Did you know that Ash Wednesday is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation? This is a common misconception amongst Catholics. But why is this day not considered a holy day of obligation? Fr. Mike Schmitz beautifully explains this below: Click here if you cannot see the video above. The video’...
While I was in Chicago for the Christmas break, I had a wonderful meeting with around thirty young Jesuits, all in their “pre-tertianship” period of formation. This means that these men had already passed through their lengthy education in philosophy and theology and had been involved for some time in...
How much do you love the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen?! If you haven’t listened to him before, the video below will make you want to more often! In this amazing talk based on his 1972 book “The Woman I Love,” Archbishop Sheen discusses the powerful intercession of the...
What a great interview and product of evangelization! Political commentator Ben Shapiro sat down with Bishop Robert Barron, an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, for an hour-long interview on The Ben Shapiro Show’s Sunday Special. Shapiro, who is Jewish, discusses “all things Catholic” with Bishop Barron,...
The Our Father is a central Christian prayer. It is not originally in English, but our English translation has changed over time. Last year, Pope Francis spoke about changing a translation currently used in Italian and English. The Italian bishops have proposed changing “lead us not into temptation” to “abandon...
There’s been a lot of talk about a photo of a young woman dressed in clerics at the Youth Syond. The image shows a young woman dressed as a priestess, “wearing a black robe with an imprinted red chalice and white stole.” According to this article, her name is...
