Big news surrounding one of my greatest spiritual heroes: Finally, on 11 January 2011 the ordinary session of the cardinals and bishops of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints took place. They expressed their unanimous approval, believing the recovery of Sr. Marie Simon Pierre to be miraculous, having been achieved by God in a …
“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.” – St. Augustine Because I’ve built up a large collection of duplicate books and resources, each week I’m giving away one or more of these items, absolutely free, no strings attached. To see a …
I wanted to share a beautiful new website showcasing the wisdom of Catholic social teaching: http://www.catholicsocialteaching.org.uk/ The site has plenty of media–videos, podcasts, and articles–and you can access the original church documents quickly and easily. There is also a good glossary of social teaching terms and an area revealing tons of ways to get involved. …
The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of Facebook, the Vatican, YouTube heresies, the Church Fathers, Twitter hash-tags, the New Apologetics, blogs, and papal encyclicals danced in their heads! We’re moving along on our upcoming book, The Church and New Media: Engaging the Digital Revolution, which is still on pace to …
In honor of the 4th annual Respect Life Week in New York, Archbishop Timothy Dolan delivered a challenging, prophetic speech to the crowd: Logic, biology, medicine, common sense, reason, American values, and ethics are dramatically on our side; money, marketing, the media, most political leaders, and the chic molders of today’s style are not.……….This is …
