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  • St. Gregory the Great
    "If we knew at what time we were to depart from this world, we would be able to select a season for pleasure and another for repentance. But God, who has promised pardon to every repentant sinner, has not promised us tomorrow. Therefore we must always dread the final day, which we can never foresee. This very day is a day of truce, a day for conversion. […]
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Christopher's Apologies
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What Does the Prayer Really Say?
Whispers in the Loggia
Creative Minority Report
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Standing on my Head
The Hermeneutic of Continuity
Damian Thompson
Rorate Caeli
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Ask Sister Mary Martha
Mere Comments
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Bishop Joseph Cistone of Saginaw
Bishop Paul Etienne of Cheyenne
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn
Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville
Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City
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EWTN is Everywhere!

EWTN is Everywhere! Television, Radio, the Internet…

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Religious minorities are the last to receive aid, says local Catholic priest

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Fr. Immanuel Asi, President of the Lahore Biblical Theological Institute and a member of the directive committee of the Theological Institute for Laity in Pakistan, as well as expert in interreligious dialogue, was recently interviewed by the press office of the national headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies (also known as “Missio”) of Germany based in Munich (Bavaria). We re-publish his interview below.

The humanitarian aid organizations speak of a catastrophe of worse consequences than the tsunami. How do you see the situation?

The evaluation made by the humanitarian aid organizations is correct. Nearly 14 million people have been affected by the flooding. Nearly all the all dams in the country have overflowed…

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Life on the Rock – Be a Man – Fr. Mark and Doug with Fr. Larry Richards – 09-02-2010

Life on the Rock – Be a Man – Fr. Mark and Doug with Fr. Larry Richards – 09-02-2010

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Go here to see the original: Life on the Rock – Be a Man – Fr. Mark and Doug with Fr. Larry Richards – 09-02-2010

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What is it like to be a seminarian? Watch the video!

The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter has released a 28 minute video showing daily life at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska.  I think the second half of the video, when the seminarians get to speak for themselves and you see scenes of their daily life, is the most interesting.

A Priestly Vocation ~ Life at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary from Father Joseph Lee, FSSP on Vimeo.

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Homily 09-03-2010 – Fr. Miguel Marie – St. Gregory the Great

Homily 09-03-2010 – Fr. Miguel Marie – St. Gregory the Great

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The Revolt of the Bourgeois

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Tea partiers are mad as heck, and they’re letting the world know — politely.

The much-analyzed speeches at the Glenn Beck Lincoln Memorial rally weren’t as notable as what the estimated 300,000 attendees did: follow instructions, listen quietly to hours of speeches, and throw out their trash.

Just as stunning as the tableaux of the massive throngs lining the reflecting pool were the images of the spotless grounds afterward. If someone had told attendees they were expected to mow the grass before they left, surely some of them would have hitched flatbed trailers to their vehicles for the trip to Washington and gladly brought mowers along with them.

This was the revolt of the bourgeois, of the responsible, of the orderly, of people profoundly at peace with the traditional mores of American society…

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August Diary

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Derb on Ron Paul, the mosque, Marmite, and more. Ron Paul for the mosque I got some nyah-nyah e-mail from readers after Ron Paul came out for the Ground Zero mosque . “How’d you like your hero now?” etc. For one thing, I don’t really have heroes, not in politics anyway. For another, Ron’s weakness has always been a too-strong adherence to ideological consistency.

Original post: August Diary

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Looking At The Future

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I’m looking at the future. And some day, God-willing,my grandchild will pull this column out of an old album and smile at her grandfather’s unfounded concerns for her prospects.

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Benedict XVI Scotland and England

Benedict XVI Scotland and England

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New Roman Missal Text Now Online

We are all eager to see the new Third Edition of the Roman Missal.  The USCCB now has a website devoted to helping us prepare for the change and they have included extensive sections of the new test displayed side by side with the old text for comparison.  They also provide a huge collection of great resources for use by individuals or parishes and an extensive FAQ.

Here is the page showing the changes in the people’s parts of the Mass.  Thank you Bishops!

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Agency accused of human trafficking

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A purported staffing agency is accused of luring 400 people from Thailand with promises of well-paying jobs – and …

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Rhode Island parish prepares for Hurricane Earl

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New Shoreham, R.I., Sep 3, 2010 / 11:54 am ( CNA ).- Despite Hurricane Earl’s projected path, which could see the Category 3 storm lashing some parts of the Rhode Island coast with tropical storm force winds by late Friday, Fr. Joseph Protano Jr. is undeterred in his mission as the pastor of the only Catholic Church on Block Island.

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Founder of Catholic reproductive health institute reflects on answering call of ‘Humane Vitae’

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Omaha, Neb., Sep 3, 2010 / 02:01 pm ( CNA/EWTN News ).- Catholic medical professionals, clergy and lay people from across the United States and around the world are gathering this weekend to honor the legacy of the papal encyclical “Humane Vitae” and commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction based in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Church seeks recognition for Virgin Mary vision in Wisconsin

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Tradition holds she appeared in Brown Co. in 1859

Wisconsin could find itself in a unique part of history because of a reported holy sighting.

Hope and faith have drawn tens of thousands of people a shrine in Brown County throughout the past 150 years. People who say it’s a holy experience.

“It’s a good feeling, I don’t know exactly how to explain it, but it’s just a good feeling,” said Val Dubois of Brown County.

In October 1859, Sister Adele Brise claimed the Virgin Mary spoke to her and told her to teach God’s word to children…

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Wisconsin diocese investigates alleged Marian apparition

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In 1859, Adele Brise, a 28-year-old Belgian immigrant in Wisconsin, reported that the Blessed Virgin had appeared to her and asked her to catechize children. In 1861, a chapel was built on …

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Hackers steal $600,000 from diocese’s bank account

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Hackers, likely from overseas, have stolen over $600,000 from an Iowa diocese and transferred the funds to other accounts. “While the Diocese of Des Moines is protected by insurance …

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Coptic patriarch: Desire to divorce leads Catholics to convert to Islam

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Patriarch Antonius Naguib, the head of the Coptic Catholic Church, has provided a fascinating glimpse into the life of Christians in Egypt in an interview with Aid to the Church in Need. …

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