A Note About Sacred Art
The importance of art in teaching the Catholic faith is far more significant than people realize. There must be something that art does to the human soul. From the earliest days of the Church. Christians have been sharing their faith through art. We can see these first images in the catacombs of Rome of Jesus,…
Lenten Traditions: 7 Churches
Seven Churches Visitation on Holy Thursday A few years ago I came across this tradition that I had never heard of before and found it rather fascinating. Visiting 7 churches on Holy Thursday. It is called the Seven Churches Visitation. This tradition has its beginning from the 1500s with St. Philip Neri. He would lead…
March the month of St. Joseph
March is dedicated to Saint Joseph, Custodian of the Redeemer The Solemnity of St. Joseph is on March 19th. You can take a break from your Lenten Fasts and enjoy a Feast Day! I wanted to put up a few ideas on how to celebrate St. Joseph through the month of March because he is…
Parish Visit
St. Ann’s Mission Catholic Church Palisade, Colorado Traveling as a family cross-country means we make time to find a church to attend on Sunday morning. We were heading to Grand Junction, Colorado for a family wedding of a beloved cousin. The wedding was wonderful. We were so glad to see our family and celebrate a…
St. Joseph the Worker
May 1 Feast Day While the month of March is dedicated to St. Joseph in his fatherly role in the Holy Family we also honor another side of St. Joseph, St. Joseph the Worker on May 1. In his encyclical Laborem Exercens, Pope John Paul II stated: “the Church considers it her task always to call attention…
Parish Visit
National Shrine of Elizabeth Ann Seton Emmitsburg, Maryland We attended the 3pm Good Friday service at the Basilica of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton on March 29, 2024. We sat in the middle and it was full of families. So many families and children were there visiting the Shrine for the day seeing them all here…
Young Man and Linen Cloth
Reading from the Gospel of Mark 14:1 – 15:47 On Palm Sunday the Gospel reading is from one of the three Synoptic Gospels (John is reserved for Good Friday and Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion). This year we read from Mark, the shortest Gospel, which includes a puzzling detail that is not found in the…
March the month of St. Joseph
March is dedicated to Saint Joseph Solemnity of St. Joseph is March 19th. You can take a break from your Lenten Fasts and enjoy a Feast Day! I wanted to put up a few ideas on how to celebrate St. Joseph through the month of March because he is such an important and dedicated saint.…
Lesson 21: Sacramental Learning
The Mass and Holy Eucharist *****Read Lessons 26-28 in the St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism Book #2 **** This sacrament infuses into the soul great interior peace, a strong inclination to virtue, and great willingness to practice it, thus rendering it easy to walk in the path of perfection. St. Alphonsus Liguori In this week’s sacramental…
Bow in the Clouds
Sign of the Covenant God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you: all the birds, and the various tame and wild animals that were with you and came out of…
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