AP Video on Texting Fast
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Friday, March 06, 2009 10:54 AM
This Associated Press video pretty much tells a Catholic story straight-up, which is refreshing. No dark insinuations of hidden motives, no strange irrelevant context, as we so often find in stories about the Vatican even in coverage of benign topics.
Maybe it’s because of who they talked to: I have no idea who the Croation priest is, but you’ve got to love Father John Wauk and L’Osservatore Romano editor Giovanni Maria Vian’s sensible quotes.
Filed under lent, weekend commentary
Fasting for Obama for Life
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 3:45 PM
(Fast4Obama4Life.com)
The presidency of Barack Obama is only a little over a month old.
But it’s already indisputably clear that the most pro-abortion presidential candidate in U.S. history intends to govern in accordance with his extreme pro-abortion political convictions.
So what can faithful Catholics do in the face of Obama’s promotion of the Culture of Death? Among other things, according to the READ MORE
Filed under barack obama, fasting, lent, pro-life
Stations of the Cross
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, February 27, 2009 7:47 AM
Friday meditations on the Stations of the Cross during Lent are a long-standing Catholic tradition.
Here’s a video of a version of the Stations of the Cross, created by Jesuit Brother Edward Sheehy and edited, produced and posted on YouTube by Yvonne Balcer. It was filmed at St. Peter’s Church in Jersey City, N.J. in 2006.
Filed under lent, stations of the cross
Lent With Mother Teresa
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:02 PM
Here’s a Mother Teresa video that can serve as an inspirational resource for Lenten spiritual activities.
The “Christ, Be Our Light” video has been posted on the website of Monsignor McHugh School in Cresco, Penn., to help inspire the right spirit for Lent. And it certainly does that!
Don’t forget to check out the Register’s Lenten guide as well, if you are looking for more help in... READ MORE
Filed under lent, mother teresa
Vatican Spiritual Exercises
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:15 AM
Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze will preach this year’s spiritual exercises at the Vatican’s Lenten retreat.
Cardinal Arinze retired earlier this year from his post as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.
The retreat, attended by Pope Benedict XVI and officials of the Roman Curia, will take place March 1-7.
The theme of the meditations will be “The Priest... READ MORE
Filed under cardinal arinze, lent, vatican
Lenten Prayers for Life
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 1:02 PM
Catholics have three basic penitential obligations to undertake during Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
All three sacrifices, however, are to be undertaken with a joyful spirit, as a means through which the faithful can draw closer to Christ.
And here’s a prayer and fasting commitment whose joyful implications are obvious: participation in the International 40 Days for Life... READ MORE
Filed under lent, pro-life
U.S. Bishops' Lenten Website
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:25 AM
Yesterday, a Daily Blog post reported about the idea of giving up social networking for Lent.
Here’s an idea about what to do with some of the online time that would be freed up by that online sacrifice — make regular visits to the Lenten website of the U.S. bishops.
The site contains a variety of text resources as well as audio/visual resources provided by the Catholic Communication... READ MORE
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