• Holy Trinity Sunday and Marriage

    Updated: 2010-05-31 15:48:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , May 31, 2010 Holy Trinity Sunday and Marriage They go together at least in the Diocese of Kansas City St . Joseph where couples celebrating 50th Anniversaries and more gather at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for a special Mass celebrated by Bishop Robert W . Finn . I note as an aside that Feast of the Holy Trinity and marriage literally joined together this year for this blogger and his wife Lynn as we celebrated our 18th anniversary on Sunday . Following is Bishop Finn’s homily from the Jubilarian : Mass Dear Jubilarians , Dear Friends in Christ , all In his first encyclical , which he entitled , God is Love , 8221 our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the love of the Holy Trinity God the Father , Son , and Holy Spirit , as the

  • A Catholic Memorial Day

    Updated: 2010-05-31 08:53:18
    Search Catholicism Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Share Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Prayers Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Scott's Catholicism Blog By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide to Catholicism My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to : iGoogle My Yahoo RSS A Catholic Memorial Day Monday May 31, 2010 Across the country , Memorial Day is too often treated simply as the beginning of summer or , at least , of the vacation season . The elaborate Memorial Day celebrations of years past , which used to be found in every town and city , are now few and far between . Even among those who still observe Memorial Day , its original meaning has often been lost . As Chuck Sweeny , a columnist for the Rockford Register Star once pointed out in a Memorial Day

  • The Feast of the Visitation

    Updated: 2010-05-31 07:56:27
    Search Catholicism Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Share Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Prayers Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Scott's Catholicism Blog By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide to Catholicism My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to : iGoogle My Yahoo RSS See More : About the visitation the virgin mary the annunciation john the baptist the liturgy of the hours The Feast of the Visitation Monday May 31, 2010 May 31 is the Feast of the Visitation , the day on which the Blessed Virgin Mary , having been told at the Annunciation by the angel Gabriel that she had been chosen to bear the Son of God , went to visit her cousin Elizabeth , who herself was pregnant with John the Baptist . The scene is beautiful : As Mary greets her cousin , the baby leaps

  • Trinity Sunday: The Core of Our Faith

    Updated: 2010-05-30 09:31:11
    : Search Catholicism Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Share Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Prayers Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Scott's Catholicism Blog By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide to Catholicism My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to : iGoogle My Yahoo RSS Trinity Sunday : The Core of Our Faith Sunday May 30, 2010 With the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday the Church was born . Thus , it is appropriate that , on the very next Sunday , we celebrate one of the central mysteries of our faith : the Holy Trinity . We often think that what separates Christianity from other monotheistic religions such as Judaism and Islam is the Incarnation Christ becoming man--and , in one sense , that's true . But the difference runs a bit deeper , since

  • Remembering the Fallen

    Updated: 2010-05-27 15:46:41
    Search Catholicism Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Share Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Prayers Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Scott's Catholicism Blog By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide to Catholicism My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to : iGoogle My Yahoo RSS Remembering the Fallen Thursday May 27, 2010 During peacetime , it is perhaps not surprising that Americans lose sight of the meaning of Memorial Day . We treat it as if it is simply the start of summer or , at best , as a day to honor the veterans of foreign wars . But the true purpose of Memorial Day is to celebrate not those who survived , but those who fell . Veterans march in parades not in their own honor but in honor of their fellow soldiers , sailors , aviators , and Marines who never

  • Wordless Wednesday: Remembering the Papal Mass in Yankee Stadium

    Updated: 2010-05-26 11:24:23
    : Search Catholicism Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Share Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Prayers Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Scott's Catholicism Blog By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide to Catholicism My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to : iGoogle My Yahoo RSS Wordless Wednesday : Remembering the Papal Mass in Yankee Stadium Wednesday May 26, 2010 Photo by Jim McIsaac Getty Images A quick contest this week . The winner will be the first person who can tell me what's a bit odd about this plaque today . There's a clue in the previous sentence . I'll announce the winner in next week's Wordless Wednesday . post Gallery of Previous Wordless Wednesday Images Wordless Wednesday on About.com More Wordless Wednesday Comments 1 See All Posts Share Prev Leave a

  • No Catholic Burial for Woman "Priest"

    Updated: 2010-05-25 12:47:54
    Search Catholicism Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Share Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Prayers Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Scott's Catholicism Blog By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide to Catholicism My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to : iGoogle My Yahoo RSS No Catholic Burial for Woman Priest Tuesday May 25, 2010 The first line of the story on the website of CBS 2, a television station out of Chicago , is : provocative There are tough questions for the Archdiocese of Chicago after it denied a lifelong Roman Catholic a church . funeral But as Gertrude Stein famously remarked of Oakland , California , There's no there there . Here are the facts : Janine Denomme described by CBS 2 as a devoted parishioner at St . Gertrude's Roman Catholic Church on

  • Novena of the Week: Short Novena for Corpus Christi

    Updated: 2010-05-25 07:13:16
    : Search Catholicism Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Share Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Prayers Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Scott's Catholicism Blog By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide to Catholicism My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to : iGoogle My Yahoo RSS Novena of the Week : Short Novena for Corpus Christi Tuesday May 25, 2010 We tend to think of the period after Pentecost Sunday as a quiet time in the life of the Church . The use of the term Ordinary Time in the new liturgical calendar promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1969 reinforces that sense . Yet over the next few weeks , the calendar features some very important . feasts This coming Sunday is Trinity Sunday which celebrates the most fundamental of Christian beliefs . The Thursday after

  • The Season of Ordinations

    Updated: 2010-05-25 06:32:45
    Search Catholicism Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Share Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Prayers Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Scott's Catholicism Blog By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide to Catholicism My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to : iGoogle My Yahoo RSS The Season of Ordinations Tuesday May 25, 2010 The weeks after Pentecost Sunday are traditionally the period in which the Catholic Church ordains men to the priesthood . While the end of the academic year plays a role in this schedule , a more important consideration is the connection between the Sacrament of Holy Orders and the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles at Pentecost . After that day , the birthday of the Church , the Apostles--the original bishops--began to select other men to

  • World Day of Prayer for the Church in China

    Updated: 2010-05-24 07:17:17
    Search Catholicism Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Share Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Prayers Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Scott's Catholicism Blog By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide to Catholicism My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to : iGoogle My Yahoo RSS World Day of Prayer for the Church in China Monday May 24, 2010 In May 2007, Pope Benedict XVI released a Letter to Chinese Catholics in which he asked that May 24 each year be dedicated a World Day of Prayer for the Church in China . He chose May 24 because it is the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians , who is venerated at the Shrine of Sheshan in Shanghai . In honor of the first celebration of the World Day of Prayer for China , in 2008, Pope Benedict composed a prayer to Our Lady of Sheshan

  • Come Holy Ghost

    Updated: 2010-05-23 08:23:55
    Search Catholicism Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Share Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Prayers Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Scott's Catholicism Blog By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide to Catholicism My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to : iGoogle My Yahoo RSS Come Holy Ghost Sunday May 23, 2010 Pentecost Sunday marks the end of the Easter season . On this day , the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary , as Christ had promised before He ascended into Heaven ten days before , on Ascension Thursday The sending of His Spirit was the final element of Christ's salvific work on earth , and Pentecost Sunday , therefore , is truly the birthday of the . Church Between Christ's Ascension and the day that He will come again in glory

  • When is a Catholic Hospital not a Catholic Hospital?

    Updated: 2010-05-21 18:04:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , May 21, 2010 When is a Catholic Hospital not a Catholic Hospital The Diocese of Phoenix has a very direct Q A regarding the direct , procured abortion at St . Joseph hospital and the consequent excommunication of hospital administrator Sister Margaret McBride . The statement ends on a curious note that has fueled some speculation . After discussing the St . Joseph Hospital situation the statement turns to another Catholic Healthcare West owned : hospital Moreover , Catholic Healthcare West has not followed the Ethical and Religious Directives of the Church in at least one of their institutions , Chandler Regional Hospital . These realities are a scandal to the faithful and must cease if CHW wishes to be maintain its recognition as a Catholic

  • Bishop Brown Wants to Stay Longer?

    Updated: 2010-05-19 04:04:46

  • Eleven espoused to Christ

    Updated: 2010-05-18 18:06:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Tuesday , May 18, 2010 Eleven espoused to Christ The ancient Latin ceremony bore all the hallmarks of a wedding . There were rings , flowers , vows , even a reception with a wedding cake . Only this wedding had twelve brides and each of them were draped in a funeral pall symbolizing their mystical death to the world and to . themselves On May 15 at Old St . Patrick’s in Kansas City , eleven sisters of the Benedictines of Mary , Queen of Apostles made their perpetual profession of vows and were espoused to Jesus . Christ While the pall signified their death to the world , the rest of the ceremony proclaimed their joy in their spouse . Before Bishop Robert Finn placed a ring on each sister’s hand , espousing her to Christ , he called them saying Come , beloved

  • Christianity has "no legal standing..."

    Updated: 2010-05-07 14:00:00
    : . Roman Catholic Blog About Insight Scoop Catholic World News Top Headlines CWNews.com The Curt Jester JIMMY AKIN.ORG Poor Box Render Unto Us Blog powered by TypePad A Catholic University Acting Catholic Main Friday , May 07, 2010 Christianity has no legal standing . British : Judge Christian Beliefs Have No Legal Standing By Al Webb Religion News Service LONDON RNS A top British judge has ruled that Christian beliefs have no standing under secular law because they lack evidence and cannot be . proven Lord Justice John Grant McKenzie Laws made the declaration on Thursday April 29 in throwing out a defamation suit by Christian relationship counselor who refused to offer sex therapy to gay . couples Gary McFarlane protested that he was fired because offering sex therapy to same-gender

  • A Catholic University Acting Catholic?!

    Updated: 2010-05-06 14:00:00
    : Roman Catholic Blog About Insight Scoop Catholic World News Top Headlines CWNews.com The Curt Jester JIMMY AKIN.ORG Poor Box Render Unto Us Blog powered by TypePad Obama Giving Islam a Pass . Main Thursday , May 06, 2010 A Catholic University Acting Catholic Seton Hall University Considers Canceling Class On Gay Marriage By Kelly Heyboer The Star-Ledger Religion News Service SOUTH ORANGE , N.J . RNS Seton Hall University's governing board is debating whether to cancel a course on gay marriage after Newark Archbishop John J . Myers said it conflicts with the teachings of the Catholic . Church The course is scheduled to begin this fall for upperclassmen in any major , university officials said , and would explore the issue without advocating for either . side Myers said news that Seton

  • Obama 'Giving Islam a Pass.'

    Updated: 2010-05-05 14:00:00

  • In the year of... Obama.

    Updated: 2010-05-04 14:56:09
    : . . Roman Catholic Blog About Insight Scoop Catholic World News Top Headlines CWNews.com The Curt Jester JIMMY AKIN.ORG Poor Box Render Unto Us Blog powered by TypePad Bishop Tobin of Rhode Island stands firm Main Tuesday , May 04, 2010 In the year of . . Obama From www.politico.com May 03, 2010 Posted by Ben Smith 07:01 PM White House drops Christian dating for Jewish proclamation The White House , in the midst of an intense charm offensive aimed at the Jewish and pro-Israel communities , has dropped an archaic phrase that has , in the past , rankled Jewish . groups The use of the proclamation boilerplate in the year of our Lord for a celebration of Jewish Heritage Month had struck a slightly off-key note for Jewish groups in Obama's last proclamation , as in those of Bill Clinton and

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