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Fri, 18 May 2012 19:28:15 +0000
Brian O’Neel joined TCND this afternoon to enlighten us about the lives of some of Catholicism’s lesser know Saints and tell us about his new book, Saint Who?: 39 Holy Unknowns. St. Hemma of Gurk? St. Deicolus? These saints are not household names, but maybe they should be. Although the Church recognizes thousands of saints,...
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Fri, 18 May 2012 17:54:51 +0000
Thanks go out to Peter Williamson for joining Greg and Jennifer Thursday to discuss the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture series. About the series: Leading Scholars Provide Catholic Commentaries for Ministry in the 21st Century The Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture series combines outstanding biblical scholarship with lively faith to help Catholics interpret Scripture and...
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Fri, 18 May 2012 12:04:23 +0000
Here is a really cool quick tip on peeling garlic, fast and painless. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VizMaOduo30
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Wed, 16 May 2012 18:26:52 +0000
Thanks go out to Gabe Castillo for joining Greg and Jennifer on the show this afternoon to discuss the use of media in evangelization and making viral Catholic videos. Gabriel (“Gabe”) Castillo graduated from the University of St. Thomas in 2006 with bachelors degrees in Math and Theology, and a minor in Philosophy. For three...
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Tue, 15 May 2012 19:44:15 +0000
When Lincoln Chafee was elected as the Governor of Rhode Island, and a small margin at that, he proclaimed that his first intention of putting same-sex marriage into law as one of his first acts as the Governor of Rhode … Continue reading →
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Tue, 15 May 2012 18:29:54 +0000
Greg and Jennifer were covering a tough but important topic today with Dawn Eden who joined the show to discuss her book, My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints. Dawn Eden, internationally known speaker and author of the bestselling The Thrill of the Chaste, shows how the lives...
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Tue, 15 May 2012 13:28:02 +0000
In this episode: Can coffee and donuts help build better parishes? Also, author Rose Sweet joins us to talk about Catholics, Divorce, and Annulments. This podcast is courtesy of SiriusXM 129 (The Catholic Channel). You can get a full three hours of The Catholics Next Door, Monday through Friday from 1 to 4PM EST, only...
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Wed, 09 May 2012 18:43:02 +0000
Fiction fans got a treat this afternoon as Mary Higgins Clark joined TCND to tell us about her new book, The Lost Years. About the book: In The Lost Years, Mary Higgins Clark, America’s Queen of Suspense, has written her most astonishing novel to date. At its center is a discovery that, if authenticated, may...
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Wed, 09 May 2012 01:34:28 +0000
Emory University did a really cool, first of it’s kind, expirament with dogs to see how their brains respond to human communication. They actually taught the dog to enter and lay still in a MRI scanner. Fido’s expressive face, including … Continue reading →
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Mon, 07 May 2012 16:42:03 +0000
It’s too hot, it’s too cold, it’s snowing, it’s raining, bla, bla, bla! You have to watch this inspirational video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrV_ZvwZRvw
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Thu, 03 May 2012 18:37:00 +0000
Thanks go out to Father William Anderson for joining Greg and Jennifer to discuss his new book Introduction to the Bible. The Bible–with God as its focus–is ever ancient and ever new, a compilation of many books from unique periods of antiquity that makes it a library within a library, says Father William A. Anderson...
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Wed, 02 May 2012 18:49:28 +0000
Thanks go out to author Bernadette McCarver Snyder for joining TCND to discuss Liguori Publishing’s Fun Facts series. Bernadette is the best-selling author of over 30 books that combine humor with inspiration. She was born in Long Island, New York, grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri. She is a...
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Wed, 02 May 2012 17:18:03 +0000
Fr. Andrew Kemberling, from St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Centennial, Colorado, was invited to lead the opening prayer at the 2012 Colorado Republican State Assembly and Convention in the Magness Arena at the University of Denver. The moral challenges facing … Continue reading →
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Tue, 01 May 2012 19:37:30 +0000
Thanks go out to Fr. Jonathan Morris for joining Greg and Jennifer to discuss his book, God Wants You Happy: From Self-Help to God’s Help. In God Wants You Happy, Father Jonathan Morris replaces the unsatisfying, fleeting solutions we receive from the New Age self-help industry with the simplicity and depth of authentic Christian spirituality....
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Tue, 01 May 2012 16:02:33 +0000
In this episode: We discuss the USCCB’s new New Evangelization document, “Disciples Called to Witness,” and Greg reveals the topic of his next book. Be sure to pick up a copy of Greg and Jennifer’s brand new book, “The Catholics Next Door: Adventures in Imperfect Living.” This podcast is courtesy of SiriusXM 129 (The Catholic...
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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:10:46 +0000
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Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:05:27 +0000
I first heard about Medugorje in 1982 when during my year of candidacy with the Franciscans in Kennebunkport, ME. A few of the people who came to weekly Holy Hour for vocations had heard about the purported apparitions, boarded a … Continue reading →
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Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:42:15 +0000
Yesterday, the Vatican came out with the long awaited assessment of the state of Women Religious in the United States. Throughout the investigation, there were Religious Women shouting out cries of unjust harassment by the Vatican. They played the card … Continue reading →
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Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:09:48 +0000
An article in the SEattle Times relates how the Bishop, Most rev. J. Peter Sartain, has written the faithful and Priests of his diocese requesting that every parish have petitions in support of Referendum 74 in hope of repealing … Continue reading →
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Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Wealth and privilege did nothing to prevent today's saint from following her calling to serve Christ in the poor. Nor did the protests of her relatives, concerned that such work was beneath her.
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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:33:01 +0000
Don’t forget, it’s not over. It is the Octave of Easter – we celebrate for eight days. With over 2 billion Christians in the world, that’s a pretty big celebration. Check out this video below! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jeLl-mNAxY
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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Some saints' names are far more familiar to us than others, but even the lives of obscure holy persons teach us something.
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Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Born in Cuvilly, France, into a family of well-to-do farmers, young Marie Rose Julia Billiart showed an early interest in religion and in helping the sick and poor. Though the first years of her life were relatively peaceful and uncomplicated, Julie had to take up manual work as a young teen when her family lost its money. However, she spent her spare time teaching catechism to young people and to the farm laborers.
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Sat, 07 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Complete dedication to what he saw as God's will for him dominated the life of John Baptist de la Salle. In 1950, Pope Pius XII named him patron of schoolteachers for his efforts in upgrading school instruction. As a young seventeenth-century Frenchman, John had everything going for him: scholarly bent, good looks, noble family background, money, refined upbringing. At the early age of 11, he received the tonsure and started preparation for the priesthood, to which he was ordained at 27. He seemed assured then of a life of dignified ease and a high position in the Church.
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Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Crescentia was born in 1682 in a little town near Augsburg, the daughter of a poor weaver. She spent play time praying in the parish church, assisted those even poorer than herself and had so mastered the truths of her religion that she was permitted to make her holy Communion at the then unusually early age of seven. In the town she was called "the little angel."
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Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400
The polarization in the Church today is a mild breeze compared with the tornado that ripped the Church apart during the lifetime of this saint. If any saint is a patron of reconciliation, Vincent Ferrer is.
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Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400
The 76 years of Isidore's life were a time of conflict and growth for the Church in Spain. The Visigoths had invaded the land a century and a half earlier and shortly before Isidore's birth they set up their own capital. They were Arians--Christians who said Christ was not God. Thus Spain was split in two: One people (Catholic Romans) struggled with another (Arian Goths).
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Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Benedict held important posts in the Franciscan Order and gracefully adjusted to other work when his terms of office were up.
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Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Francis of Paola was a man who deeply loved contemplative solitude and wished only to be the "least in the household of God." Yet, when the Church called him to active service in the world, he became a miracle-worker and influenced the course of nations.
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Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Today's saint could be a patron for those of us who feel so overwhelmed by all the problems in the world that we don't know where to begin.
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Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
A "do not disturb" sign helped today's saint find holiness and peace.
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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Peter lived at a very busy time. The Great Western Schism (1378-1417) was settled at the Council of Constance (1414-1418). France and England were fighting the Hundred Years' War, and in 1453 the Byzantine Empire was completely wiped out by the loss of Constantinople to the Turks. At Peter's death the age of printing had just begun in Germany, and Columbus's arrival in the New World was less than 40 years away.
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Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Born in Casoria (near Naples), Arcangelo Palmentieri was a cabinet-maker before entering the Friars Minor in 1832, taking the name Ludovico. After his ordination five years later, he taught chemistry, physics and mathematics to younger members of his province for several years.
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Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Not only is the name of today's saint a bit hard to pronounce and spell. It's also difficult to learn about such a modest and gentle man who lived in the fourth and fifth century and who is better known in the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Francis, the last of 12 children, was born in northern Italy into an aristocratic family. He lived at a particularly turbulent time in history, when anti-Catholic and anti-papal sentiments were especially strong.
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Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Born in Cadiz, Spain, and christened Joseph Francis, the youth spent much of his free time around the Capuchin friars and their church. But his desire to enter the Franciscan Order was delayed because of the difficulty he had with his studies. Finally he was admitted to the novitiate of the Capuchins in Seville as Brother Didacus. He later was ordained a priest and sent out to preach.
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Sun, 25 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
The feast of the Annunciation goes back to the fourth or fifth century. Its central focus is the Incarnation: God has become one of us. From all eternity God had decided that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity should become human. Now, as Luke 1:26-38 tells us, the decision is being realized. The God-Man embraces all humanity, indeed all creation, to bring it to God in one great act of love. Because human beings have rejected God, Jesus will accept a life of suffering and an agonizing death: "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends" (John 15:13).
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Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Going to confession one day was the turning point of Catherine's life.
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Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Together with Rose of Lima, Turibius is the first known saint of the New World, serving the Lord in Peru, South America, for 26 years.
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Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Nicholas, familiarly known as "Little John," was small in stature but big in the esteem of his fellow Jesuits.
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Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
The seventh general minister of the Franciscan Order, John was known for his attempts to bring back the earlier spirit of the Order after the death of St. Francis of Assisi.
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Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
A reputation for holiness does have some drawbacks. Public recognition can be a nuisance at times--as the confreres of Salvator found out.
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
The Bible pays Joseph the highest compliment: he was a "just" man. The quality meant a lot more than faithfulness in paying debts.
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Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
The crises that the Church faces today may seem minor when compared to the Arian heresy, which denied the divinity of Christ and threatened to overcome Christinity in the fourth century. Cyril was to be caught up in the controversy, accused (later) of Arianism by St. Jerome, and ultimately vindicated both by the men of his own time and by being declared a Doctor of the Church in 1822. Raised in Jerusalem, well-educated, especially in the Scriptures, he was ordained a priest by the bishop of Jerusalem and given the task of catechizing during Lent those preparing for Baptism and during the Easter season the newly baptized. His Catecheses remain valuable as examples of the ritual and theology of the Church in the mid-fourth century.
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Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Legends about Patrick abound; but truth is best served by our seeing two solid qualities in him: He was humble and he was courageous. The determination to accept suffering and success with equal indifference guided the life of God's instrument for winning most of Ireland for Christ.
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Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Clement might be called the second founder of the Redemptorists, as it was he who carried the congregation of St. Alphonsus Liguori to the people north of the Alps.
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Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
Louise, born near Meux, France, lost her mother when she was still a child, her beloved father when she was but 15. Her desire to become a nun was discouraged by her confessor, and a marriage was arranged. One son was born of this union. But she soon found herself nursing her beloved husband through a long illness that finally led to his death.
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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
We have an early, precious, almost unembellished account of the martyrdom of St. Maximilian in modern-day Algeria.
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Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:00:00 -0400
The next time you recite the Nicene Creed at Mass, think of today's saint. For it was Leander of Seville who, as bishop, introduced the practice in the sixth century. He saw it as a way to help reinforce the faith of his people and as an antidote against the heresy of Arianism, which denied the divinity of Christ. By the end of his life, Leander had helped Christianity flourish in Spain at a time of political and religious upheaval.