Browsing the August 2017 archive of Blog

Monsignor Yennock on The Storms In Our Lives - Homily from August 13, 2017

Posted by Fr Thomas Ward on 8/14/17

STORMS IN OUR LIVES

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

AUGUST 13, 2017

 

SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THE STORY OF SCOTT RIGSBY.

IN 2007 SCOTT RIGSBY WAS THE FIRST DOUBLE-LEG AMPUTEE USING PROSTHETICS EVER TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE IN THE SPORTING WORLD'S MOST GRUELING AND PRESTIGIOUS EVENT, ... Read More »

THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY: A BELIEF SINCE APOSTOLIC TIMES

Posted by Bob Herz on 8/13/17

THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY:  A BELIEF SINCE APOSTOLIC TIMES

The Assumption is the oldest feast day of Our Lady, but we don't know how it first came to be celebrated.

Its origin is lost in those days when Jerusalem was restored as a sacred city, at the time of ... Read More »