On Monday, April 18, all Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of New York, the Diocese of Brooklyn, and Diocese of Rockville Centre, will be observing Reconciliation Monday. The Sacrament of Reconciliation – or, if you prefer, Confession or Penance – will be available from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. You can stop in any church, and find a priest waiting and eager to celebrate the sacrament with you.
The three downstate New York dioceses are also sponsoring a video contest to promote Reconciliation Monday. The contest's website is i-confess.com.
Below are some really good examples of videos (they are all one minute).
Click here for the link to the playlist of all videos in the contest.
We will be covering Confession in class next semeester.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Nice Blessed Chaminade Video
Below is the Blessed Chaminade video that aired as part of morning annoucments last week. Enjoy.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
In honor of Blessed William Joseph Chaminade
On April 8th, we will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Blessed William Joseph Chaminade. Blessed Chaminade once said that "we are called to be a people of saints," in his honor lets us pray today for the members of the Marianist family who are currently under consideration for canonization.
Blessed
· Father William Joseph Chaminade (founder, 1761–1850)
· Brother Carlos Erana (Civil War martyr in Ciudad Real, 1884-1936)
· Brother Jesus Hita (Civil War martyr in Ciudad Real, 1900-1936)
· Brother Fidel Fuidio (Civil War martyr in Ciudad Real, 1880-1936)
· Father Jakob Gapp (World War II martyr in Berlin, 1897-1943)
· Father Miguel Leibar (Civil War martyr in Madrid, 1885-1936)
· Brother Florencio Arnaiz (Civil War martyr in Madrid, 1909-1936)
· Brother Joaquin Ochoa (Civil War martyr in Madrid, 1910-1936)
· Brother Sabino Ayastuy (Civil War martyr in Madrid, 1911-1936)
Venerable
· Mother Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon (founder, 1789-1828)
· Mademoiselle Marie Thérèse de Lamourous (founder and layperson, 1754-1836)
· Faustino Pérez-Manglano (consecrated Marianist sodalist, 1946-1963)
Servants of God
· Father Domingo Lazaro (1877-1935)
· Father Vicente Lopez de Uralde (1894-1990)
Feast Day of St. John Baptist de la Salle - Patron Saint of Teachers
John Baptist de la Salle was born at Rheims, France on April 30th. He was the eldest of ten children in a noble family. He studied in Paris and was ordained in 1678. He was known for his work with the poor. He died at St. Yon, Rouen, on April 7th. He was canonized by Pope Leo XIII in 1900. John was very involved in education. He founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (approved in 1725) and established teacher colleges (Rheims in 1687, Paris in 1699, and Saint-Denis in 1709). He was one of the first to emphasize classroom teaching over individual instruction. He also began teaching in the vernacular instead of in Latin. His schools were formed all over France and Italy. In 1705, he established a reform school for boys at Dijon (considered by some to be the first Catholic School).
John was named patron of teachers by Pope Pius XII in 1950. His feast day is April 7th.
Biography taking from ucatholic.com
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The Soon to Be Blessed John Paul II
Earlier this trimester we talked about the papacy and influence of Pope John Paul II. In preparation for his Beatification on May 1, 2011, Christopher Stefanick the director of Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministry for the Archdiocese of Denver has written an excellent article entitled "What Made John Paul II Truly Great." Below is an excerpt from the article and below that is a link to the full text (I promise it’s not that long).
Pope John Paul II’s influence, position, and impact on the course of history made him a very, very “big deal.” But his superhuman love for each individual he encountered is what made him truly “great.” And it’s that holy love of God beating in the heart of a man that is about to get him beatified. It’s not his power, social impact, or his charisma as a leader.
Full Text of "What Made John Paul II Truly Great
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Kingdom of God
In class, we are talking about how Jesus’ teachings challenged the Jewish understanding of the Kingdom of God. He does this specially in the Sermon on the Mount and Parables. Below are links to those Bible passages.
Good Quotes on Prayer
Prayer as a Personal Relationship
"This mystery (The Creed, Mass, and God) then, requires that the faithful believe in it, that they celebrate it, and that they live from it in a vital and personal relationship with the living and true God. This relationship is prayer. -- CCC, 2558
The Heart of Prayer
The heart is the dwelling-place where I am, where I live; according to the Biblical expression, the heart is the place "to which I withdraw." The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom the human heart and know it fully. The heart is the place of decision, deeper than our psychic drives. It is the place of truth, where we choose life or death. It is the place of encounter, because as image of God we live in relation: it is the place of covenant. – CCC, 2563
Vocal Prayer
“Vocal Pray seeks molds our interior state with our outward words.” – Fr. Boylan
Meditation
"We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble." - St Teresa of AvilaContemplation
“To find one’s self by losing one’s self that is contemplation” - Thomas Merton
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