All Ye Saints in Heaven
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Monday, November 01, 2010
Today is the Feast of All Saints!
It’s a good idea to go to Mass today and soak up some of those saintly graces and favors, but because this feast happens to fall on a Monday, it is not a Holy Day of Obligation (for Catholics in the U.S.).
If you’re looking for a cute cupcake idea to celebrate today, try this saintly inspiration from Catholic Cuisine.
If you’d like to make a more traditional treat,... READ MORE
Got Saints? We do!
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Monday, October 18, 2010
Well, this was an exciting weekend! I feel like everyone should congratulate me. Here’s the news: Our parish’s official name went from Blessed André Bessette to Saint André Bessette.
Yesterday, Pope Benedict celebrated the canonization Mass for André Bessette, along with five other new saints.
I am thrilled to have St. André Bessette as our parish patron because he has local ties to New Hampshire... READ MORE
Seminarian Rap
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Saturday, October 09, 2010
OK, this video last six minutes, and you may think you don’t care for rap music, but I promise you that you can’t help but fall in love with it by the end! The video was created for the feast of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz by seminarian Jeremy Santos. St. Lorenzo was the first Filipino saint and a martyr for the faith. If you listen to the rap, Jeremy gives an amazing account of St. Lorenzo’s life. I LOVE the scenes with all of the priests and seminarians and the “bloopers” at the end of the video. This is the type of video that we can show our sons to say, “See, seminarians and priests are cool!” Kudos Jeremy - this Catholic Mom is keeping you and your brother seminarians in her prayers!
Family Saints and Fall Fun
Posted by Lisa Hendey in News on Thursday, September 30, 2010
This week on the Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above) Arwen, Danielle and Rebecca discuss their family’s special saintly intercessors. The ladies share about St. Blaise, St. Therese, St. Anne and the arch angels, sharing their families’ special stories of feeling close to these saints, especially in difficult times. Do you have a special devotion to your family’s... READ MORE
Beautiful Women Hang Out Here
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Msgr. Charles Pope, who keeps a wonderful blog at the Archdiocese of Washington site, recently spent some time at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.
“Some of the most beautiful women I know” hang out there, he writes, and he created this slideshow to prove it.
Be sure to read Msgr’s post for an explanation of the slides and music.
Choosing Favorites
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, August 26, 2010
In his general audience yesterday, Pope Benedict encouraged Catholics to have a devotion to a specific saint, asking that saint for intercession but also working to imitate his or her holy life.
According to Zenit, the Holy Father said that it is important “to have ‘travel companions’ on the journey of our Christian life: I am thinking of a spiritual director, a confessor, persons with whom we can... READ MORE
Entrepreneurs of Grace
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Monday, July 19, 2010
While we were celebrating Independence Day, the Pope was on one of his intra-Italian pastoral visits: this time to Sulmona.
His message to young people there should have particular resonance with Americans, who prize entrepreneurial spirit.
The Pope called the saints “entrepreneurs of grace.”
The remark came in the context of a discussion of prayer as the means for knowing one’s vocation:
the secret... READ MORE
All Out For Mother Teresa
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, July 09, 2010
The Empire State Building may have declined to honor Mother Teresa on her birthday, but Benedictine College is going all out.
To honor Blessed Mother Teresa’s hundredth birthday, the school will:
- Christen the brand new Center for Nursing and Health Education after her.
- Light campus buildings in blue from August 25 to September 5th, to mark the period of time between the anniversary of her birth... READ MORE
Saints in Brooklyn
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, June 10, 2010
Here’s a lovely and bittersweet feature on the changing culture of an old Italian neighborhood.
It’s bitter because old traditions—like honoring saints with processions—which used to draw the entire neighborhood now only raise eyebrows.
You can sense the hurt in this old-timer’s comments for example:
It used to be the whole street was waiting to give money,” recalled Lucy D’Alto, a longtime resident... READ MORE
The Laughing Saint
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Today’s the feast of a favorite saint, Philip Neri.
I figured one of my favorite bloggers, Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP would have something to say, and he didn’t disappoint.
Go here for a round-up of all things Neri.
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