Small Acts for God
Posted by Robyn Lee in Faith on Friday, September 23, 2011
My friend Heather and I are involved in a ministry called Theology on Tap. The basic idea of Theology on Tap is creating a forum where young people of all walks of life could talk about the faith in a casual setting at a bar or restaurant. A typical Theology on Tap consists of a 45 minute talk, 15 minutes q&a and time for fellowship afterward.
This forum opens the door to young people who wouldn’t... READ MORE
How to Handle Lapsed Catholics at First Communion?
Posted by AGroup in Family on Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Q: We have a large extended family, most of whom think we have jumped off a cliff for being so zealous for our beautiful faith,many of whom are no longer practicing Catholics, and some of whom were baptized Catholic but have chosen to practice another faith (Lutheran). How can we peacefully handle telling fallen away Catholic family members, that they should not receive the Eucharist while attending... READ MORE
The Other Vocation Crisis
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Tuesday, January 26, 2010
“Priest shortage.”
That’s what usually comes to mind when we hear the term “vocations crisis.”
In an interview last summer, however, New York’s Archbishop Dolan said the real vocation crisis in our country is in matrimony, not holy orders.
Take care of matrimony, he said, and there will be no shortage of priests and religious.
It is a truism of spirituality that marriage and consecrated life are bound together such that what harms one harms the other.
And vice versa.
Last fall, spurred on by what they see as far too many people who don’t really understand what marriage is—“either as a natural institution or a Christian sacrament”—the bishops of the United States released a pastoral letter on that topic.
Read Marriage: Love & Life in the Divine Plan here.
Feast of Corpus Christi
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Sunday, June 14, 2009
And as they were eating, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. Truly, I say to you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink... READ MORE
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