Entries for July 2025

Source Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati Born in 1901, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati was a man living in the world and abided with God daily. He let this be shown through his interactions with his friends and the poor in Turin, Italy, where he was born. He grew up and came from a wealthy family and...

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Source Recently, I experienced the joy of joining eleven other young men from around the country for the Monastic Wisdom Seminar at New Melleray Abbey, a Trappist monastery in northeast Iowa. I got an impression on the first night that the week would be unlike any other when one particularly h...

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Source As I write this, I note with some fascination and slight dread that this period of summer is very nearly halfway done. How quickly these warm days have effortlessly slipped into one another, almost unnoticed! We usher our children out the door, into the backyard and the heat of the day to ...

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Source Why does the Church celebrate St. Mary Magdalene? The Church celebrates St. Mary Magdalene because of her example of virtue and loyalty to Christ. She was a devoted disciple and close friend of Jesus during the time of His ministry, and one of the few who remained with Him during His agony on...

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Source Why do we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel? While Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the patron saint of the Carmelite Order, the basis for the universal Church honoring Mary under this title dates to her appearance to an English Carmelite St. Simon Stock in the 13th century. Sh...

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