VEYM LEAGUE OF CHAPTERS
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Elizabeth Scalia In today’s Mass readings, we read from the book of Deuteronomy the ancient words of Moses: “Today I have set before youlife and prosperity, death and doom. . . . I have set before you life and death,the blessing and the curse.Choose life, then,that you and your descendants may live, by loving the … Read moreMoses’ Stark Choice Lies Before Us: All or Nothing
For Peace in UkraineI invite everyone to make this coming 2nd March, Ash Wednesday, a Day of Fasting for Peace: let believers dedicate themselves intensively to prayer and fasting. May the Queen of Peace preserve the world from the madness of war. Pope Francis
For a Christian response to bioethical challenges We pray for Christians facing new bioethical challenges; may they continue to defend the dignity of all human life with prayer and action. Read more on Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network
The youth branch of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network Eucharistic Youth Movement (EYM) is an International Movement for the Christian formation of children and young people from 5 to 25 years old.EYM invites young people around the world to live in Jesus’ way, in a heart-to-heart relationship of friendship with him, based on a Eucharistic spirituality for the mission.It is founded … Read moreWelcome to Kateri League of Chapters
Elizabeth Scalia The Ash Wednesday wake-up call is the start of a spiritual spring cleaning I always love, even when the spiritual work is heavy and messy. I love the Mass readings (“Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart . . .”). I love the sense of ancient tribalism that … Read more“Moonstruck” Delivers a Great Ash Wednesday Homily
Bishop Robert Barron Just last week, I was at St. Joseph Abbey in Covington, LA, not far from New Orleans. I was there to address about thirty Benedictine abbots from around the country who had gathered for some days of reflection and retreat. Covering the walls of the abbey church and the refectory of the … Read moreThe Poison of Gossip
Jenna M. Cooper, J.C.L. One of the most beautiful aspects of our Catholic faith is its strong incarnational basis. That is, “incarnational” in the sense of relating in a tangible, concrete way to physical “fleshly” beings such as ourselves. This is especially evident in the centrality of the sacraments in the life of the Church. … Read moreIntention Matters: Baptized by the Water and the (Right) Words
Elizabeth Scalia This is excerpted from a larger piece appearing in the Winter 2021 “Freedom” issue of Evangelization and Culture, the quarterly journal of the Word on Fire Institute. You can learn more and become an Institute member today, to read more pieces like this. Take my love, take my land Take me where I … Read moreThe Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Glorious and Free Empty Sky
Love. Kindness. Compassion. Acceptance. These should be foundational attributes in every youth leader. We walk into parish halls, meeting rooms, and youth rooms with an immense responsibility to find love in all of the young people we minister to and empower them to continue to find love in others.Read More
Andrew Petiprin Last Sunday at our parish church, we kept the Solemnity of the Chair of St. Peter, moved with special permission from Tuesday, February 22. It was our titular feast as members of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, a distinct liturgical form and pastoral structure within the Roman Rite of … Read moreThe Ordinariate: Bringing My Whole Past into My Future, in Faith