As I have been seeing all the posts from my friends on social media as well as some of the videos posted by priests and figures such as Bishop Robert Barron, about […]
Remembering My World Youth Day Experiences
Tom Perna
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of America, Part II
Since last week’s blog post on Our Lady of America, Part I was very popular, with many people sharing it on social media, I felt the need to write a second part for […]
Giving Thanks to the Police Officers that Serve our Communities
With the events that we as a country are enduring today with the news coming out of Dallas, Texas with police officers being targeted by cowardly and evil individuals who sought to harm […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of America, Part I
Since today is Independence Day and the 240th anniversary of Our Declaration of Independence from England here in the United States of America, I thought it would be the perfect day to […]
Pope Benedict XVI: 65 Years as a Catholic Priest
Today is the 65th Anniversary to the Catholic Priesthood for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. After you read this very short blog post on him, offer up prayers for him – 1 Our […]
Pope St. John Paul II on the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Today in the both lungs of the Catholic Church, the East and the West, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, or as it is titled in […]
Fortnight for Freedom 2016: Witnesses to Freedom
As we enter the Fortnight For Freedom 2016: Witnesses to Freedom, which will last from today till July 4, we need to remember the sacrifices of other Catholics who have laid down their lives […]
My Fellow Catholics – Are You Hungry For More?
Wednesday night, June 15 at 9:00pm Eastern Time, 6:00pm here in Arizona, I will be on the Fiat Ministry Network for an interview with Al Smith on his show, Hungry for More. The Fiat Ministry Network is a […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 4 Marian Quotes from St. Anthony of Padua
Often associated, as the saint that “finds lost things”, St. Anthony of Padua is much more than just that. He is a Franciscan theological powerhouse, a Doctor of the Church, and is […]
Phoenix Ordinations and the Catholic Priesthood
Yesterday morning at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Avondale, AZ, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix ordained four men to the Catholic Priesthood – Rev. Mr. Sheunesu Utete Bowora, […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Marian Writings of St. Ephraem the Deacon
Since this Thursday is the optional memorial for the Deacon and Doctor of the Church, St. Ephraem, I found it fitting to share with you some of his Marian writings. As an Early […]
12 Reasons Why 112 Degrees Is Better Than 12 Degrees
Over the past couple of days, Phoenix, Arizona, has been enduring the hottest temperatures we have seen so far this year. We all knew something was coming since our May was one […]
Heads Up – June 2016
Now that we have entered the summer months and things have slowed down a bit for me at the parish, I wanted to update everyone on what you can expect from me […]
Giving Thanks and Praying on Memorial Day
When the thoughts of Memorial Day come to mind in recent years, it’s the clip from the great World War II film – Saving Private Ryan, that comes to mind for me. […]
7 Quotes from Pope St. John Paul II on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi
For the past two weeks in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, we have celebrated two great solemnities – Pentecost and Most Holy Trinity, but this week’s solemnity, Corpus Christi, is […]
A Catholic Priest walked into Target today
Today’s blog post below comes from Fr. John Lankeit, Rector of The Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude in Phoenix, Arizona. With permission from said priest, this is being re-published on my […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Suffering of Mother Mary
We live in a world and in a culture that seems to want to live forever, and never ever talk about suffering or death. But for the Christian, these are two ideas […]
