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From the Friars: Our Lady of the Rosary

From the Friars: Our Lady of the Rosary Next Saturday, which is also the first Saturday of the month, we celebrate the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary. The history of the feast is rooted in the victory of the Christian forces at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. More recently, Our Blessed Mother…

Article – Altar Servers

Article – Altar Servers I have been asked recently about having girls serve at Mass. Since the shrine began we have not had a direct request for this, but we have been encouraging boys and young men to serve. The practice of female servers is allowed and Pope Francis recently even granted that women could…

Article – Do This in Memory of Me

Article – Do This in Memory of Me When I was in eighth grade, we had Mass once a week at my Catholic school. The nuns that taught us brought us together one day and asked us about our experience of the Mass. The collective response, myself included, was that the it was boring, the…

Article – The Sacrifice of Mary

… And so it was during Christ’s public life too (cf. Mk. 3:21-35) that day by day there was fulfilled in her the blessing uttered by Elizabeth at the Visitation: “Blessed is she who believed.” 18. This blessing reaches its full meaning when Mary stands beneath the Cross of her Son (cf. Jn. 19:25). The…

Article – A Humble Priest

Article A Humble Priest At my father’s wake in 2001, my uncle told me a story about how when he was a kid he had a sickness, a nervous disorder I believe, that the doctors were unable to cure. My grandmother, a devout Catholic, took him straight from the doctor’s office to the Capuchin monastery…

Article – Consequences of Artificial Methods

Humanae Vitae #17 : Observing the Natural Law *** July 25th is the 55th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae. *** Selections from this important Encyclical of St. Paul VI. Responsible men can become more deeply convinced of the truth of the doctrine laid down by the Church on this issue if they reflect on the consequences…