Saturday, August 29, 2009

John Wayne - Catholic

Pilar and John Wayne
John Wayne was always a favorite at our home growing up. I guess it was because my mother had always been a big fan of his. It may have been because she was proud of the fact that his wife at the time was Peruvian Pilar Pallette Wayne. It may have also been because my Chinese grandfather, who as a young boy sought refuge in Peru while escaping from Communist China, actually had the privilege one day of showing John Wayne around his property in Peru. My grandfather owned a large lumber mill and I believe that is where the "Duke" visited.

As much as I would like to believe it was the Peruvian connections that made John Wayne a favorite of our family, I have to admit it was the story that my brothers and sisters heard very often...that John Wayne converted to Catholicism on his death bed. Interestingly enough, that same Chinese grandfather, who had the privilege of spending a day with John Wayne and who came from a Buddhist background, also converted to Catholicism on his deathbed.

These memories came tumbling on as I read the following articles:

John Wayne "I'm a Cardiac Catholic"

and

American Catholic - John Wayne Cardiac Catholic



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Pope: Church Needs a Few Good Confessors

Confession

Zenit - Papal Message on the Sacrament of Penance

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Rest in Peace Mr. Schindler

Robert Schindler, Sr.

How sad to learn that Terri Schiavo's dear father passed away last night.

Eternal rest grant unto him O lord and may Your perpetual light shine upon him.

May he rest in peace.

Amen.

LifeNews Article


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You Are a Priest Forever - Video

Spiritual Moms blog has it

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Friday, August 28, 2009

Feast of St. Augustine

St. Augustine

Prayer on Finding God after a Long Search

Too late have I loved you,
O Beauty so ancient, O Beauty so new,
too late have a I loved you!
In my weakness
I ran after the beauty
of the things you have made.
You were with me,
and I was not with you.
The things you have made kept me from you--
the things which would have no being
unless they existed in your!

You have called,
you have cried out,
and you have pierced my deafness.
You have radiated forth,
you have shined out brightly,
and yo have dispelled my blindness.
You have sent forth your fragrance,
and I have breathed it in,
and I long for you.
I have tasted you,
and I hunger and thirst for you.
You have touched me,
and I ardently desire your peace.

- St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
Bishop, Writer and Doctor

New Saint Joseph People's Prayer Book, Catholic Book Publishing

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

For Students Homeschooled or Not: Why St. John Bosco Matters

Don Bosco and Boys


As another school year begins it is a worthy endeavor to contemplate the teaching and ‘parenting’ skills of John Bosco, a priest who understood that faith and learning go hand in hand 24/7. His example is one that serves for all families, but even more for those that have chosen to homeschool. He was innovative, as anxious to learn as he was to teach, and fully aware that hard work needed to be mixed with quality play.

Francis Bosco was a widower with a son and a dependent mother, who he cared for on his small, poor farm. He married a woman by the name of Margaret Occhiena, who embraced the family and made their humble surroundings into a real home with love and warmth. They became parents to two sons, Joseph, and two years later, John. Then, when the younger boy himself was two, Francis died of pneumonia. Margaret, with little education herself, was dedicated to teaching her children about God. Despite the fact they had very little, she was always able to see the good in what they did have, and Christ in all things.
Read the rest here.

Thank you Lleander.

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Year for Priest - Bishop Thomas J. Olmstead: The Devil's Attacks on Priests

Bishop Olmstead

The influence of the devil can never overcome the power of God’s grace. Jesus assures us of this when He tells Peter (Mt 16:18), “I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.” But the evil one, nonetheless, continues to tempt and test all of us during our life on earth.

Satanic attacks were commonplace in the life of Fr. John Vianney....
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EWTN Press Release - EWTN To Air Monthly Holy Hour In Honor of Year for Priests

EWTN Logo

PRESS RELEASE

For Information, Please Contact:

August 26, 2009

Michelle Johnson

Director of Communications

EWTN Global Catholic Network

5817 Old Leeds Road
Irondale , Alabama 35210-2198 USA

(205) 795-5769 – Office

(205) 441-6248 ­– Cell

(205) 795-5781 – Fax

mjohnson@ewtn.com



EWTN To Air Monthly Holy Hour

In Honor of Year for Priests



Irondale, AL (EWTN) – You and your friends are invited to join EWTN on the First Friday of each month at 3 p.m. ET as we air a special Holy Hour in honor of the Year for Priests. This program, with the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word, will begin airing Sept. 4 and will end in June 2010.

Each Holy Hour will include a sermon by Father Miguel Marie M.F.V.A., as well as hymns and prayers specifically for priests. Keep checking our website, www.ewtn.com, for a new web page on the “Year for Priests,” which will be unveiled shortly. The mini-site will contain information on all of EWTN’s special programming during this Year for Priests (including videos, video clips, and promotional spots), prayers that will be used during the Holy Hour, news, papal documents, and a lot more!

Please join us the First Friday of each month during the Hour of Divine Mercy (and on the web every day) as we follow St. John Vianney’s admonition: “If you want good priests, pray for the ones you have…”

EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 28th year, is available in over 150 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com and publishing arm, EWTN, is the largest religious media network in the world.

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Feast of St. Monica

Death of St. MonicaPicture source

Patroness of Mothers

Prayer to St. Monica

Exemplary Mother of the great Augustine,
you perseveringly pursued your wayward son
not with wild threats
but with prayerful cries to heaven.
Intercede for all mothers in our day
so that they may learn to draw their children to God.
Teach them how to remain close to their children,
even the prodigal sons and daughters
who have sadly gone astray.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Newly Published Bio on WAF Co-Founder John Haffert

John Haffert
WAF HI blog has the details

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Modesty of Dress and Love of God

Blessed Mother
Here is another good article on the topic of modesty of dress:
Modesty of Dress and Love of God

Immorality in Fashions and Destruction of the Family
Garb that does not show a person’s self-respect as an intelligent and free being (and, through baptism, as a son or daughter of God and a temple of the Holy Ghost), contributes to a large extent to the present destruction of the family. It does this by favoring temptations against purity. It also does this by its vulgarity and childishness that corrodes the notion of the seriousness of life and the need for ascesis (self-discipline), all of which are fundamental elements that maintain family cohesion and stability.

The struggle for the restoration of the family by opposing abortion, contraception, and homosexuality will be much more effective if done together with efforts to restore sobriety, modesty and elegance in dress.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Prayer for Peace of Mind (Padre Pio)

St. Padre Pio

Kneeling at your feet, Sweet Mother of God and Queen of Peace, I, your loving child, confidently turn to you in my need, seeking your intercession for peace of mind and comfort in my troubled heart. (Hear mention your petitions)

O listen to me, dearest Heavenly Mother. Come to my aid and refuse me not as I cry to you. For you are my Mother, and you fail no one who has recourse to you, O Consoler of the afflicted, O Queen of Peace. Amen

Shared by Fr. Vince I.
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Music Video - God and dog

The video can be seen at Prayers for Our Pets

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What Makes Women Happy in their Marriages?

The Holy Family

Read it here Do you agree? Could you add anything to the list? I think the list pretty much summed it up for for me.

H/T Colleen Hammond


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Sunday, August 23, 2009

The 13th Day - New Fatima Movie

The 13th Day
The 13th Day
Based on the memoirs of the oldest Seer, Lucia Santos, and many thousands of independent eye-witness accounts, The 13th Day dramatizes the TRUE story of three young shepherds who experienced six interactive apparitions with a “Lady from Heaven” between May and October 1917, which culminated into the final prophesized Miracle.



Source Thanks for the video Tito!

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