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Monthly Archives: June 2016

The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome

June 30, 2016by Joannie Leave a comment

Today we celebrate the feast of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome, which officially commemorates the martyrs killed under the Emperor Nero (54-68).  Fittingly, their feast is celebrated the […]

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catechesis, Church teaching, daily life, Fortnight for Freedom, holiness, Rome, saints

Sts. Peter and Paul

June 29, 2016by Joannie 2 Comments

One of the most remarkable places to experience while visiting Rome is a small dark room under Vatican hill.  Very few tourists even know of its existence, and access is […]

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Fortnight for Freedom, holiness, Rome, saints, suffering

St. Irenaeus

June 28, 2016by Joannie Leave a comment

As we have seen thus far, difficult situations in the Church and the world have been occasions for God to raise up great saints.  When we are in need of […]

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Church teaching, Fortnight for Freedom, Pope Benedict, saints

St. Cyril of Alexandria

June 27, 2016by Joannie Leave a comment

Today’s saint lived a generation after the Roman persecution of the Church had ceased.  (Stay tuned in the next few days to hear more about that persecution.)  He lived at […]

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Blessed Mother, catechesis, Church teaching, family, femininity, Fortnight for Freedom, holiness, saints

St. Josemaria Escriva

June 26, 2016by Joannie 2 Comments

As we continue to pray for religious freedom, the ability to allow our faith to impact our everyday lives, we turn to a saint who reminds us that the battle […]

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daily life, Fortnight for Freedom, holiness, saints

St. John the Baptist

June 24, 2016by Joannie Leave a comment

“A voice cries: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord.” Isaiah 40:3 Today we celebrate the feast of the birth of John the Baptist, the precursor to the Messiah. […]

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Church teaching, Fortnight for Freedom, Gospel, holiness, marriage, saints

Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher

June 22, 2016by Joannie Leave a comment

There’s an unassuming little memorial just northwest of the Tower of London, often missed by tourists because of the large World War I and II naval memorials that stand directly […]

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Church teaching, Fortnight for Freedom, holiness, marriage, saints

Fortnight For Freedom Meditations

June 21, 2016by Joannie Leave a comment

Fortnight for Freedom Introduction (June 21) Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More (June 22) St. John the Baptist (June 24) St. Josemaria Escriva (June 26) St. Cyril of Alexandria (June […]

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Fortnight for Freedom

June 21, 2016by Joannie 1 Comment

Both our civil year and liturgical year point us on various occasions to our heritage of freedom. This year, we propose a special “fortnight for freedom”  … We suggest that […]

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Fortnight for Freedom, holiness, saints

Looking at Father’s Back

June 13, 2016by Joannie Leave a comment

In honor of my beloved pastor, who has announced he is leaving in August to go to the Pontifical College Josephinum as a spiritual director, I thought I would rerun […]

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