One of the most significant fault lines in Western culture opened up in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when what we now know as the “modern” world separated itself from the classical and medieval world.
Articles By: The Catholic Spirit
Three women play guiding role on road to vocation
“As an altar boy, I experienced a joy and deep peace unlike anything outside of Mass. I knew my life had to be based on nearness to the Eucharist in a consecrated way.” – Deacon Andrew Jaspers
Argument club aims to help women grow in faith
It’s usually not hard to find an argument. But a constructive and thought-provoking debate tends to be less common.
Eucharistic adoration leads to thoughts of priesthood
“On a whim, I signed up for a weekly hour of eucharistic adoration when I was a senior in high school. It was after a couple months of eucharistic adoration that I met Jesus.
Not too long after that I began to ask questions about my life, and the priesthood was a prospect.” – Deacon Andrew Brinkman
Christ is united to us in our suffering
It is often asked, “If there is a God, why does he allow us to suffer?” Suffering, for the most part, is something we do not want.
What are the origins of Memorial Day?
Are you having a parade in your town this Memorial Day? If the answer is yes, you’re not alone. Most towns do.
While passing through, don’t forget to stop and visit
Discovering his mother’s grave was not as simple a task as my friend had imagined. Finally, we headed to the cemetery office to expedite the search. The office building was rather imposing, befitting the reputation of Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, Calif.
Memorial Day Masses honor soldiers, pioneer priests
The following cemeteries in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will have extended hours throughout the Memorial Day weekend: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 25; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 26; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, May 27.
Vermont called ‘death state’ with doctor-assisted suicide
Now that Vermont allows “doctor-prescribed suicide,” the “magnificent landscape of this state, which echoes life from its majestic mountains to its powerful waterways, no longer is reflected in the laws which govern the Green Mountain State,” said the head of the statewide Diocese of Burlington.
Freedom Forum is June 22 in Mendota
A Freedom Forum addressing contemporary threats to religious freedom and the rights and responsibilities of Catholics will be held from 8 a.m. to noon June 22 at St. Peter in Mendota.
Quotes from this weeks newsmakers – May 23, 2013
“We want to put the missionary Gospel in the pockets of every young person around the world.”
— Oblate Father Andrew Small, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States, speaking May 17 to Pope Francis about the society’s new Missio app that offers news and information in English and several other languages
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