CSC MISSION: To educate, inform and inspire YOU-

To conserve, preserve, & protect ALL creation.

What is a Dog? The Monks of New Skete

The MONKS OF NEW SKETE are best known in the world at large for their breeding and training of German Shepherds as companions and guide dogs in upper New York state. These magnificent animals are called THE NEW SKETE DOGS. Their German Shepherds can be found all across the globe.  

They have worked hard to develop their unique approach to canine training and they have acquired an excellent reputation. The Brothers advocate the philosophy that "understanding is the key to communication, compassion, and communion" with your dog. There is a tone in their work to the natural fundamentals which is the basis of the harmony that dog and human enjoy. MEET THE DOG TRAINING MONKS. The Brothers consider their dogs more than a source of money, they see each dog as a reflection on their community. Each dog has a trainer and the dog becomes involved in the elements of the monastic rhythm of life. The Brothers feel that the quiet harmony of the monastery surroundings enhances the humans and dogs to learn better. The Monks of New Skete have written several dog-training manuals, including The Art of Raising a Puppy and How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend: The Classic Training Manual for Dog Owners.

As a monastic community, the Monks of New Skete live with the conviction that an authentic and vibrant monasticism is an essential ingredient to healthy Church life. By nature, the monastic vocation is contemplative and apostolic, challenging both the Church and the world at large to fuller life; therefore, they see their primary responsibility as being authentic monastics.

Anchored in a daily cycle of matins and vespers (with Divine Liturgy on Sundays and feast days), they try to make themselves available to all who come to the monastery, in a manner that is in keeping with their vocation.

Many people visit the monastery each year as dog customers. Not only do they offer a breeding program, but they conduct a 3-week obedience training program for all breeds of dogs.

Raising your dog with the Monks of New Skete  

Saint Francis of Assisi: Celebrating Creation

~by Susi Pittman

I am forever in love with Saint Francis of Assisi. His life speaks more spiritually to me today than any other person. His teachings are more relative...even more so today than perhaps the time he lived in. In getting to know Francis so well, there is a Franciscan Friar who wrote the masterpiece that changed my life. You must meet him.

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Stewards of the Voice of God: Are you listening?

~by Father Ron Camarda

God speaks to us all with a "still small voice." Father Ron shares a personal experience on hearing that "voice" and how it changed his day.

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Losing the Ones We Love 

~by Sister Marie Rene, S.S.J.

Losing a loved one can cause such pain and there are so many sorrows that accompany it. Sister Rene knows and shares her insights.

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Slow Moving Giant Snails 

~by Frank Gromling

There's an invasion of an alien species in South Florida...and it isn't the Burmese python. It's slow moving and is a danger to the state's second most important economy...agriculture. Do you know what it is?

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A saint that "rocks" is what Mary is talking about this week. She is a saint that is "impossible" to overlook.

We offer our prayers and condolences to Louis on the loss of his beloved Debbie. May the Lord receive her beautiful soul and may the eternal, loving embrace of Jesus surround you and your daughters until you reunite again in the joy of heaven.

She was a Algonquin/Iroquois Native American woman who was a early convert to Roman Catholicism. Known as the LILY OF THE MOHAWKS, she is the FIRST Native American to venerated by the Roman Catholic Church. Steward Joe takes us on a journey into the beautiful heart of a soon to be Saint!

It is the story of the vision and founding of the world's most beloved animal sanctuary. Michele has been a Guardian Angel member of

BEST FRIENDS

for many years and is proud to share this magnificent journey into the heart of compassion for God's beautiful creatures, those animals who would be our pets.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan: Jesus, The Holy Name Behind The Church  

NEW AFFILIATE SHOPPING for YOU!  

We continue to build a small but, well focused group of vendors, offering products in line with stewardship of the earth and its creatures. By visiting these product sites from our page, you are helping to support our mission.

is a small batch coffee roaster operated by the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming through an online gourmet coffee bean store. Many consider their website the ultimate source for gourmet coffee where it is easy to buy coffee online. The monks carefully craft each freshly roasted coffee to perfection for dark roast coffees, espresso, ground coffees, whole bean coffees, single origin coffees, fair trade coffees, flavored coffees and especially the monks' special gourmet coffee blends. Try our special auto delivered coffee subscriptions also for the best coffee online.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MOUNTAIN ROSE HERBS

MOUNTAIN ROSE HERBS has always taken a formidable and uncompromising stand when it comes to the protection and sustainability of our natural world and the delicate systems which balance all life as we know it. This complex and venerable planet produces all of the products we share with you, and it is simply a matter of appreciation and respect that must be given. Not only do we lead the industry in environmental stewardship, we also adhere to strict principles and protocols that ensure fair treatment and compensation for the people involved with the production of our products; both domestically and overseas.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MOUNTAIN ROSE HERBS

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A Division of Engineering Services & Products Company, FarmTek was founded in 1979 with the purpose of bringing the highest quality products at the most competitive prices with exceptional customer service directly to the agricultural, horticultural, building and retail trade communities.

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Beth Shady and her Seaweed Art

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I believe that nature and art meet when the variety of seaweed's colors, shapes and textures naturally lend themselves to artistic expression. SeaweedArt is a gift from the sea.

My name is Beth Shady and I am a nature artist. I create art using raw materials I find in nature- like seaweed, which is my favorite medium.

I live in Santa Cruz, CA with my seafaring, surfer husband Bill and our five kids.

Our quaint, beach community is celebrated for its temperate climate, pristine beaches, rocky shores and surfing.

I created this blog a few years ago to write about the joy and pleasure I experience living by the beach. I moved here from the East coast almost 20 years ago and I am still in awe of the natural beauty that surrounds me. I want to share my love of the sea with you.

All of the seaweed used in my SeaweedArt cards has been sustainably harvested from the Monterey Bay in accordance with the regulations for seaweed harvesting along the West Coast of North America.

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Cloistered: Gods Women of Steel

"Cloistered: God's Women of Steel" is a documentary film about the Poor Clare Nuns at The Our Lady of The Angels Monastery, a cloistered Catholic community in Hanceville, Alabama.

Separated from the world, the Sisters offer adoration and thanksgiving to God as well as prayers for the souls of the world around the clock, 24/7.

Viewers will hear about the lives of the Sisters and their uplifting stories of discernment, soul-searching, prayer and joy and their remarkable personal vocation journeys along the way to becoming Catholic Nuns in the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, P.C.P.A. Religious Order.

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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery out of which grew the world's LARGEST religious network-ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION Network. Purchase your copy of the story of the remarkable nun, Mother Angelica who founded both.

MOTHER ANGELICA:  

THE REMARKABLE STORY OF A NUN

HER NERVE, AND A NETWORK OF MIRACLES. Through hours of interviews with Mother Angelica, EWTN's Raymond Arroyo brings to light her path from Canton, Ohio, to the Bible Belt, to the perilous heights of television fame. This unauthorized biography provides her life lessons and priceless reflections. Get your copy by CLICKING HERE.

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Family Theater

www.familytheater.org  

Father "Willy" Raymond, a Holy Cross priest, has served as National Director of Family Theater Productions since September 2000.

Candidate for sainthood, Father Patrick Peyton, CSC, founded Family Theater in 1947 to evangelize the culture using the mass media to educate, entertain and inspire families. Father Peyton popularized the now famous saying, "The family that prays together stays together. "

Today, Father Raymond leads a dynamic and competent Family Theater Productions staff that:

• Produces dramas and documentaries for broadcast on television, film and the internet;
• Produces Spanish language radio dramas, documentaries and public service announcements;
• Is releasing 500+ digitally re-mastered classic radio dramas from the golden age of Hollywood;
• Conducts an annual international film competition for university students called Angelus Student Film Festival that "cultivates and honors future filmmakers as they explore and create works that respect the dignity of the human person;"
• Manages a nationwide public-service outdoor advertising campaign featuring messages of universal spiritual appeal such as "The family that prays together stays together," and "A world at prayer is a world at peace," among others;
• Supervises "Hollywood Prays," a series of outreach efforts to young Catholics and others in Hollywood that includes a monthly 'Prayer and Pasta,' RCIA, Going Deeper, and Theology of the Body.

Before coming to Family Theater Productions, Father Raymond served as Director of Campus Ministry at Stonehill College in Massachusetts, in administration at Stonehill and the Congregation of Holy Cross. In addition, he served on the Board of Trustees at King's College and Stonehill College and on the Board of Directors of Holy Cross Family Ministries.

A native of Old Town, Maine and one of twelve children, he entered Holy Cross Fathers in 1964, earned a BA in Philosophy from Stonehill College in 1967 and a Masters Degree in Theology from the University of Notre Dame in 1971. He was ordained a priest of Holy Cross on April 3, 1971. In addition to English he is conversant in French and Spanish. He resides at Saint Monica's parish in Santa Monica, CA.

Crafolic: A Catholic who enjoys faith-centered crafts, games and activities  

CAMP GRAY: Faith, Friends, & Fun!

Camp Gray is the Catholic Summer Camp and year-round Retreat Center of the Diocese of  

Madison, WI.

Since 1953, in everything we do, we incorporate the Catholic faith, encourage love of neighbor, and have tons of fun! With nine one-week sessions of summer camp for campers in 2nd-12th grade, countless retreats throughout the school year for middle school and high school students, and a festive Family Camp weekend each Labor Day Weekend, there are many opportunities to enjoy our beautiful 225 acres of God's beauty!

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Growing CATNIP for our Feline Family

When a cat encounters catnip, it usually sniffs it, rubs against it, licks it & finally eats it. It's actually the sniffing that gets produces the high, it's believed that cats eat catnip to bruise the catnip & therefore release more of the nepetalactone. The high produced will usually last between five & ten minutes.

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Eating is believing: A U.S. Catholic interview with Chef Kevin Gillespie 

Take a Trip to Mars in a Spaceship Running on "Antimatter"

Humankind's fascination with Mars seems boundless. Kosmo's interest in this butterscotch world began as soon as he knew what a planet was. Yet one particular television program launched his interest into hyperspace, and that was Mars and Beyond, produced by the Walt Disney Company.

CLICK HERE and take a fanciful journey into the realm of Sci-Fi and journey to Mars with someone who is sure to stir your space imaginings.