In late 15th century Germany, young Albert Durer agreed to work in the dangerous mines so that he could earn enough money to send his talented brother through art school. When Albrecht, his brother, finished art school, he would reciprocate by sending Albert through art school.
Day: August 17, 2022
Totus Tuus completes another summer
If you strolled up to Christ the King Parish in McFarland on Thursday, July 21, the sidewalk would give you a hint of what you’d find inside.
‘The game is afoot’
On March 30, 2020, my husband and I, at the onset of the pandemic, dusted off the Scrabble board and played the first of many (697, to be exact) nightly Scrabble games. The competition continues. To date, I have triumphed in 545 of those games. The bad news, however, is that this ongoing tournament has created a monster, and the monster is — me.
Father Mazzuchelli Memorial Mass on August 28
The annual Venerable Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28, at St. Patrick Church, 237 E. Main St., Benton.
A couple’s journey from civil marriage to Holy Matrimony
Although Cameron McKinney was raised Catholic, he and his wife Beth were civilly married outside the Catholic Church.
El Misterio de la Eucaristía en la Vida de la Iglesia
A fines del año pasado, la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos publicó un documento llamado “El Misterio de la Eucaristía en la Vida de la Iglesia” (2021). Este documento es una especie de plataforma de lanzamiento para un avivamiento eucarístico nacional el cual comenzó este año en la fiesta del Corpus Christi en junio. Para ayudarnos a prepararnos para participar en este Avivamiento de la manera más devota y fructífera que podamos, publicaremos el documento de los obispos sobre la Eucaristía en tipo series en las próximas semanas. La sección introductoria del documento comienza recordando una escena conmovedora de hace dos años:
The Blessed Mother and God’s gift of humanity
This past Monday, we celebrated the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Church’s conviction from the beginning, that Mary was assumed body and soul into Heaven at the end of her remarkable mission here on Earth.
Privacy is a thing of the past
We are living in a time where there are incalculable ways to communicate with someone. We’ve gone beyond face-to-face, letters, and even phone calls to texts, DMs, Snaps, Tweets, “TikToks,” posts, emails, and other syllables that probably don’t make sense to a lot of people.
Building community, a part of evangelization
“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. In this way, the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he has loved us and sent his Son as an expiation for our sins.
Immigrants encounter welcome and support at Catholic Multicultural Center jobs office
Finding a job is not always as straightforward as it seems, especially if you do not speak English fluently, are not proficient in current technology, or are not accustomed to the job search process here in the U.S.