... No seriously. I would send my son to this school in a heartbeat. The St. Louis School hosts a mock conclave. h/t Fr. Z, follow the link to his blog to see addition photos and larger images with full details. … [Read more...]
Vocations Awareness Week…
January 17, 2013 By 2 Comments
... Want to know how you can do your very own personal part in increasing vocations? It's easy really ... 1) Never speak ill of a priest in the presence of a child 2) Always pray. Include your priest and diocesan seminarians in your daily prayer 3) Tell someone you think they'd make an excellent priest or religious sister Oh, there are other ways too; for sure. But I've found these are the most doable for the majority of folks. Simple and effective. Just be encouraging of the … [Read more...]
Nun Gazing and Vocation Awareness Week…
January 14, 2013 By 5 Comments
... Did you know that January 13 - 19 is National Vocation Awareness Week? An annual week-long celebration of the Catholic Church in the United States dedicated to promote vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to renew our prayers and support for those who are considering one of these particular vocations. NVAW began in 1976 when the U. S. bishops designated the 28th Sunday of the year for NVAW. In 1997, this celebration was moved to … [Read more...]
Diocese of Charlotte Vocation Awareness Day…
July 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
... Men, do you think you may have a calling to the priesthood? Bishop Jugis invites high school and college age men to a Vocation Awareness Day, Wednesday August 8th 10am-5pm at St. Ann Catholic Catholic Church in Charlotte. Bishop Peter J. Jugis will celebrate Mass at 10:30 a.m., and priests and seminarians from around the diocese will be on hand for this day of fellowship, recreation and reflection. "Vocation Awareness Day is intended to assist young men in exploring and discovering God's … [Read more...]
Brides of Christ…
June 21, 2012 By 2 Comments
... Anybody catch this Tuesday? Oprah has a thing for nuns, you know. Hmmm. … [Read more...]
It’s a tough job but someone’s gotta do it…
June 13, 2012 By 8 Comments
... I have tremendous respect for our religious. I mean, that lifestyle is not for wussies. Catholicism is punk rock, y'all. I stayed with a community for 2 weeks once and after the second day I was nothing more than a lazy presence floating about their halls, showing up for noon prayers and only reappearing hours later at Vespers. And bored. Lord, was I bored. But not those gals; up at 3:30 am praying and milking cows and doing chores and praying some more. I was exhausted just watching them … [Read more...]
Josephinum seminarians descend on abortion mill in “prayer invasion”…
April 13, 2012 By 12 Comments
... Complete with flowing black robes - super hero style. "COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 12, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Seminarians from the only Pontifical College in the U.S. have an awe-inspiring approach for confronting abortion head-on. Dressed in full regalia of a black cassock, a traditional red sash, and armed with a rosary, the seminarians descend in a powerful show of force every Saturday on a local abortion facility to confront with prayer what the seminary’s rector calls the … [Read more...]
The Catholic Priesthood…
April 10, 2012 By 8 Comments
I do not pretend to believe that the US is eternal. Like all nations from our past, there will come a time this country will cease to exist. I believe we are upon that time. The only eternal organization that has survived the rise and fall of empires is the Catholic Church. She has endured and will continue to do so until the coming of Christ. America as we know it is swiftly changing into a tolatarian anti-religious country. We've learned nothing from countries destroyed by Socialism, … [Read more...]
Friday Fishing…
November 18, 2011 By 8 Comments
Returning with an old favorite weekly feature, Friday Fishing, is this video of the Solemn Profession of Dominican Nuns, Sr. Yolanda Del Nino Jesus and Sr. Victoria de Nuestra a Senora del Rosario of the Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Sena in Cusco, Peru. Thank you, M. Snow, for sending me the beautiful video. Friday Fishing is a weekly feature promoting the religious life through imagery and video. Each week I feature a particular religious community and provide information about the order … [Read more...]
is singleness a vocation…
November 4, 2011 By 14 Comments
... I hear this question every now and then. I wonder, but highly doubt it. I'm not a consecrated single person so being single, in my opinion, is not a vocation. I just sort of ended up in this state through various life circumstances but I never actively sought to be single. I think most singles are like me in this aspect. When I think "vocation" I don't think of some transitory or temporary state, which I hope and pray my singleness is. So I ascertain that being an unconsecrated single … [Read more...]
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