Outside the Walls Giveaway

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Happy Birthday Pope Francis!

A prayer for the Pope:  V. Let us pray for Francis, the Pope. R. May the Lord preserve him, give him a long life, make him blessed upon the earth, and may the Lord not hand him over to the power of his enemies. V. May your hand be upon your holy servant. R. And…

Why I Need Advent

I set out this for a quick errand to find a book on the importance of Advent. How hard could that be? As I was to learn, very hard indeed. Four bookstores and two library branches later, I came home with one book of dubious value and one booklet with some good stuff.  (I also came…

Mary And The Saints

This week was another week in RCIA that I wished could have been covered over several days. We discussed the Saints, starting with a prayer known as “The Litany of the Saints.” Among the topics was a brief overview of how a person becomes a officially recognized saint and how that process has evolved over…

Miracles of Kindness

I am delighted to announce that my story of a great and unexpected kindness which was done to me by a co-worker at my grandmother’s funeral has been published in an anthology of stories about kindness called “Miracles of Kindness: True Tales of Kindness in a Modern World” by Ann Wright and Mark Wright.The book is…

It’s Not About the Deer: 3 Reasons to Take Your Son Hunting

It’s not about the deer, or birds, or rabbits. It’s about our sons, and what they need from us, their fathers. My youngest child, a boy of 3 years, has been begging to go hunting with me this year. It gives me occasion to reflect on the challenge of raising sons, especially today. Having taught…

Christmas Novena

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There’s a [Catholic] app for that

Evangelizo The number of Catholic (and Orthodox) apps for smartphones is surprising, and it grows it seems every month. This past week I came across a four-year-old app for the Daily Gospel Reading, produced and maintained by an organization of a hundred volunteers around the world. The organization is called Evangelizo, founded by two young…

Relevant Radio Presents Live Family Christmas Rosary Novena

Green Bay, Wisconsin, Dec 11 (RR)— Each evening from December 16 to 24, Rev. Francis Hoffman “Father Rocky”, Executive Director of Relevant Radio will lead a LIVE, interactive Family Christmas Rosary Novena at 8pm CT/9pm ET. Each night of the novena, a different family or group of families will join Father Rocky in the Relevant…