Catholic Ministries Appeal :Diocese of Rockville Centre - CMA supports formation programs that prepare our priests, deacons and lay leaders; provide food and housing programs that serve our seniors, disadvantaged families, people with special needs, and those struggling with substance abuse; and promote the sanctity of life at all stages.
Those moments before and after class when you get to speak with students on a personal level have the potential to be transformative experiences for them.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is home to more than 667,000 Catholics, 139 parishes and 90 Catholic schools, located in Washington, D.C., and five Maryland counties: Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s.
It is so difficult to understand why "we don't get it?" It has always got to be about Jesus. There is nothing of any value that any of us c...
This Sunday we have the great privilege of hearing the story of the woman at the well. Take the time this week for a prayerful reading of this story and notice that as this woman seeks, she's already been found! If only we would surrender to our God who is already always pursuing us! Then, we might realize how the Everlasting Lord is the only one who can quench the otherwise unquenchable thirst of our hearts. Make the effort this Lent to clear a path and set down your old buckets so that the water of Christ's divine life can flow through you.
When I was a Protestant evangelist, I had one goal: get the person to pray the “Sinner’s Prayer.” This prayer essentially asks God to forgive someone of his sin...
"Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved" Acts 4:12 http://www.alleluiaaudiobooks.com/AudioBooks/ShortSermons/AlleluiaAudioSermon25thSundayAfterPentecostEvangelize.mp3 Short Catholic Sermon : Every Catholic Must
"IF YOU ARE WHAT YOU SHOULD BE, YOU WILL SET THE WHOLE WORLD ON FIRE." "LET THE TRUTH BE YOUR DELIGHT.... PROCLAIM IT..., BUT WITH A CERTAIN CONGENIALITY." ~ St. Catherine of Siena
We have all heard the statistics that for every convert we make to the Catholic faith, seven people leave. Perhaps you have also heard that somewhere around 70% of those that enter the Church at the Easter vigil do not consistently attend Mass a year later. Why is that? The reasons are numerous, but not […]
I have written of Fr. Richard Heilman and the adjustments he is making to the sacred liturgical worship in his parish of St. Mary in Pine Bluff. Remember how he hauled the table altar out of church and switched entirely to ad orientem worship? Next? He has installed an altar rail. ¡V
Here is another translation of the blog of Fr. Josemaria Iraburu, this time about Queen Isabel I of Castille. The Philippines had long ago severed her ties with the Hispanic Countries with the abolition of Spanish language, and thus we were deprived of stories of great persons such as Isabel la Catolica, to whom we…
A major highlight for the Year of Faith will be a two-day celebration in Rome on the Church’s teaching about the dignity of life and how it fits with the New Evangelization.
Another part of a video series from Wordonfire.org. Bishop Barron will be commenting on subjects from modern day culture. For more visit http://www.wordonfir...
A leader with a Michigan-based street evangelization group says that anyone can evangelize simply by fearlessly sharing the truth about Jesus with those they encounter.
The miracle was not just the eclipse but its impact, that millions stopped to look up. These days we tend to run low on wonder. This filled us up again.
Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles has written his first pastoral letter to his archdiocese, invoking the Catholic history of California and calling on Catholics to witness to the “New World of faith.”
Leonard DeLorenzo on breaking the habit of aiming for too little in evangelization.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York told the synod of bishops gathered at the Vatican that “the primary sacrament of the New Evangelization is the sacrament of penance.”
