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Visit Our Resource Bank!
With the arrival of the summer months, most ministries traditionally enter a slower period of time with scheduled programming occurring less frequently and staff taking well deserved vacation time. On a personal level, usually each of us find ourselves with a little more free time during these summer months to enjoy the company of friends and family, and embrace more opportunities to simply relax.
 This time of year also provides us with the ideal opportunity to spiritually "recharge our batteries" and, in some cases, prepare for the upcoming year of ministerial programming. Here at the Catholic Apostolate Center we have created a wide array of digital resource pages related to Church teaching on a variety of topics. Each page is filled with links to various Church documents, video presentations, and other reputable Church resources. Whether your summer goals might be to refresh your upcoming ministry programming or to simply dig deeper into Pope Francis' latest encyclical, we have the resources to help you achieve those goals and invite you to check out some of the resource pages listed below!
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Pope Francis Portal - With Pope Francis' upcoming Papal Visit to the United States, this page offers many opportunities to get to know our pontiff better through his recent speeches, travels and homilies.
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Catholic Social Teaching -From the Dignity of Work to the Dignity of the Human Person, this resource page provides many insights related to this topic.
- Marriage and Family Resources - An ideal way to bring the relevant topics to be discussed at the upcoming World Meeting of Families to your own ministry, whether or not you'll be in Philadelphia.
- Vocational Discernment Resources - God calls each
 of us to follow him in different ways. These resources are aimed to assist men and women in discerning God's call for their life. - Consecrated Life Portal - This Year of Consecrated Life presents the perfect opportunity to learn more about those who have followed God's call to serve him in consecrated life.
- Prayer and Catechesis - From an e-book of the Catechism to daily reflections on the lives of the saints, this page is always a great resource to visit when looking to learn more about the Faith.
- Collaboration in Ministry - As you look forward to another year of ministry programming, we encourage you to explore some of these best practices in ministry collaboration.
We encourage you explore these resources and the many more not listed here on our Online Resources webpage. As always, we invite your feedback to help us continually improve our many faith-based resource offerings.
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Following the release of Pope Francis' latest encyclical, Laudato Si', the world is still reading and discussing this document with great excitement. We invite you to visit our resource page which compiles official links to the text of the encyclical and related Church teachings and commentary as well as some additional information from Catholic media outlets. Click here or the above image to visit this dedicated webpage and be sure to share it with family, friends and colleagues. |
In this webinar, you will learn about the importance of being receptive to the reality of sexuality, which is meant to be both unitive and life-giving. This webinar will also explore the way of life that is natural family planning, as well as the spiritual attitudes that are necessary to make it a viable possibility. |
PAST WEBINAR
Transforming Heartache into Hope: Walking With Couples Experiencing Infertility
According to the CDC, 1 in 8 couples experience infertility, and for many of them the pain is a biological, social and spiritual test. How is a Catholic couple to respond to the challenge of infertility; and what support can be offered by pastors and parish communities?
This webinar addresses the spiritual, moral and relational challenges associated with infertility. It uncovers the opportunities for individuals' and couples' spiritual growth, and ways the Church (pastors, religious, and the parish community) can walk with the couple experiencing infertility. Childless couples can become powerful evangelizers of Christ's life-giving suffering and bring forth love and hope in the Church and the world.
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Support the Catholic Apostolate Center
Recently, we launched a campaign to seek financial support in support of our ministry. With your contributions, we can continue to provide resources and partnerships to Catholics and Church ministers worldwide. By supporting us, you can help revive faith, rekindle charity and form apostles - not only here the in the United States, but around the world. Click the button below to contribute today.
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Hispanic Leadership and Philanthropy for a 21st Century Church
On June 24-25, 2015, Catholic Apostolate Center Director, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. participated in the Hispanic Leadership and Philanthropy for a 21st Century Church Symposium sponsored by National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA), the Mexican American Catholic College, and the University of the Incarnate Word. The symposium participants were leaders in Catholic ministry, academia, and philanthropy from around the United States. The group engaged in developing strategies for expanding leadership formation and organizational capacity, enhancing youth and young adult leadership and education, and widening the circle of philanthropic leaders. Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, Archbishop of San Antonio, and Archbishop José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles, were two noted speakers presenting at this symposium. Click here for more information on this event. |
Upcoming Speaking Events
Tuesday, July 28 at 7pm
Baltimore Frassati Fellowship - Theology on Tap
Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C., Director, Catholic Apostolate Center
Greene Turtle, Fells Point, 722 South Broadway, Baltimore, MD
August 17-19
2015 J.S. Paluch Vocations Seminar
Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C., Director, Catholic Apostolate Center  Since 1988, the J.S. Paluch Vocation Seminar gathers together vocation leaders from across
the country in an effort to promote a culture of vocations. This invitation-only event is held each August in Chicago, IL. This year's theme is "Vocation Ministry: Keys to Collaboration"and Center Director, Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. has been invited to offer the keynote presentation and concelebrate Mass with Archbishop Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago. Attendees include representatives from youth and campus ministry, marriage and family life, communications, and ethnic ministries from the U.S. and Canada.
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From the Ad Infinitum Blog
Lily
by William Clemens
Student, The Catholic University of America
Beauty can be seen in everything and everyone, if only we have the courage and wisdom to look hard enough. Such avenues of beauty are the various art forms of life, for example, works of art, music, literature, friendships, emotion, or moments indescribable by words. Art forms are anything that leave an impression on us, for life itself is the grandest of art forms that pours forth in everything it is. It is hard for us all to see the beauty in suffering or in times of darkness, but that doesn't mean it isn't there, in the wrinkles and the silver linings that radiate beauty in a different light than what we are used to. For life, beauty is there.
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Patron of:
Laborers
Occupation: Fisherman Known for: Being the brother of John, the Beloved disciple Quote:
"He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him" (Mark 1:19-20).
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