Today's Readings from the USCCB:
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/032018.cfm
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"To pray means to stop expecting from God the same small-mindedness, which you discover in yourself. To pray is to walk in the full light of God and to simply, without holding back,...
The Dialog
Members of the Padua Academy student body gathered in front of the school Monday morning, joined by parents, alumni and other supporters, to protest the firing of principal Cindy Mann at the end of last week.
The girls, mostly dressed in...
Catholic News Service
In many ways, the Gospel of Mark is quite mysterious. Even a superficial reading often leads to many questions. A deeper reading may give some answers, but reveals many more puzzles.
During Holy Week, as we reflect on...
Spiritual writer, Kathleen Norris, in her book, "The Cloister Walk," shares her Holy Week schedule. It includes morning prayers, choir rehearsal, evening liturgy services but what I really noticed, was right smack in the middle of her afternoons, she...
Catholic News Service
The Palm Sunday cry of Christians, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord," was heard many centuries ago in Jerusalem's streets. It still is heard today.
The words of this cry are so familiar...
The Palm Sunday cry, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,"
challenges every Christian and every Christian community.
During Holy Week, we relive and review our personal walk with Christ.
Mark's Gospel is oriented toward the death and...
Today's Readings from the USCCB:
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/031918.cfm
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"St. Joseph was chosen among all men, to be the protector and guardian of the Virgin Mother of God; the defender and foster-father of the Infant-God, and the only co-operator upon earth, the...
The acting principal at Padua Academy issued a letter supporting the school and its students and said school leaders planned to work to help those reacting to the March 16 dismissal of head of school Cindy Mann.
A group of...
(Below is a statement from St. Anthony parish regarding change of leadership at Padua Academy) See Dialog article here.
St. Anthony of Padua Parish is responding to misunderstandings and/or false statements made in social media and quoted in some press...
Catholic News Service
UNITED NATIONS -- Mely Lenario quietly described her harrowing journey from ambitious, naive rural girl trafficked to hopeless, drug-fueled urban prostitute, through slow rehabilitation to a new life as an outreach worker.
After she finished her story, hundreds...