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Re-imagining Shepherds
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Re-imagining Shepherds

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by on Nov 15, 2012 in Catechesis, Columnists, Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Law & Justice, Live in Christ, The Homosexual Agenda, The Social Order
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What comes to your mind when you hear the familiar Bible passage from Luke 2:8-10, where the angels appear to the shepherds to proclaim the birth of a savior and His peace? Do you picture cute, little, cherub-faced boys and girls? Do you imagine shepherds that look like those sappy Precious Moments figurines you see […]

Ten Ways to Celebrate the Year of Faith
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Ten Ways to Celebrate the Year of Faith

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by on Oct 09, 2012 in Columnists, Featured, Live in Christ
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With his Apostolic Letter of October 11, 2011, Porta Fidei,  Pope Benedict XVI declared that a Year of Faith would begin on October 11, 2012, and conclude on November 24, 2013. The first day of the Year of Faith marks the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the twentieth anniversary of the publication […]

Parents Militant: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
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Parents Militant: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

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by on Sep 22, 2012 in Featured, Parenting
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The minute a child is born, his identity begins to form. As he is exposed to different things, he learns how to perceive the world. He learns what is right, what he should not do, what happiness is, and what sorrow means. He observes and then reacts. Most of all, his virgin mind absorbs the […]

Counseled to Abort in a Catholic Hospital
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Counseled to Abort in a Catholic Hospital

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by on Sep 13, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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“What’s going on?” asked the therapist. “I told my doctor that I am having issues with anxiety. I’ve had three babies in the last four years and just found I’m pregnant again, and no matter how hard I try, I keep having panic attacks. I feel out of control. I’m ready to admit I need […]

How the Sacraments Can Transform Your Family
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How the Sacraments Can Transform Your Family

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by on Sep 12, 2012 in Catechesis, Featured, On Books, Parenting
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Elizabeth Ficocelli, an adult convert to the Catholic faith, is a woman in love with the sacraments. That love shines forth in her latest book, Seven from Heaven: How the Sacraments Can Heal, Nurture, and Protect Your Family Today. She believes that teaching about the sacraments is “the perfect catechetical tool . . . to […]

New Study: What Catholic Women Think About Contraception
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New Study: What Catholic Women Think About Contraception

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by on Sep 05, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Women
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Mary Rice Hasson, J.D., a Fellow in the Catholic Studies Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington D.C., and director of the Women, Faith, and Culture project together with Michele M. Hill who has been active in apostolates within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, have issued a preliminary report, What Catholic Women Think About Faith, Conscience, and Contraception, in which 824 church-going Catholic women ages 18-54 […]

10 Things to Consider When Sharing your Catholic Faith
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10 Things to Consider When Sharing your Catholic Faith

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by on Jul 17, 2012 in Featured, Vocations
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“Conversion requires convincing of sin, it includes the interior judgment of conscience, and this, being proof of the action of the Spirit of Truth in man’s inmost being, becomes at the same time the start of a new grant of grace and love” — Blessed John Paul II, DeV 31; CCC 1848 “I can’t believe […]

The Secret Life of Sacred Scripture: An Interview with Stephen J. Binz
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The Secret Life of Sacred Scripture: An Interview with Stephen J. Binz

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by on Jul 02, 2012 in Catechesis, Featured
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Stephen J. Binz’s passion is teaching Catholics to engage in an intimate and powerful dialogue with God through Sacred Scripture. With graduate degrees from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome and Hebrew University in Jerusalem, he is a much sought-after author and speaker. Ten years ago, he completed additional graduate studies in social work and […]

The Bible Tells Me So: A Southern Gent Wows Catholic Kids with the Bible
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The Bible Tells Me So: A Southern Gent Wows Catholic Kids with the Bible

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by on Jun 23, 2012 in Education, Featured, On Books
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We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders which he has wrought. He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children; that the next […]

Keeping Faith with Your Grandchildren
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Keeping Faith with Your Grandchildren

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by on Jun 06, 2012 in Featured, Parenting
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“Do you know any songs?” I asked my nearly 3-year-old granddaughter as the two us walked hand-in-hand to a nearby store. “Uh huh,” she answered. So I started “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and she joined in, shouting out the next word whenever I paused. Hmmm . . . “Father, Son, Holy Spirit,” I said, and she […]

Did Jesus Really Sin?
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Did Jesus Really Sin?

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by on May 08, 2012 in Catechesis, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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Did Jesus really sin? Apparently nearly 60% of all practicing Catholic within the Diocese of Camden, NJ believe so. This was the findings of a religious survey  commissioned by the Diocese of Camden, with the intent and purpose of finding out what people know and understand about their Catholic faith. These results should put all […]

I Teach to Save Souls
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I Teach to Save Souls

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by on Mar 08, 2012 in Education, Featured, Vocations
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Imagine someone coming up to you and without hesitation telling you: “I desire to save your soul.” This is exactly what St. John Bosco would do in his attempt to rescue the kids of Turin, Italy from the depths of despair.  He would make his point very clear to the youths he would encounter in the […]

God of Gods: Scrutinizing the Inscrutable
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God of Gods: Scrutinizing the Inscrutable

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by on Nov 29, 2011 in Featured, Live in Christ
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“O give thanks unto the God of gods: for His mercy endures forever” (Psalm 136:2). I often ponder the Scriptural phrase “God of gods.” It refers, naturally, to the Lord’s creative powers and sovereign prerogatives. God is the Maker and the Ruler of all things, “doing whatever He pleases” (Psalm 115:3). He is the Source […]

The New Roman Missal: A Fresh Encounter with the Liturgy
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The New Roman Missal: A Fresh Encounter with the Liturgy

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by on Nov 27, 2011 in Catechesis
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The experience of many Catholics at Mass reminds me of my cousin Stefano’s first time at an American football game.  Coming from Italy, Stefano knew football very well—but his “football” is our soccer! So when he first visited the States, and our family took him to see the Chicago Bears, he failed to fully grasp […]

Co-Redemptrix? Thinking Critically About Mary
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Co-Redemptrix? Thinking Critically About Mary

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by on Nov 18, 2011 in Catechesis, Featured
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I have great love for Mary of Nazareth, the God-bearer, whose womb housed Divine Wisdom. Given my tender feelings, I undertake this article with hesitation, lest I should appear hostile. Nothing would upset me more than to dishonor our Lady, whose submission allowed the Eternal Logos to assume man’s frail flesh. Nevertheless, I feel compelled […]

The New Roman Missal: Focus on Christology
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The New Roman Missal: Focus on Christology

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by on Nov 14, 2011 in Catechesis, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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From “We believe” to “I believe” Can a one-letter word really make a great difference?  In the case of the revised translation of the Nicene Creed in the new Roman Missal, the answer is emphatically, “Yes!” Instead of starting the Creed by saying, “We believe in one God…” we will begin by saying, “I believe […]

The Rosary: A Weapon of Mass Instruction, Part 4
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The Rosary: A Weapon of Mass Instruction, Part 4

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by on Nov 03, 2011 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured
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We continue our reflection on the mysteries of the rosary as a means of entering more deeply into the sacred mysteries made present in Holy Mass with an examination of The Glorious Mysteries. 1. The Resurrection of the Lord And in the end of the Sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day […]

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Which is Worst Kind of Catholic?

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by on Nov 02, 2011 in Featured, Live in Christ
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Is it better to be an ex-Catholic or cultural Catholic? An ex-Catholic is on the outside of the fullness of faith while a cultural Catholic is on the inside but not getting it–or rather not accepting it. An ex-Catholic has left a church he probably didn’t understand.  Otherwise, he would not have walked away from […]

He Said What?! The How <em>and How Not</em> of Teaching by Personal Experience
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He Said What?! The How and How Not of Teaching by Personal Experience

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by on Oct 03, 2011 in Catechesis, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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“He said what?!”  These were the first words that came out of my mouth when I heard my Confirmation teacher explicitly go into detail about how it was perfectly all right to have sex with your girlfriend if you truly “loved” her. Naturally, he told us he had sex with his girlfriend because he loved […]

Doctrine: Nourishing Milk for the Soul
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Doctrine: Nourishing Milk for the Soul

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by on Sep 14, 2011 in Catechesis, Featured
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Many years ago, I had an encounter with a coworker that would forever ignite a stronger desire to articulate Church doctrine in a clear practical manner. The story goes this way. I had recently finished developing a pilot Adult Education program for the Diocese I worked in at the time. The Bishop of the Diocese […]

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I’m Catholic; Now What?

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by on Jun 28, 2011 in Featured, Vocations
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But as for you man of God, shun all this; aim at righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness. Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses (1 Tim 6:11-12). At times, there are certain […]

Catholic “Fluff” – The Enemy Within
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Catholic “Fluff” – The Enemy Within

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by on Feb 10, 2011 in Catechesis
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We don’t like to speak the truth about evil because we’re going to hurt somebody.  Let me tell you, you are going to hurt somebody, but that somebody is God.  If you would rather hurt God than your neighbor, there is something wrong with your spirituality.  It’s your obligation to speak the truth and everyone […]

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“But, Why…?”

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by on Feb 04, 2011 in Parenting
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I have been nibbling away at a book titled, The Difference God Makes, by Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I.  I say nibbling away because what Cardinal George has to say about the role of the Catholic faith in our modern word is so incredibly rich that to read it straight through would be like trying to […]

Who Does God Use?
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Who Does God Use?

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by on Jan 23, 2011 in Education, Live in Christ
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“It takes no great military expert to predict the results of a war in which large numbers of the solders do not fight, do not even know there is a war on. The officers are essential, and obedience to them is essential. But an army in which only the officers fights is likely to have […]