List of Child Saints

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Archbishop Charles Chaput Speaks About Immigration

On Sunday, March 19, 2017, the feast of St. Joseph, Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM Cap., ordinary of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, called a 4pm prayer service at his See, the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul. During the prayer service, he gave the following homily:

I was hoping to have a cathedral full of people who disagree with where the Church stands on immigration. However I suspect most of us here today stand where the Church stands.

Nonetheless I’m going to preach about where the Church stands, and we together can pray we can move the conversation about immigration along in that direction.

First Laotian Blesseds!

From Radio Vatican:

On 11 Dec, 2016, the Catholic Church of Laos welcomed its first group of Blessed. More than a thousand Catholics witnessed the Beatification ceremony of the 17 martyrs of Laos, presided over by Filipino Orlando Cardinal Quevedo in the Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Laotian capital Vientiane.  The group of 17 martyrs known as “Joseph Tien and his 16 companions” met their end in the last century in the hands of Communist Pathet Lao forces. A miracle is now needed to clear them for canonization or sainthood.  Since the Dec. 11 Beatification, Laotian Catholic communities as well as religious congregations associated with the martyrs have been celebrating thanksgiving Masses.

German Oblate of Mary Immaculate priest,  Fr. Thomas Klosterkamp is the postulator or promoter of the sainthood cause of the 17 martyrs of Laos.  He was not present at the Beatification in Vientianne but came to know about it from those who attended the ceremony.  Today, in the first of a 2-part interview, Fr. Klosterkamp begins by telling us about the Beatification in Vientianne.

The Last Word: Thoughts on the Readings for Sunday VI in “Ordinary” Time

 

The readings from yesterday give us a stark choice: Each person has before him life and death, good and evil, light or darkness. “To whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand…. Whichever he chooses shall be given him…. No one does [God] command to act unjustly, to none does he give license to sin.”

Mother Catalina de María Rodríguez

Great news! We will soon have a new blessed. See more here.

Resolutions for the Liturgical New Year

Every year during Advent I want to

Parishes named for our newest saint

Over a dozen parishes around the country (and probably many more internationally) saw a name change when Bl. Teresa of Kolkatta (i.e., Calcutta) was canonized (i.e., added to the canon — that is, list — of saints) as St. Teresa of Kolkatta. Most still use the archaic form of spelling her city’s name.

Here are the town in which they are located: 

Recent Saints News

New book on Bl. Nazju Falzon, Maltese blessed

Icon commissioned for the Servant of God Fr. Augustus Tolton

French archbishop plans speedy cause for beatification of Father Hamel as martyr

 

The Gentleman’s Guide To Dating: How To Be a Man in a Sea of Boys

In a world where chivalry and courtship seem to be the stuff of history books, and men complain that they shouldn’t have to pay for dinner if women want equality – it is plain to see that we need t…

Source: The Gentleman’s Guide To Dating: How To Be a Man in a Sea of Boys

Movie Review: Bad Moms reveals a culture gone bad.

WARNING: The following contains many spoiler alerts for the film Bad Moms and has frank descriptions of the movie’s very adult content.

You can spend over $10 on a movie ticket to learn that American culture is at its nadir. Or you can believe me, because I have seen it in the form of a ridiculously bad film now raking it in at the box office.

The movie in question: Bad Moms.