May 14, 2020

Jesus preaching

Parable of New Beginnings

Prodigal son, forgiving father, resentful brother: there is something here for each of us.

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12 Keys to a Sacramental Marriage

After 35 years of marriage, we look back and see clearly how the wisdom of others has shaped us. We have benefited from many stakeholders who opened their lives to us to witness their love through good, bad, fun, tragic ...
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50 Hours with God

To speak of death aloud would have been a betrayal to our mother. Instead, by way of tacit agreement, an unspoken understanding developed among us an agreement that occasionally prompted us to make secretive and worried eye contact in a ...
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‘As God Is My Witness’: The Catholic Roots of Gone with the Wind

The Archdiocese of Atlanta now owns 50 percent of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. That's like saying your local parish just found a Picasso in the cellar.
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Franciscan Friars Vote to Unify

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Voicing their support for the revitalization of Franciscan life in the United States, six provinces of the Order of Friars Minor have voted to form one new organization. On May 30, the friars of each of the ...
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Martin Sheen stars in a scene from the movie "The Way." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Producers Distribution Agency/ARC) (Oct. 7, 2011) See MOVIE REVIEW Oct. 7, 2011.

Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez on ‘The Way’

The Way is a film about a father who completes the 500-mile pilgrimage his son had begun. It’s a story of broken individuals on the way to recovery.
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The 14 Stations of the Cross at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville, Tenn., are seen in this composite photo. As Catholics, we surround ourselves with depictions of the passion and death of Jesus. (CNS composite; photos by Katie Peterson, Tennessee Register)

The Way of the Cross…on Your Block!

The Holy Spirit inspired me to combine spiritual meditation with physical exercise by envisioning the Stations of the Cross in my neighborhood. I walk approximately 10 blocks with stops at places that suggest the 14 locations associated with the Passion ...
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