God Bless the Brewers of the World: The Feast of Saint Boniface - Brad Birzer, Catholic Vote

. . .Catholic Lane: Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr. . .

The Other Seminary Success in Lincoln, Nebraska! - Father Simon Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

Abbot Hugh Gilbert is Appointed the New Bishop of Aberdeen - Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

. . .Father Tim Finigan comments here. . .

Brick by Brick in Croatia - Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The Role of the State - Nicholas C. Hosford, The Distributist Review

Not Whether to Help the Poor, But How - Father Robert A. Sirico, Acton Institute

Catholic Identity and the NLRB - Father Robert J. Araujo S.J., Mirror of Justice

WHO-Approved Drug...READ MORE

Jesus Builds His Church on Solid Rock - Edward Sri, The Integrated Catholic Life™

. . .Catholic Lane: Saint Clotilda, queen. . .

The Super-Abundant & Transforming Law of Prayer - Anthony Lilles, Beginning to Pray

. . .Catholic Lane: Saint Francis Caracciolo. . .

Review: How To Sing a Prayer in Mass? Canticum Clericorum Romanum - Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Gallup Poll: More Than 9 in 10 Americans Believe in God, But. . . - Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

. . .Paul Zummo: hating kids because of the parents. . .

Confirmed Bachelor: Why Good Men Stay Single - Anthony Buono, 6 Stone Jars

. . .Calling All Witnesses: the true nature of manhood. . .

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Mike Aquilina has done it again. For years, his books have successfully popularized the Fathers of the Church for contemporary readers. In this latest book, he culls the wisdom of the Fathers to develop a yearlong program for his readers’ spiritual growth.

One could, of course, study patristics as a discrete and sometimes dry theological discipline. Aquilina does not, however, present the Fathers that way, and he has ample precedent. Although the Fathers were deep theologians, they were not scholastics holed up in monasteries or universities. They were mostly active pastors who preached to the people of their times. So the idea of using the Fathers’ works to promote the spiritual growth of...READ MORE

VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News) — All day June 3 in St. Peter’s Basilica, pilgrims filed past the flower-covered tomb of Blessed Pope John XXIII, who died on June 3 in 1963.

“I’m just thankful to be here,” says great-grandmother Georgette Sweat from Stuart, Fla. “He was one of my favorite Popes. He was so very warm and caring and charismatic — and he showed it.”

Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Roncalli in 1881 into a humble farming family in the northern Italian region of Bergamo. He rose through the diplomatic ranks of the Church before becoming Patriarch of Venice in 1953.

To the surprise of many, himself included, he was elected to the papacy upon the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958....READ MORE

SAN ANTONIO (CNA) — Texas’ attorney general has asked an appellate court to overturn a federal judge’s decision banning prayer at a public-school graduation. The school’s valedictorian has also taken legal action against the decision, saying she has the right to speak to God during her remarks.

“Just as the U.S. Supreme Court has held that Congress can convene each day with a prayer, Medina Valley High School students have a constitutionally protected right to pray during their graduation speeches,” Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said on June 2, summing up the amicus brief he filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

The Medina Valley School District is appealing...READ MORE

A “Valuable Resource” About the History & Future of the Anglican Use - Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

The Beatitudes from the Gospel According to Luke, Prima Pars - Jake Tawney, TAC

Two Franciscans, Who Are Also Twin Brothers, Die On Same Day at Age 92 - Patrick Madrid

Saints Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs - Catholic Lane

The Hammer and the Nail - Doctor Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org/On the Culture

Quaeritur: Elevation of Chalice, Paten During Concelebrations - Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

‘Tis the Season for Commencements - Andrew Seeley, The Christocentric Life

The Catholic Answer to Rigorism - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

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SAN FRANCISCO (CNA) — Fifty years after a 1961 public Rosary gathered over half a million people in San Francisco, a Catholic lay group is organizing the same event for October 2011.

Rally organizers told CNA on June 1 that “thousands” of Catholic faithful are expected.

On Oct. 15, the Bay Area chapter of the Legion of Mary, an international community of lay Catholics, will host their Family Rosary Crusade. The event will be held in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza, starting at noon.

The keynote address will be delivered by Father Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R., a co-founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and a well-known television presenter and author.

David Marten, head of the...READ MORE

ROYAL OAK, Mich. — He earned notoriety as the nation’s foremost advocate of assisted suicide, helping at least 100 patients kill themselves, and today Dr. Jack Kevorkian met an old friend at a Michigan hospital.

Dr. Kevorkian, 83, died of undisclosed causes at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. He reportedly struggled with respiratory and kidney problems. A spokesman did not address the extent of his physical suffering during his final days, but the occasion of his death was marked by broad acknowledgement of his impact on the nation’s shifting view of assisted suicide and legislative efforts to legalize this practice.

“Dr. Kevorkian’s death marks the end of an era,” said a...READ MORE