Rooted in a desire to protect the inherent dignity of refugees and immigrants and respect the nation’s laws, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is providing individuals, families and Catholic parishes and schools with resources and information as new, federal immigration policies take effect, including broad efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.

2025年1月9日 · 2025 Jubilee Year, Students for Life, Affordable housing effort, Father Tom Fitzgerald remembered, IVF concerns, Passion and purpose, Offering love, grace

3 天之前 · Being a loving Christian in today’s secular world can be difficult and Catholics are often afraid to show their faith, but by being true to oneself, a Catholic can live as a witness to Christ in different environments, Bishop Kevin Kenney said.

2 天之前 · INTERNATIONAL PECS. The Parish Evangelization Cells System (PECS) originated in 1987 in Italy, when the late Father Piergiorgio Perini, known as Father PiGi, called 40 men and women to share the commitment to transform the parish of Sant’Eustorgio in Milan, Italy, into an ardent community of faith that was dedicated to evangelization.

6 天之前 · “Indeed, only in Christ’s resurrection does our own life and destiny find its place within the infinite horizon of eternity,” he wrote. The pope compared the journey of the ill to that of the disciples on the road to Emmaus, who, by sharing their anxieties and disappointments with Jesus, came to recognize his presence, enabling them to “sense that ‘greater reality’ which, by ...

2020年10月15日 · In the reception of the sacrament of confirmation, the person receives the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, wisdom and understanding, counsel and strength (fortitude), knowledge and fear of the Lord (Is 11:2), and piety. These gifts are not to sit idle or be kept in storage. Rather, they are to be put to good use so they will bear much fruit.

2024年4月11日 · In “Gaudium et spes,” the Vatican II document on “The Church in the Modern World,” the council states, “spouses … are fortified and, as it were, consecrated for the duties and dignity of their state by a special sacrament; fulfilling their conjugal and family role by virtue of this sacrament, spouses are penetrated with the spirit of Christ …

2020年9月16日 · Fortitude is an unwavering commitment to God or a proper course of action, and it shows itself as moral strength, courage, determination, patient endurance, long suffering, a resolute spirit, stamina and resiliency.. Knowledge is the ability to study and learn; to acquire, retain and master facts and information; and to put what is …

4 天之前 · Because the church’s liturgical calendar includes fixed feasts, like the Dec. 8 celebration of the Immaculate Conception, and “moveable feasts” like Pentecost, Easter or even the Sundays of Advent or Lent, occasionally two feasts will fall on …

2024年12月5日 · Each one of us in marriage is expected to provide a positive spiritual influence for our spouse. This presupposes that we ourselves have a faith life that can be shared to offer an impact on our loved one’s life. This is a gift we can give to our spouse daily, which begins in our own prayer rituals and spiritual commitment to our precious Catholic faith.