Browsing the August 2015 archive of Blog

Pope Francis: Take Some Time Out

Posted by Bob Herz on 8/22/15

“Summertime, and the living is easy. Fish are jumping and the cotton is high,Oh, your daddy’s rich and your ma is good-lookin ’, So hush little baby, Don’t you cry... ”

So sings Bess in her famous lullaby from the American opera Porgy and Bess. It’s a song
celebrating hard ... Read More »

Monsignor Yennock on World Day of Prayer Sept. 1, 2015

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 8/17/15

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 16, 2015

POPE FRANCIS IS FULL OF SURPRISES. ON AUGUST 10 HE ANNOUNCED THE “WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CARE OF CREATION”. THIS DAY OF PRAYER WILL BE CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

THE ... Read More »

Martin Luther's Devotion to Mary

Posted by Bob Herz on 8/09/15

Martin Luther's Devotion to Mary

Despite the radicalism of early Protestantism toward many ancient Catholic “distinctives, ” such
as the Communion of the Saints, Penance, Purgatory, Infused Justification, the Papacy, the
priesthood, sacramental marriage, etc., it may surprise many to discover that Martin Luther was
rather conservative in some of his doctrinal ... Read More »