Pre Christmas Advent Celebrations Enrich Family Life
Mary Reed Newland on a Massachusetts 103 acre farm describes Advent wreaths candles and saint feasts shaping her family’s faith. Children learn symbolic meanings and the light of Christ deepens daily life, bringing happiness and a sense of grace to their home.
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Massachusetts
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Letter Home From Rome: Father O Connor’s Globe Trotter Life
Father James I Tucek profiles Father Patrick O Connor a Columban missionary and Rome correspondent for NCWC News Service. An Irish priest journalist and missionary, he has wandered Japan Korea Africa Poland and Europe, with Tokyo home and a distinctive cassock trench coat and hat.
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Africa
Rome
NCWC
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John XXIII
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Utah
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Japan
Korea
China
Indonesia
Poland
States
Ireland
James I. Tucek
Diocese of
Dallas-Fort Worth
Ncwc News Service
The Death of Randolph Benton and Father Benton's Grief
A father writes of his son Randolph Benton's death from cholera in 1852 as Jesuit Father De Smet records the bedside rites in St Louis. Randolph, nearly 22, sought baptism and Catholic faith before dying, while Thomas Hart Benton wrestles with honor, politics, and faith.
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United States Senate
Randolph
St. Louis
Kenrich
Pierre Jean de Smet
Kossuth
Tom Benton
Senate
Roanoke
Benton
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Rockies
de Smet
Montana
Oregon
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First Christ Mass and its Advent reflections
A devotional sermon traces the The first Christ Mass from Bethlehem to Calvary and discusses Advent as preparation. It denounces evil in the modern world, laments secular influence on education, and emphasizes salvation through Jesus Christ with biblical quotes and Catholic doctrine.
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Calvary
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Father Lagrange
Paris
Gabalda
Pericles
Christ
Catholic University Names Priest-Lawyer to New Post
Father John J. McGrath, assistant professor in the School of Canon Law at the Catholic University of America, is named Coordinator of Administration in the Columbus School of Law. A 1956 Supreme Court bar admittee, he previously practiced law in Pittsburgh with McGrath and McGrath. He will teach American and comparative law while taking on administrative duties.
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Catholic University
Washington
John J. McGrath
Canon Law
Catholic University of America
University
Columbus School of Law
Father McGrath
Supreme Court of the United States
Advent and Saint Feast Dates in Catholic Liturgy
A text listing liturgical color and Mass details for Advent days from Sunday November 30 through December 6. It includes feast days such as St Andrew, St Francis Xavier, St Peter Chrysologus, St Barbara, the Sacred Heart Friday, and St Nicholas, with notes on Gloria Credo and Prefaces for each day.
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Trinity
St. Andrew
Apostle
Bibiana
St. Francis Xavier
St. Peter
We blame little things in others and overlook great
A reflective line attributed to Kempis highlights human bias. It notes people often fault small flaws in others while ignoring their own larger faults, urging self examination and humility.
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Kempis
Proposals for Catholic School Aid Attack in Ecuador
Quito reports proposals by Cardinal de la Torre and Senator Troya Cevallos for government funding to Catholic schools face strong opposition in Congress and the press. The Cardinal argues for equal support to public and religious schools, warning against secularism after the National Eucharistic Congress, while Troya’s plan to divide education appropriations is met with heated speeches in the Senate.
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Quito
Congress
Carlos Cardinal de la Torre
Alfonso Troya Cevallos
Rome
Cardinal de la Torre
Guayaquil
Sen
Troya
Senate
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