COLLECTION OF CATHOLIC PRAYERS ETC.
Reading I Acts 7:51—8:1a Stephen said to the people, the elders, and the scribes: “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always oppose the Holy Spirit; you are just like your ancestors. Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous…
St. Dominic Savio was born in 1842 in the small village of Riva, near Chieri, Italy. From a very young age, he displayed a deep love for God and a serious commitment to living a holy life. At the age of twelve, he became a student of St. John Bosco at the Oratory of St….
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the College of Cardinals continues to discuss the church’s most pressing issues before the conclave, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said it was encouraged that protecting children and vulnerable people was a priority in those discussions. In a statement published May 5, the commission called for prayers…
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Dominic Savio was born on April 2, 1842 in the village of Riva in northern Italy. His father was a blacksmith and his mother a seamstress. He had nine brothers and sisters. His family was poor but hardworking. They were devout and pious Catholics. When he was just two years old, Dominic’s family returned to…
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WASHINGTON – “Continue to speak the truth, and treat every human being with dignity,” said Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) while hosting a meeting on May 1 with religious leaders from Ukraine. The USCCB welcomed representatives of The Ukrainian Council of the Churches of Religious Organizations (UCCRO)…
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Have you ever wished you could cast a vote in the conclave to elect the next pope, even though you’re not a cardinal? Do you know that you can still participate in this sacred process through the power of prayer? When you earnestly pray to the Holy Spirit to guide the cardinals in selecting a…
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Marjorie Rawlings’ The Yearling was America’s best-selling novel in 1938, selling over 250,000 copies and winning the Pulitzer Prize for fiction a year later. While unfortunately I never read it as a kid, I recently had the opportunity to do so while teaching 6th Grade Literature at Ambleside School in McLean, VA. Amidst the Easter…
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Reading 1 Acts 6:8-15 Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyreneans, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, but they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he…
ROME (CNS) — As Catholics in Rome await the election of their new bishop, the pope, some of them celebrated Sunday Mass at their parishes with the cardinals who will enter a conclave May 7. When prelates are made cardinals, they are assigned a “titular” parish in Rome, which makes them members of the clergy…
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ROME (CNS) — An AI-generated image of U.S. President Donald Trump dressed as the pope “was not good,” Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said in Rome. “I hope he didn’t have anything to do with that,” he told reporters before he entered Our Lady of Guadalupe Church where he celebrated Mass May 4….
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