Over the past two weeks, I taught the parents of our Family Formation Religious Education program at the parish. At our parish, when a child or children attend their bi-weekly religious education […]
Mother Teresa: 12 Quotes on Faith and Holiness
7 Quotes on Family Life from Mother Teresa
One of the biggest attacks in this modern secular culture in which we live is the attack on the traditional family. It seems as if the family through a variety of avenues […]
Mother Teresa: Service, Work, and Evangelization
Since we are now three days away from the Canonization of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, soon-to-be, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, I feel the need to use the next five days to write […]
The Marian Writings of St. Augustine of Hippo
August 28th is commonly the memorial of Saint Augustine of Hippo, but since it fell yesterday, which was on a Sunday, the Sunday Solemnity always trumps it and we celebrated the 22nd […]
I will be at the Arizona Marian Conference this weekend
From what I have been told, there will be around 900 participants this weekend at the Arizona Marian Conference, being held at the DoubleTree Paradise Valley Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. I will be […]
“Mondays with Mary – 7 Quotes on the Queenship of Mary by Blessed Pope Pius XII
Since today, August 22, is the Memorial of the Queenship of Mary, a topic that I have written on many times, which you can read here; I thought I would add another […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Bishop Fulton Sheen and ‘The Assumption and the Modern World’
When I read many of the great Catholic authors of the 20th century – G.K. Chesterton, Bishop Fulton Sheen, Flannery O’Connor, Romano Guardini, and others like them, it seems to me as […]
The Blessing of Saint Clare
Today, August 11, is the memorial of Saint Clare, Virgin and Foundress of the Order of Poor Ladies of San Damiano, which was changed officially to the Order of Saint Clare by […]
The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence and 5 Things We Can Learn from It
With the intensification of Christian martyrdom across the globe in recent years, and most especially the recent martyrdom of Father Jacques Hamel, I found it very fitting today to rebrand an article that […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Blessed Virgin Mary, The Holy Rosary, and St. Dominic
Since today is the memorial of Saint Dominic – The Hound of the Hounds, and the primary founder of Dominican Order, also known as the Order of Preachers, I found it fitting […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Marian Reflections from St. Alphonsus Ligouri
Since today is the memorial of St. Alphonsus Ligouri – The Patron of Theologians, I found it fitting to use some of his Marian spiritual writings for today’s “Mondays with Mary.” Like […]
Listening to St. Mary Magdalene’s Sunday Homilies…and Some Advice from Mother Angelica
As I have done in the past, I want to share with all of you some exciting news coming out of the parish that I work for in Gilbert, Arizona. Our parishioners […]
Remembering My World Youth Day Experiences
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 […]
“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 […]
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