saints
Saints for the Week of June 14th through 20th
WORD SEARCH AND PUZZLE using the names and some info are at the end of the post. Enjoy.
The lives of saints are very interesting, and obviously exciting – most of them martyred for their faith … most get lost in the mists of time. Here I link their names to a contemporary website like Wikipedia, which allows interesting details presented in a modern way – otherwise I link to the best sites I can find with the fewest ads. Please let me know of any broken links in this website 🙂
14: Basil the Great – care of the poor, theologian, guidelines for monastic life, worked with thieves and prostitutes to reform, great saint in Church of England, the Byzantine Rite, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Read the rest of this entry »
Saints for the Week June 7 – 13th
LOOK FOR A FUN CROSSWORD PUZZLE OF THESE SAINTS AT THE BOTTOM OF POST.
The lives of saints are very interesting, and obviously exciting – many of them martyred for their faith … but there are so many that many of them get lost in the mists of time. I link their names to a contemporary website like Wikipedia, which allows interesting details presented in a modern way – otherwise I link to the best sites I can find with the fewest ads.
7: Paul, M.B.– (regarded as the first Christian hermit) short recording on him,
St. Colman Mac Duagh (560-632 A.D.) (Irish bishop and monk)
Meriadec (Meriasek)-He is reputed to have healed many lepers and disabled people, to have driven off the highwaymen of Josselin through prayer, to have made water spring from solid rock, and to have calmed a storm. Read the rest of this entry »
William Tell, Large Families, and the Church
Since my husband is half Swiss (of the Swiss Caviezel family, Jim’s a cousin), his family lore was that William Tell was an ancestor (Swiss, he supposedly shot an apple from someone’s head) … so, as a second generation Swiss man, he was interested in the Swiss guards.
In fact, as newlyweds, we were going to move to Switzerland; that country, in the early 1970’s, already so underpopulated that they were calling for children of expats to come back, partially at their expense, to rebuild their country.
So when the recent story hit of the California girl, Miranda, finding her dream love in Rome, a SWISS GUARD, it hit all the buttons: Swiss, Prince Charming, men-in-uniform, Catholicity, goals, list-making, novenas, patience, and babies! Read the rest of this entry »
Prayer of St. Francis/Prayer for Peace
Saints for May 31st: Petronilla (invoked against fevers), Angela Merici, Cantius, Cantianus, and Cantianilla (patrons of children and Catholic youth).
The Prayer of St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Read the rest of this entry »
Why the State Should be Happy for the Church
Lost in the hysteria of separating Church and State, is the fact that the Church can be of great benefit to the State. A good Catholic
- obeys laws
- makes sacrifices for the common good, and should be trained to be unselfish, thrifty and industrious citizens instead of working at the expense of others
- does works of charity and if possible will create or work for orphanages, schools, hospitals, social service, etc.
George Washington said, “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties-of men and citizens.” Machiavelli said, “The surest sign of ruin in a State is the neglect of religion.”
Even Napoleon said that no nation could endure without religion. Read the rest of this entry »
St. Isidore
Our logo on the masthead is of St. Isidore of Seville. He’s the unofficial Patron Saint of the Internet and everyone who uses computers or the web, the first person to compile all that was know at the time into an encyclopedic work that would be reprinted as late as 1529.
Science and the Catholic Faith Mutually Exclusive???
Not on your life!
There’s no contradiction between Divine Revelation and Science … and in fact, scientists become more firm in their faith as the delve deeper into science. (My Catholic Faith).
Marconi, the inventor of the radio, said that “Science alone is unable to explain many things, and most of all, the greatest of mysteries-the mystery of our existence. I believe, not only as a Catholic, but also as scientist.”
Catholic Teachings of All Times
This a beautiful site with both Catholic art and music, as well as daily meditations, MP3 downloads, videos, and just about anything that can quickly become an opportunity for any age person to understand the richness of their Faith, pre-Vatican II.
I encourage you to look (and listen) at the site! The Catholic Harbor of Faith and Morals.
Wonderful Old Saint Book to Read and Color
This is from an old saint book that’s been reprinted by Neumann Press. I love the pictures, and maybe you’ll have a child/ren who could work away at them. The text is someone antiquated, but it’d be a great time to do some other research and make a short summary in the child’s own language.
DVDs
has some very nice materials for teaching. I particularly like being able to click to sample the recorded materials. Books, CDs, DVDs, a blog, and even a summer religion program, although I’m still personally partial to EWTN’s “Truth in the Heart” and it’s classroom-presentation approach.
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