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Project Renewal’s 50th anniversary celebration includes surprise. By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — Late afternoon sunshine highlighted the new, two-story Project Renewal youth center with …Read More. Read More!
A theological reflection on the Sacred Heart of Jesus
20 hours ago · The Sacred Heart suggests a couple of theological insights. First, it honors emotions as legitimate expressions of ethics and spirituality vs. the classical, distain for feelings and its emphasis on reason. Secondly, it suggests the most basic and original soteriology (a discipline that examines what we mean by saying that “Christ saves us”).
Meeting old friends as a spiritual practice
20 hours ago · Renewing all those old friendships and memories was for me a sacred moment, a spiritual practice not unlike my relationship with God. (Kathy Berken is a spiritual director and retreat leader in St. Paul, Minnesota. She lived and worked at L’Arche in Clinton — The Arch from 1999-2009.) Support The Catholic Messenger’s mission to inform ...
Honoring deceased loved ones - The Catholic Messenger
20 hours ago · Honoring deceased loved ones. By Barb Arland-Fye. Editorial. A priest shared this warmhearted memory of a woman whose obituary he emailed to The Catholic Messenger: “As a postmaster Carolyn would receive baby chicks to be delivered. She kept them warm and dry and gave them water. She often had to deliver the chicks after hours if her ...
CCHD brings change and empowers lives - The Catholic Messenger
1 day ago · Your support for this collection brings change to communities across the country and empowers those living in poverty to transform the places they live into reflections of the Kingdom of God. In addition to making an impact nationally, those living in poverty in our own diocese are empowered through the 25% share of our collection that stays here.
New liturgical texts: bringing Communion to the sick and dying
Oct 31, 2024 · Immediately after giving Communion to the sick person, the minister adds: “May he protect you and lead you to eternal life” (76). At the end of the rite, the minister says: “May the Lord be with you always, may he strengthen you by his power and keep you in peace.”. The rite may conclude with the sharing of the Sign of Peace.
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The significance of Mary in the Catholic Church
Oct 10, 2024 · The early Church fathers attested to this belief in their writing and preaching. Another key couple of verses that demonstrate why we hold Mary in such regard are John 19:26-27. With his dying breaths, from the cross, Jesus said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son,” indicating the beloved disciple.
Hope: a gift we cannot keep to ourselves - The Catholic Messenger
Mar 28, 2024 · By Barb Arland-Fye Editorial “May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us who have put our hope in you.” This is the final sentence of the responsorial psalm we will hear after the first reading of the Easter Vigil, the “mother of all vigils.”
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BETTENDORF — Pro-life ob/gyn advocate and speaker Dr. Monique Ruberu will speak Jan. 8 at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. Morning Prayer begins at 9:30 a.m. and her keynote address at 10 a.m.