Stop Resisting A Rest
Cale Clarke recently returned from holiday, and he had some important things to say about the value of taking a rest, indulging in healthy leisure, and detaching from work for a time. As he shared on The Cale Clarke Show, Cale and his wife paid a visit to Cale’s hometown, Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. They...Continue reading→
Coming Monday: Saint Dymphna!
We hope you were inspired by Clare of Assisi’s adventure of faith and courage! Up next is Saint Dymphna with an adventure that spanned the seas. Dymphna was born in Ireland in the 7th century to a king named Damon and his very Christian wife. At fourteen, Dymphna devoted herself to Christ and took a vow...Continue reading→
Marital Lies and Mortal Sins
Married persons also need a pure heart to avoid sins against the sixth beatitude, by using marital relations in a disordered way by putting limits or conditions on their total, unconditional self-giving. This breaks and distorts the image of God’s total, unconditional self-giving in the Holy Trinity. The most common way is using contraception. What...Continue reading→
Up Next, on The Saints: Clare of Assisi
We hope you enjoyed the story of Stanley Rother, from Oklahoma to Guatemala! Now, “The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage” travels all the way back to the 1200s to a familiar face: Clare of Assisi. Inspired by the radical poverty Francis of Assisi embraced, Chiara Offreducio – Clare – and her sister Catarina (later...Continue reading→
Coming Monday: Blessed Stanley Rother
Have you ever heard of Okarche, Oklahoma? That’s where the next story of “The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage” begins, with a venerated holy man from the United States. Blessed Stanley Rother was born in 1935, one of four children born to the Rother family in the middle of the Dust Bowl. He joined...Continue reading→
Coming Monday: Paul Miki
We hope the story of Edith Stein inspired you to live your faith more boldly! This week on “The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage,” we have a similar story that unfolded nearly three hundred years before Edith was born. Paul Miki was a Japanese-born convert to the Catholic faith with a gift for speaking...Continue reading→
Next, on The Saints: Edith Stein
This week’s upcoming saint has two names you might have heard before: Theresa Benedicta of the Cross, or Edith Stein. Edith was born into a Jewish family, but she was agnostic and searching for something more by the time she finished her doctoral thesis at 25. She read a biography of Teresa of Ávila and,...Continue reading→
Coming Monday, the story of John Bosco!
This coming week on “The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage” we leave the incredible foundress of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and move to the patron of young children, students, publishers, and… magicians? Tune in for the remarkable story of a Salesian priest devoted to love, apprenticeship, and the care-filled...Continue reading→
Back for his feast day, it’s Patrick of Ireland!
Missed the start of “The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage”? No worries – Patrick of Ireland returns, just in time for his feast day on St. Patrick’s Day! The story of Patrick has it all: teenage rebellion, conversion, and getting captured by pirates. Born in the Britannia part of the dissolving Roman Empire, Patrick...Continue reading→
The 2024 Walk to Mary
On May 4th, thousands will gather in De Pere, Wisconsin at the National Shrine of St. Joseph to make the 11th annual, 21-mile trek to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion. This journey is known as the Walk to Mary, and over the past few years, it has become a...Continue reading→
A missionary to Chicago: Frances Cabrini
Did you enjoy the thrilling story of Bernadette of Lourdes? We have another amazing story to follow, just in time for her movie coming this week: Frances Cabrini! This coming week, “The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage” follows a young Italian-American Catholic sister as her plans to make a mission in China… actually take...Continue reading→
More Questions on IVF: Frozen Embryos
Q. I understand that as a result of science there are many (millions?) of frozen embryos that have been preserved for different reasons, such as IVF (in vitro fertilization). What is their designation by the Church? What is permitted by the Church? What are the accepted forms of use for them? If they are being...Continue reading→
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