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Conversations: Holy Week
In the March episode of Conversations, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz and Reed Yadon discuss the Creed and Holy Week.
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Celebrations of Faith - St. Patrick's Day
By Dr. Brian B. Reynolds, Chancellor
Archdiocese of Louisville
For the past 30+ years, my wife and I and our children have celebrated St. Patrick's Day in a big way. We look forward to this annual gathering of family and friends as much as we do any holiday. Some of what we do dates back to my early childhood and some to other traditions based on lessons I learned when I taught at the seminary in Ireland during the 1980s. The day before March 17, we hang the flag of Ireland over our door and sometimes hide lighted leprechauns in bushes in the front yard. As with many cultural and religious traditions, our celebration revolves around two elements: prayer and food. The evening begins with an Irish prayer that honors St. Patrick as the patron of bishops and bartenders. The prayer says goodbye to winter and welcomes spring, and we always remember family members who died in the past year. Read More... |
Conclave: The Making of a Pope
Thank you to Catholic News Services for sharing this 5 minute video about how the pope is chosen.
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How Is a New Pope Chosen?
From: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
When a pope dies or resigns, the governance of the Catholic Church passes to the College of Cardinals. Cardinals are bishops and Vatican officials from all over the world, personally chosen by the pope, recognizeable by their distinctive red vestments. Their primary responsibility is to elect a new pope.
Following a vacancy in the papacy, the cardinals hold a series of meetings at the Vatican called general congregations. They discuss the needs and the challenges facing the Catholic Church globally. They will also prepare for the upcoming papal election, called a conclave. Decisions that only the pope can make, such as appointing a bishop or convening the Synod of Bishops, must wait till after the election. In the past, they made arrangements for the funeral and burial of the deceased pope.
In the past, 15 to 20 days after a papal vacancy, the cardinals gathered in St. Peter's Basilica for a Mass invoking the guidance of the Holy Spirit in electing a new pope. Read More... |
98% of Goal - Catholic Services Appeal
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With your support, the Catholic Services Appeal can hit 100% of goal. Help support the work that brings Christ to others every day.
Click here to make a donation online to the Catholic Services Appeal.
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The Blog Spot
This section includes local and national blogs that will inspire, teach, and call to action. Featured this month is the DotMagis Blog, which offers reflections, including resources for Lent, drawn from Ignatian spirituality and authored by Jesuit and Ignatian sources around the world.
Who Am I? Asked in Light of the Two Standards
This is a guest post by Michelle Francl-Donnay for Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
What do I want to be? Who do I want to be? If my students could have read my thought bubbles this last week, I'm certain many of them would have been startled. Uh, don't you know by now? I know that I am, to their eyes, old enough to be a grandmother- if not theirs, someone's. Old enough, they must think, to be certain what and who I am.
True enough. Barring disaster, the broad outlines are unlikely to change. I am a wife and mother. A teacher, scientist, and writer. My life is settled, grace-filled, and often awash in joy.
Yet I understand that none of this truly defines who I am, for I have met disaster of a magnitude that can upend the seemingly settled, unravel the most carefully laid plans, and strip away even the most cherished of my extrinsic identities. When I was a young professor, I left for work one morning married, only to return home two days later a widow. Read More...
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