Vocations

2015-05-21T13:35:33-04:00

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Women’s Ordination and Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood”

Last updated on: May 21, 2015 at 1:35 pm By Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble

Taylor Swift's new video "Bad Blood" got me thinking. Men and women do things differently, which is one reason why I am okay with the Church's teaching excluding women from priestly ordination. Read more

2015-05-20T07:49:30-04:00

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Transactional Justice: The Death Penalty and Tsarnaev

Last updated on: May 20, 2015 at 7:49 am By Guest Contributor

The trouble I see with transactional justice, especially when it goes as far as the death penalty, is that it keeps society on the level of transactional violence: it is just that society is authorized to carry out the violent act and random citizens are not. Read more

Catechism of the Catholic Church

2015-05-19T12:48:35-04:00

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3 Reasons Mary Helps Evangelize Our Loved Ones

Last updated on: May 19, 2015 at 12:48 pm By Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble

Do you know someone who has left the Church? Who do you ask to pray for your loved ones Sometimes St. Monica is invoked on behalf of children who have strayed from the faith. And she definitely can be a powerful intercessor. But there is another intercessor we should never forget when we pray for friends and family who have left the Church: our Blessed Mother. Here are three reasons why... Read more

Fallen-away Catholics

Holy Spirit

Joy of the Gospel

Marianne Lorraine Trouvé FSP

Marie-Paul Curley FSP

Mary

Pope Francis

Queen of Apostles

2015-05-15T07:53:39-04:00

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5 Ways Believers Can Respond to the “Nones”

Last updated on: May 15, 2015 at 7:53 am By Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble

You may have read the new Pew statistics that suggest that Christianity in the United States is on the decline. Here are some concrete, clear things that we can do as we search as a Church together to respond to these trends. Read more

#EvangelizationRevolution

Spiritual but not Religious

The Prodigal You Love

Unaffiliated

2015-05-14T14:28:04-04:00

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A Positive Look at the “Nones” Leaving the Church

Last updated on: May 14, 2015 at 2:28 pm By Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble

This is a piece I wrote in 2012 that I think is still relevant to the recent news that the number of people unaffiliated with any religion in the US has risen from 46 million in 2012 to 56 million in 2014. I will be posting more on this subject shortly. A recent study released by The Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life found that a growing number of adults in the United States now claim no religious affiliation. While many people look at these statistics and... Read more

Fallen-away Catholics

Nones

Pew Research

The Prodigal You Love

Unaffiliated

2015-05-13T12:51:45-04:00

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The Answer to All Our Bad Behaviors

Last updated on: May 13, 2015 at 12:51 pm By Guest Contributor

Do you struggle with something that you wish you could be rid of? All of us do. We have our own special forms of behavior that don’t help us but hurt us. The other day I was reading Galatians and a line in it stopped me cold; it's the answer to all our bad behaviors. Read more

Sr. Marianne Lorraine Trouve

St. Paul

Thomas Aquinas

2015-05-10T14:15:23-04:00

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Strong Messages in Avengers: Age of Ultron

Last updated on: May 10, 2015 at 2:15 pm By Guest Contributor

Avengers: Age of Ultron is chock-full of action, humor and good messages. There is one unfortunate choice in the writing, but other than that this movie delivers lots of entertainment and fun. Read more

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