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Excerpted from Brandon Vogt’s book, RETURN: How to Draw Your Child Back to the Church
In our daily prayers, let us call out to one of the greatest pastors in the history of the Church, St. John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests. The Curé d’Ars had one all-consuming desire: to help his parishioners become holy.
MADISON — Vigil for Life Madison will host a pro-life prayer service near Madison on Saturday, Sept. 8.
On that day, pro-life Americans will honor the memory of the more than 50 million unborn victims of abortion during the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children.MADISON — Vigil for Life Madison will host a pro-life prayer service near Madison on Saturday, Sept. 8.
On that day, pro-life Americans will honor the memory of the more than 50 million unborn victims of abortion during the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children.To the editor:
Almost seven years ago I wrote a tribute to Msgr. Felix Oehrlein, pastor at St. Cecilia Parish in Wisconsin Dells, who had passed away. I called him “An Extraordinary Ordinary Man.”
When I wrote it, I realized that I had singled out one man and ignored a great many others. I resolved to address that oversight when the time was right.
To the editor:
Almost seven years ago I wrote a tribute to Msgr. Felix Oehrlein, pastor at St. Cecilia Parish in Wisconsin Dells, who had passed away. I called him “An Extraordinary Ordinary Man.”
When I wrote it, I realized that I had singled out one man and ignored a great many others. I resolved to address that oversight when the time was right.
As it happens so many times in places throughout the world, the Catholic Church has come to the rescue of more than one million people taking shelter in relief camps after floods ravaged Kerala state in southwest India.
The Indian effort is the biggest rescue and relief operation the Catholic Church in Kerala has ever undertaken, reported Catholic News Service. All 32 Catholic dioceses in Kerala have joined in the relief work.
As it happens so many times in places throughout the world, the Catholic Church has come to the rescue of more than one million people taking shelter in relief camps after floods ravaged Kerala state in southwest India.
The Indian effort is the biggest rescue and relief operation the Catholic Church in Kerala has ever undertaken, reported Catholic News Service. All 32 Catholic dioceses in Kerala have joined in the relief work.
