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Catholic Schools Week 2010 Celebrates 'Dividends for Life'

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In these challenging times, the theme reminds us that the dividends of a Catholic school education—students prepared in faith, ... continue reading


Haitian spirituality: Born in tragedy, devoted to God

Image of Haitian schoolgirls line up for Sunday Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral in Cap-Hatien, Haiti, last October. Photo by Rick DelVecchio.

Haiti’s agony after the Jan. 12 earthquake that shattered Port-au-Prince called up such glimpses of Haitian Catholics expressing their ... continue reading



The Mysterious Power of Neediness

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Seen in the light of faith, our most painful shame can become the path on which we soar to sanctity. BETHPAGE, TN (Catholic Online) - The ... continue reading


A Christmas Reflection on Suffering and Trust

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When some cross presents itself in our life, let us not fear; for the All-Powerful Child has plans for those whom he loves; plans of such ... continue reading


Learning in the School of Nazareth: Feast of the Holy Family

Image of Jesus spent 30 of his 33 earthly years in Nazareth. Some spiritual writers have called these the 'hidden years', because there is so little written about them in the Gospel narratives. However, they reveal the holiness of ordinary life and show us how it becomes extraordinary for those baptized into Christ.

From antiquity the Christian family has rightly been called a domestic church. In our family we can learn the way of selfless love in the ... continue reading


Octave of Christmas: Feast of St. Stephen the Protomartyr

Image of Yesterday our king, clothed in his robe of flesh, left his place in the virgin’s womb and graciously visited the world. Today his soldier leaves the tabernacle of his body and goes triumphantly to heaven.

Christ made love the stairway that would enable all Christians to climb to heaven. Hold fast to it, therefore, in all sincerity, give one ... continue reading



Octave: Feast of St. Stephen, Deacon and Protomartyr

Image of Yesterday we celebrated the birth in time of our eternal King. Today we celebrate the triumphant suffering of his soldier.Yesterday our king, clothed in his robe of flesh, left his place in the virgin’s womb and graciously visited the world. Today his soldier leaves the tabernacle of his body and goes triumphantly to heaven.

Christ made love the stairway that would enable all Christians to climb to heaven. Hold fast to it, therefore, in all sincerity, give one ... continue reading


Pope Benedict XVI: The Child Jesus Makes the Love of God Manifest to the World

Image of 'St. Francis with his nativity scene highlighted the defenseless love, humility and goodness of God, Who in the Incarnation of the Word shows Himself to mankind in order to teach them a new way to live and love.'

'Spiritual atmosphere that now surrounds Christmas developed during the Middle Ages thanks to St. Francis of Assisi.' VATICAN CITY (VIS) - ... continue reading


Merry Christmas: He Pitched His Tent Among Us

Image of Let those of us who have embraced the truth of this claim now manifest- in our own lives and families- the fruits of the Incarnation. Let us become a Christmas people and offer through our lives of love the greatest gift of all. Let us continue to manifest the beauty of the Incarnation to a world that still waits to be born.

On this one wonderful day called "Christ-Mass" the entire world rightly pauses. Heaven has come to earth so that earth can be brought to ... continue reading


Emmanuel: God-With-Us, God-Within-Us!

Image of Pause and consider this Mystery anew in this holy Season.  Remove it from the restrictive confines of its familiarity.  Just pause a moment before the Nativity scene and ponder as did Mary, as did the shepherds and the wise men.  And realize that if God entered our history in a given moment, it was a moment whose impact would never cease to be felt.

God entered concretely, in the flesh, in the midst of human lives and he continues to dwell in the midst of human lives, in the midst of ... continue reading


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