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January Newsletter Available
The January, 2018 Oblate Newsletter has been posted to the website. Along with the Ordo and Necrology you will find: Receiving of New Oblate Novices. Discussion Questions for the next meeting The Prologue of the Rule: An example of Lectio Divina 2018: Starting the New Year Off Right. Please remember the next Oblate meeting will… Read More ›
Pope Francis: Christmas invites us to be messengers of hope, tenderness
Vatican City, Dec 24, 2017 / 02:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis said the birth of Jesus is an invitation for all Christians to imitate him in reaching out to embrace the vulnerable and all those who are suffering, during his celebration of Christmas Mass. The joy that we are called to celebrate, share, and… Read More ›
Wojtyla, the “Islamist” invasion and those words spoken to Bush Jr.
Vatican Insider: Monsignor Longhi’s confidence, which ended up on YouTube, stirs discussion. The prelate tells Vatican Insider about John Paul II’s words to the US President, “At the feet of this idol you call security, you want to sacrifice all human dignity” Saint John Paul II was a mystic, “he dialogued” with Our Lady and… Read More ›
Social Cross, a Facebook alternative, seeks to provide Christians with space for free speech
The founder got fed up with censorship on the world’s leading social media site. Aletetia: There are lots of alternatives to Facebook, many of them for specialized communities, such as military personnel, Lego Fans, or beer connoisseurs. And there have been many Christian alternatives as well, such as Christians Like Me and Awestruck. Now there’s a new one, which was founded… Read More ›
8 Things You Didn’t Know About the Feast of Christ the King
On the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar, today is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, more commonly known as the Feast of Christ the King. The last Sunday of the liturgical year (next week is Advent!), this feast reminds us that whatever earth powers may do or ask of us, Christ… Read More ›
J.R.R. Tolkien: A new look at the literary giant’s contribution to the Jerusalem Bible
Did you know that the same author who wrote about hobbits, elves and orcs also translated the Book of Jonah for the Jerusalem Bible? J.R.R. Tolkien, best known for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, was asked in 1957 to contribute to a new translation of the Bible coming out of England. The task was led by… Read More ›
The Eucharistic miracle of Sokolka: The host is tissue from heart of a dying man
Aletetia: Laboratory analyses confirm that the structure of the cardiac muscle fibers and the structure of the bread are intertwined in a way impossible to reproduce by human means. Every day, on the altars of Catholic churches around the world, the greatest miracle possible takes place: the transformation of bread and wine into the true… Read More ›
After 500 Years, Reformation-Era Divisions Have Lost Much of Their Potency
Pew Research: As Protestants prepare to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, new Pew Research Center surveys show that in both Western Europe and the United States, the theological differences that split Western Christianity in the 1500s have diminished to a degree that might have shocked Christians in past centuries. Across Europe and the… Read More ›
The surprising liturgical coincidence of the solar eclipse
This year’s celestial event occurs on a significant day and year in the Church’s calendar. Aleteia: While the upcoming solar eclipse may not be a sign of the “end times,” it does occur on a significant day and year of the Church’s liturgical calendar. The eclipse will occur on August 21. The primary feast for this day… Read More ›
1,600-year-old basilica found underwater in what was ancient Nicaea
Aleteia: Archaeologists in Turkey suspect the church may have been built in the year 325, following the First Council of Nicaea. The remains of a 1,600-year-old Byzantine basilica have been discovered at the site of the Councils of Nicaea, at the bottom of a lake in northwest Turkey. “We have found church remains. It is… Read More ›