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1 - Feb 2016 - Books: ARTIST AND MONK, by Aidan Nichols OP, Paul Simmons
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His artistic interests include modern religious painting found now in a number of churches in England including St Martin of Tours St Anne and the Virgin as well as English saints.
2 - Feb 2016 - Books: THE SHADOW OF HIS WINGS by Fr Gereon Goldmann, Chris Rule
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Fr Goldmann along with the saints lived Christianity despite the difficulties involved.
3 - Feb 2016 - Saints: Mother Teresa of Kolkata to be canonised in September, AD2000 Report
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A statement released by the Vatican last December said: The Holy Father Francis received in private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato SDB prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
4 - Dec 2015 - St Clement's revealing Letter to the Corinthians, Peter Westmore
drunk with the blood of saints the blood of those who bore witness to Jesus.
5 - Dec 2015 - Apostolic voyage: Pope Francis supports Catholic church during Africa visit, AD2000 Report
He added I think of Saints Joseph Mkasa and Charles Lwanga who after being catechised by others wanted to pass on the gift they had received.
6 - Nov 2015 - Reflection: We are all called to be saints, Archbishop Julian Porteous
This is the homily given by Archbishop Porteous on the Feast of All Saints 2014 Today we lift up our eyes towards heaven and contemplate the saints in glory.
7 - Oct 2015 - Books: HOW THE REFORMATION HAPPENED, by Hilaire Belloc, Paul Simmons
In the course of this ritual and ceremony were radically simplified prayer to the saints was abandoned prayer for the deceased was discouraged if not forbidden the sacraments and the Mass were abandoned as were the devotional practices which had sustained religious life for centuries.
8 - Sep 2015 - Books: YEAR OF THE LORD’S FAVOUR: A Homiliary for the Roman Liturgy, Aidan Nichols OP, Paul Simmons
On saints days Fr Nichols gives a short appreciation of the life of a particular saint.
9 - Aug 2015 - Reflection: The doctrine of the Assumption, Pope Pius XII
On All Saints Day (1 November) 1950 Pope Pius XII proclaimed the doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary body and soul into heaven.
10 - Aug 2015 - Books: THE 33 DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH, by Fr Christopher Rengers, Paul Simmons
For centuries in the West the term referred to just four saints.
11 - Aug 2015 - Obituary: Fr Greg Jordan: an exemplary Jesuit, AD2000 Report
He added Before the Second Vatican Council Western Catholicism was characterised by the ideal of self- sacrifice exemplified by the saints and heroes of the Catholic Tradition and supremely in Christs life on earth.
12 - Jul 2015 - Books: THE CREED IN SCRIPTURE, by Stephen J. Binz, Paul Simmons
Stephen Binz unpacks the two main creeds a phrase at a time showing us how each statement in the creeds is a summation of what is contained in scripture and sometimes a development of it as for example in the statement I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church and the communion of saints.
13 - Jul 2015 - Letters: “Our homeland is in heaven”: a response, Audrey English
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14 - Jun 2015 - Reflection: Faith: dialogue of mind and heart, Audrey English
Let us constantly ask Our Lord to intensify our faith to help us to get to know him better and let us consciously work to develop our relationship with him by praying frequently and receiving the Sacraments he has provided to help us to become saints.
15 - Jun 2015 - Canonisation: Pope Francis canonises four heroic nuns, AD2000 Report
As two of the new saints came from Jerusalem and Nazareth in Ottoman-empire Palestine the canonisations were seen as evidence of the Holy Fathers deep concern for Christians suffering persecution in the Middle East.
16 - May 2015 - Exhibition: Exposition of the Holy Shroud of Turin, AD2000 Report
All the silver and gold were taken by the Venetians who had funded the campaign but the French desired the relics of the saints and according to a letter to the pope written in 1205 Most holy of all the cloth in which our Lord was wrapped after his death and before the resurrection.
17 - Apr 2015 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
95 Nothing Short of a Miracle Patrick Treece Accounts of the plethora of miraculous healings that have occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries due to the intercession of the Saints.
18 - Apr 2015 - Our homeland is in Heaven, Audrey English
In heaven we shall enjoy the delightful company of the saints.
19 - Apr 2015 - Contemporary challenges facing Catholicism: Interview with Cardinal Robert Sarah, Élisabeth de Baudoüin
Pius V which spawned many saints nor discard Latin.
20 - Apr 2015 - Tu es Petrus: From John XXIII to Pope Francis: Four recent stages of Catholicism, Patrick Morgan
Personal piety Personal piety took many forms including devotion to particular saints and identification with the distinctive cultures of the various religious orders all things now even more appealing since they have been diluted or discarded.
21 - Mar 2015 - Liturgy and mystery in the Mass, Audrey English
(Dom Gueranger quoted in The Mass and the Saints p.
22 - Feb 2015 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
2015 Saints Calendar and Daily Planner Lawrence Cross This spiral-bound diary has plenty of space for appointments.
23 - Feb 2015 - Letters: The Church in China, Paul Simmons
They were saints.
24 - Feb 2015 - Martyrdom: Would I have had their courage?, Cardinal George Pell
For the blood of thy martyrs and saints Shall enrich the earth shall create the holy places.
25 - Feb 2015 - The survival of the Church, Fr John O'Neill PP
Every parish is witness to these to whom Paul referred when he told them and still tells them all these ages later: You are Gods saints he loves you .
26 - Feb 2015 - News: The Church Around the World
Saints Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom are among these Church fathers he said observing that their relics now reside inside the cathedral thanks to their gracious return to the Ecumenical Patriarchate by the Church of Rome.
27 - Dec 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
2015 Saints Calendar and Daily Planner Lawrence Cross This spiral-bound diary has plenty of space for appointments.
28 - Dec 2014 - Books: IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE SPIRIT: Guide to the Sacraments in the Byzantine Church, Paul Simmons
Entering a Byzantine church the believer is surrounded by a crowd of saints (in their icons) and led towards God in the sanctuary.
29 - Dec 2014 - The after-life: Why pray for those who are no longer with us?, Audrey English
On 1 November we celebrated the Feast of All Saints all those who are now in heaven.
30 - Dec 2014 - The Long View: Catholicism today and the lessons of history, John Young
For example the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century with a vast range of disputed teachings led to the clarification of doctrine concerning the relation of Scripture and Tradition the seven sacraments the Mass the Real Presence purgatory indulgences prayer to the saints and the papacy.
31 - Nov 2014 - Reflection: The meaning of life and death, Archbishop Julian Porteous
The month of November begins with the joyful Feast of All Saints.
32 - Nov 2014 - Formation: 'I used to be a Catholic', Audrey English
The saints were all familiar with the Bible but lay people were often unwilling to become better acquainted with it.
33 - Nov 2014 - News: The Church Around the World
The bishop said these holy men and women are examples for the Catholic Medical Associations mission to form medical professionals who are disciples of Jesus Christ and who know they are called to be saints.
34 - Oct 2014 - Art: Sacred art: window into eternity, Tommy Canning
Icons usually represent Christ the Virgin Mary the saints and angels.
35 - Oct 2014 - Do we construct the Church in our own image?, Fr Ken Clark
The first is sure and certain a clear pathway to God and for this we have the lives of the saints as examples the Church as called into being by Christ and the deposit of faith as set out in the Catechism what some would call traditional or orthodox Catholicism.
36 - Sep 2014 - Letters: Sola Scriptura, Cedric Wright
Although Madrid is not always specific on this subject we all know what he means: both Our Lord and His Mother have repeatedly appeared to saints and other devout Catholics with messages of encouragement and amplification.
37 - Sep 2014 - Art: The new mural in Sacred Heart Church, Griffith, NSW, Tommy Canning
The priest does not pray that the sacramental species may be borne up to heaven nor that Christs true body may be borne there for it does not cease to be there; but he offers this prayer for Christs mystical body which is signified in this sacrament that the angel standing by at the Divine mysteries may present to God the prayers of both priest and people according to Apocalypse 8:4: And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended up before God from the hand of the angel.
38 - Sep 2014 - Association of Hebrew Catholics: its role and mission, Andrew Sholl
Thus there were even great saints such as St John of the Cross St Teresa of Avila and of course more recently St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) a patron of AHC.
39 - Aug 2014 - Reflection: The Assumption: Mary leads us to Heaven, Bishop Anthony Fisher
None dared pretend to have her relics whereas there were relics galore of all the other saints.
40 - Aug 2014 - News: The Church Around the World
Zenit News Service Miracle attributed to Fulton Sheen approved Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria Illinois president of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation has been informed that the seven-member theological commission that advises the Congregation of Saints unanimously agreed that a reported miracle should be attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
41 - Jul 2014 - Letters: Human rights priorities, Richard Congram
Our people are not saints but neither are they torturers and persecutors.
42 - Jun 2014 - Letters: What about the Roman Missal smartphone app?, Harry O'Regan
It also contains the readings for a range of votive Masses including Masses for saints martyrs and the Blessed Virgin as well as Requiem Masses and Masses for various needs and occasions.
43 - Jun 2014 - Saints John XXIII and John Paul II canonised, AD2000 Report
Saints John XXIII and John Paul II co-operated with the Holy Spirit in renewing and updating the Church in keeping with her pristine features those features which the saints have given her throughout the centuries.
44 - May 2014 - Priestly Fraternity of St Peter: progress report, Fr Damonn Sypher, FSSP
Their spirituality and work are centred on the traditional prayers and sacramental forms which have produced so many saints in previous centuries.
45 - May 2014 - Apps: Check out religion apps for smartphones!, Peter Westmore
It also has a very clear monthly calendar containing saints feast days.
46 - Apr 2014 - Conversion and confession, Cedric Wright
The old truism is that ours is the Church of saints and sinners and even priests have to go to their colleagues for regular confession.
47 - Apr 2014 - News: The Church Around the World
The approval came from a seven-member board of medical experts advising the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
48 - Mar 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
95 ISBN 978-1-59417-196-3 Saints Calendar and Daily Planner The 2014 Saints Calendar and Daily Planner with attractive sacred paintings provides plenty of space for daily appointments in a spiral lay-flat format.
49 - Mar 2014 - None so blind: refusal to see the obvious, Fr John O'Neill
Surely there must be some kind of regret mysteriously mixed with the happiness of the saints: regret that they did not believe more fervently and serve more lovingly.
50 - Mar 2014 - What Jesus teaches us about prayer, Audrey English
It becomes meritorious it helps not only our self but all those with whom we are united in the Communion of Saints.
51 - Mar 2014 - Private revelations: Are they reliable?, John Young
Again typically when the Blessed Virgin or the saints have appeared they have spoken briefly and the apparitions have not been continued over a long period of time.
52 - Mar 2014 - Whither religious education in Australian Catholic schools?, Peter Finlayson
Adelaides Archbishop Philip Wilson is on record as stating that the main purpose of Catholic schools is to produce saints!
53 - Feb 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
95 ISBN 978-1-59417-196-3 Saints Calendar and Daily Planner The 2014 Saints Calendar and Daily Planner with attractive sacred paintings provides plenty of space for daily appointments in a spiral lay-flat format.
54 - Feb 2014 - The transforming power of Eucharistic Adoration, Fr Joel Wallace
The saints and we can think of the example of St Teresa of Calcutta constantly renewed their capacity for self-giving in their encounter with Christ in the Eucharist.
55 - Dec 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
20 ISBN 978-1-61890-136-1 A Book of Saints and Heroines Joanna Bogle This book is about the remarkable women saints: martyrs mystics missionaries involved in politics and community life working in education and in medicine and raising families.
56 - Dec 2013 - Schools: Catholic school education: returning to our roots, Paul McCormack
In arguing that a Catholic school should be a Catholic school I am suggesting that it should be a place where the teachers are faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church; the students are taught the doctrines of the Church and learn how to explain and defend them; the parents receive support in their role as the primary educators of their children and agree to undertake their obligations faithfully; where saints are invoked and icons are visible where prayer is a common and regular practice including Mass; and a place where the salvation of our soul and desire for eternal life (Heaven) are the underlying priority.
57 - Dec 2013 - Benedict XVI corresponds with an atheist mathematician, Joseph Trabbic
If it is not right to be silent about evil in the Church neither must one be silent about the bright trail of goodness and purity that the Christian faith has traced through the centuries as evidenced by the great and pure figures that faith has produced: Benedict and Scholastica of Norcia Francis and Clare of Assisi Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross and the great saints of charity: Vincent de Paul Camillus de Lillis and Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
58 - Dec 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
Ninety-year-old Father Peter Gumpel a former professor at the Gregorian University in Rome for 25 years was simultaneously appointed as a Theological Consultant to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and as Assistant Postulator General.
59 - Dec 2013 - Pope Francis to canonise John Paul II and John XXIII next April, Michael Gilchrist
Biographies During the consistory Cardinal Angelo Amato Prefect of the Congregation for Saints Causes read the biographies of the two blesseds and highlighted the service to peace and the impact both popes had inside and outside the Christian community at times of great cultural political and religious transformation.
60 - Nov 2013 - Reflection: Bishop Anthony Fisher: Do you want to be a saint?, Bishop Anthony Fisher
This is a homily given on All Saints Day 2012 by the Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP Bishop of Parramatta New South Wales.
61 - Nov 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
95 ISBN 978-1-58617-701-0 A Book of Saints and Heroines Joanna Bogle This book is about the remarkable women saints: martyrs mystics missionaries involved in politics and community life working in education and in medicine and raising families.
62 - Nov 2013 - Interview: G.K. Chesterton's cause for sainthood, Dale Ahlquist
It is hard to conceive two more different kind of saints.
63 - Oct 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
95 ISBN 978-1-58617-701-0 A Book of Saints and Heroines Joanna Bogle This book is about the remarkable women saints: martyrs mystics missionaries involved in politics and community life working in education and in medicine and raising families.
64 - Oct 2013 - Books: A Book of Saints and Heroes, Heroines, by Joanna Bogle, Val Prendergast
A BOOK OF SAINTS AND HEROES A BOOK OF SAINTS AND HEROINES by Joanna Bogle (Gracewing/Freedom Publishing 2013 $19.
65 - Oct 2013 - Church of Divine Mercy in Singapore: an amazing discovery, Kazimierz Kozlowski
In the corridors leading to the chapel we saw figures and paintings of saints including Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
66 - Oct 2013 - The Catholic Church is holy, despite its members' sins, Audrey English
We are made to know love and serve God and attain heaven that is become saints.
67 - Sep 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-1-58617-516-0 A Book of Saints and Heroes A Book of Saints and Heroines Joanna Bogle In these two books Joanna Bogle writes about some of the great saints both men and women who lived and died long ago as well as the stories of those who lived in modern times even up to the 21st century.
68 - Sep 2013 - Books: MYSTICS IN THE MAKING: Laywomen in Today's Church, by Carolyn Humphreys, Br Barry Coldrey
Chief among these guides are: the Scriptures the Church Our Lady the Carmelite saints grace contemplative prayer spiritual friendships and community.
69 - Sep 2013 - Books: A PILGRIM'S JOURNEY: Autobiography of Ignatius of Loyola, Joseph N. Tylenda SJ, Michael E Daniel
ISBN: 978-0-89870-810-3) One of the most influential saints in the history of the Church is St Ignatius of Loyola the founder and first Superior-General of the Jesuits.
70 - Sep 2013 - Letters: Anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Ken Bayliss
All you Holy Angels and Saints pray for us.
71 - Sep 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
The continuity in diversity of the succession in the Roman Chair is the background for the document stamped with the date of the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul Vian emphasised.
72 - Aug 2013 - National Assembly: Order of Malta renews and grows, Damian Wyld
As with the selection of music aspects of the liturgy were also unique to the Order such as the chanting of the Orders own litany of saints.
73 - Aug 2013 - Common good: St Basil the Great: outstanding doctor of the Church for our time, Jordan Grantham
His maternal grandfather was a martyr for the faith and several of his siblings were considered saints most notably Gregory of Nyssa.
74 - Jul 2013 - Reflection: Benedict XVI: Sts Peter and Paul, two pillars of the Church
The following extracts are taken from Pope Benedict XVIs homily for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul 29 June 2012 in St Peters Basilica.
75 - Jul 2013 - Books: SAINTS WHO RAISED THE DEAD: True Stories of Four Hundred Resurrection Miracles, Br Barry Coldrey
Saints empowered by God to raise the dead to life SAINTS WHO RAISED THE DEAD: True Stories of Four Hundred Resurrection Miracles by Father Albert J.
76 - Jul 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic World News The 800 Martyrs of Otranto The Church has 802 new Saints after the first canonisation of the new papacy.
77 - Jul 2013 - Homily: Saints John Fisher and Thomas More: from Pope Pius XI's canonisation homily
Saints John Fisher and Thomas More could not be shaken by the fallacies of heretics nor frightened by the threats of the powerful.
78 - Jun 2013 - Books: SAINTS WHO SAW MARY, by Raphael Brown, Br Barry Coldrey
SAINTS WHO SAW MARY by Raphael Brown (Tan Books reprinted 145pp $30.
79 - May 2013 - Books: SAINTS, SACRILEGE AND SEDITION: Religion and Conflict in the Tudor Reformations, Michael Daniel
Eamon Duffy explores further aspects of the English Reformation SAINTS SACRILEGE AND SEDITION: Religion and Conflict in the Tudor Reformations by Eamon Duffy (Bloomsbury 2012 Hardback 253pp $45.
80 - Apr 2013 - Books: THE SEVEN BIG MYTHS ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, by Christopher Kaczor, Father John Flynn LC
A professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles Kaczor started by pointing out that the Church is made up of both saints and sinners and that mistakes in governance can indeed occur.
81 - Apr 2013 - Books: PERPETUA'S PASSIONS, ed. Jan N. Bremmer and Marco Formisano, Peter Westmore
Additionally there are numerous church documents which show that the saints were the subject of popular devotion from the third century onwards.
82 - Apr 2013 - Books: REDEEMING GRIEF: Abortion and Its Pain (2nd and Revised ed.), by Anne R. Lastman, Fr Paul Crotty
Fr Paul Crotty is Parish Priest of All Saints Church Port Augusta SA.
83 - Mar 2013 - Books: HOLY MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND BEYOND, by Pope Benedict XVI, Michael Daniel
Benedict commences with St Francis of Assisi and concludes with St Thrse of Lisieux; however the bulk of the reflections are based on saints of the High Middle Ages.
84 - Mar 2013 - Obituary: Creos Roman: may he rest in peace, Bishop Anthony Fisher OP
He had that sense of always-being-rightness that in the saints we call holy zeal a stubbornness that in the saints we call single-minded devotion and occasionally that hard-to-get-along-with-ness that in priests and religious we call personal charism.
85 - Feb 2013 - Reflection: The cathedral: symbol of Christ's authoritative teaching, Bishop Michael Kennedy
There are so many more lessons in faith built into this cathedral: the solid walls; the spire soaring heavenward; the prayerful arches; the stained glass windows bathing us in Gods light; the heroic lives of the saints they depict; the tombs of bishops the statues of saints.
86 - Feb 2013 - Books: THE PASSION OF PERPETUA AND FELICITY, by Thomas J. Heffernan, Peter Westmore
deign to grant some share and fellowship with your holy Apostles and Martyrs: John Stephen Matthias Barnabas Ignatius Alexander Marcellinus Peter Felicity Perpetua Agatha Lucy Agnes Cecilia Anastasia and all your Saints.
87 - Feb 2013 - Grace: Indulgences: relics of the past or still Church teaching?, John Young
Added to this treasure is also the vast incalculable ever increasing value in Gods eyes of the prayers and good works of the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the saints (n.
88 - Feb 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
Cardinal Angelo Amato Prefect of the Congregation for the Saints Causes presided during the ceremony while Father Antony Gabriel vice postulator of the canonisation process called Blessed Pillai a true martyr.
89 - Dec 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
95 ISBN 978-1-58617-606-8 A Year with the Angels Mike Aquilina Author Mike Aquilina offers a years worth of reflections on the Angels drawn from the Bible and writings of the Saints.
90 - Nov 2012 - Books: CATHOLICISM: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith, by Fr Robert Barron, Michael Gilchrist
The books ten chapters mirror each episode of the documentary dealing with the Incarnation Jesus Teachings the Mystery of God Mary Saints Peter and Paul Christ and the Church Sacraments and Worship the Communion of Saints Prayer and the Life of the Spirit and Last Things.
91 - Nov 2012 - Letters: Religious rebellion, Kevin McManus
A Rule given by its founder with an acknowledged fullness of spiritual wisdom approved by the Church tested and experienced by the saints is a safe path and for the religious the only safe path.
92 - Nov 2012 - News: The Church Around the World
Parishes will be praying a Prayer for the Child in the Womb during Masses throughout the month of prayer which will end on the 6 November feast of All the Saints of Ireland.
93 - Nov 2012 - All Saints Day: the 'Feast of the Unknown Saint', Fr Munachi Ezeogu cssp
Beside the handful of saints whose feast days we celebrate on specific days in the year there are countless other saints and martyrs men women and children united with God in the heavenly glory whom we do not celebrate.
94 - Oct 2012 - Editorial: The Year of Faith and Catechism of the Catholic Church, Michael Gilchrist
From Sacred Scripture to the Fathers of the Church from theological masters to the saints across the centuries the Catechism provides a permanent record of the many ways in which the Church has meditated on the faith and made progress in doctrine so as to offer certitude to believers in their lives of faith.
95 - Sep 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-0-85244-761-1 A Year with the Angels Mike Aquilina Author Mike Aquilina offers a years worth of reflections on the Angels drawn from the Bible and writings of the Saints.
96 - Sep 2012 - Books: FATIMA FOR TODAY: The Urgent Marian Message of Hope, by Fr Andrew Apostoli CFR, Brother Barry Coldrey
He also covers many different interpretations of the messages from popes saints and theologians over the past century.
97 - Sep 2012 - Books: A COMPANION TO CATHOLIC EDUCATION, by Leonardo Franchi (Editor), Gerard O'Shea
A Catholic school over and above this should help students to become saints.
98 - Aug 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-0-85244-761-1 A Year with the Angels Mike Aquilina Author Mike Aquilina offers a years worth of reflections on the Angels drawn from the Bible and writings of the Saints.
99 - Aug 2012 - The Virgin Mary's key role in our salvation history, Cedric Wright
Mary is also said to have made private appearances to many of the saints and this ongoing communion with Our Lady has become a powerful tradition in the Catholic Church supplementing and clarifying the teachings of the Gospels and playing a vital role in leading mankind to God.
100 - Aug 2012 - News: The Church Around the World
Sheen Cause advances During a private audience on 28 June with Cardinal Angelo Amato Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Benedict XVI promulgated a decree affirming the heroic virtues of Archbishop Fulton J.
101 - Aug 2012 - Benedict XVI sets up Anglican Ordinariate for Australia, Monsignor Harry Entwistle
The spirituality of the English Church has been shaped by the Celts Saints Benedict Bernard Aelred Mother Julian of Norwich and later by the Reformers and the Caroline Divines of the 17th century.
102 - Jul 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-0-85244-761-1 A Year with the Angels Mike Aquilina Author Mike Aquilina offers a years worth of reflections on the Angels drawn from the Bible and writings of the Saints.
103 - Jul 2012 - Letters: Patron Saints, Fred Preshaw
According to Ken Bayliss (May AD2000) Australia has three patron saints.
104 - Jul 2012 - Letters: Papal infallibility, Peter D. Howard
Papal infallibility was covered as follows through EWTN which a decade ago provided an answer to me from David Gregson: You are correct in stating that the Pope exercises his charism of infallibility not only in dogmatic definitions issued ex cathedra as divinely revealed (of which there have been only two) but also in doctrines definitively proposed by him also ex cathedra which would include canonisations (that they are in fact Saints enjoying the Beatific Vision in heaven) moral teachings (such as contained in Humanae vitae) and other doctrines he has taught as necessarily connected with truths divinely revealed such as that priestly ordination is reserved to men.
105 - Jul 2012 - 'Born again': how to change from a nominal to a "living" Christian, Andrew Kania
We can listen or we can pretend to be deaf convincing ourselves that we are not saints so that any voice we hear or pricked conscience we feel can be shrugged off as a whim.
106 - Jun 2012 - Books: OUR GLORIOUS POPES, by Catherine Goddard Clarke, Michael Daniel
It is also refreshing to learn about the careers of Popes that are largely unknown such as Saints Zachary and Leo III.
107 - Jun 2012 - Australian student campaigns for US college's Catholic identity, David Walsh
He was recently awarded the prestigious Saints Award for the person who best lives out the basketball teams values in all facets of student life.
108 - Jun 2012 - NET Ministries: Another Catholic youth ministry success story, Br Barry Coldrey
In Melbourne the NET team lives in a large church-owned house in Queens Parade Clifton Hill and as time allows these trained Netters help to energise the Archdioceses young adult ministry: the SIX30 Holy Hour on Thursday evenings at St Patricks Cathedral the monthly Theology-in-the-Pub sessions at the Pump House Hotel and the Archdiocesan Breakfasts for Vocations at All Saints Parish Fitzroy.
109 - May 2012 - Letters: Year of Grace, Ken Bayliss
Every Catholic should pledge to make better known amongst all Australian Catholics our three patron saints: Our Lady Help of Christians St Francis Xavier and St Thrse of the Infant Jesus to seek their intercession in bringing about unity amongst the members of our Church in this year of Grace.
110 - May 2012 - News: The Church Around the World
Daswas case was sent to the Vaticans Congregation for the Causes of Saints after he was declared Servant of God and diocesan-level inquiries were completed.
111 - May 2012 - Episcopacy: Brisbane's new Archbishop well-equipped for the challenges, Michael Gilchrist
We hope that when his entry into the Martyrology is made it will merit the regular term used of the saints: restituit disciplinam liturgicam collapsa.
112 - Apr 2012 - Books: FRANK DUFF: A Life Story, by Finola Kennedy, Donal Anthony Foley
In 1916 aged 27 he wrote a booklet entitled Can we be Saints?
113 - Apr 2012 - Art: Icons: linking the spiritual and material, Aidan Hart
Thus we worship Christ and honour the saints when we kiss icons or light candles before their images.
114 - Apr 2012 - The mystery of human suffering: a Christian understanding, Julian McGauren
It does not mean we must or can be heroes or saints in our suffering; but just be aware of its favour before God and trust Him.
115 - Mar 2012 - Reflection: The wonder of the Incarnation: Pope Benedict's Nazareth homily, Pope Benedict XVI
Let us turn now towards our heavenly Father who in this place looked upon his servant in her lowliness and let us sing his praises in union with the Blessed Virgin Mary with all the choirs of angels and saints and with the whole Church in every part of the world.
116 - Mar 2012 - Books: The Spiritual Legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, by Rev. Charles P. Connor, Michael Daniel
Here Fr Charles Connor the author of several books on theology the saints and Catholic history and a regular EWTN host has addressed this deficit in The Spiritual Legacy of Archbishop Fulton J.
117 - Mar 2012 - Fulton Sheen Cause: progress report, Msgr Stanley Deptula
With unprecedented speed the theologians of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints reviewed and unanimously approved the positio in October and now it is in the hands of the bishops of the Congregation of the Causes of Saints.
118 - Feb 2012 - Mission UK: Can pagan Britain recover its Christian identity?
As a child the future Franciscan sister had listened to bedtime stories about the saints.
119 - Dec 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
90 ISBN 978-0-89870-588-1 2012 Saints Calendar amp; Daily Planner This 16-month illustrated Saints Calendar and Daily Planner would make an ideal present.
120 - Dec 2011 - Letters: Devotion to Mary, Cedric Wright
As a young man I was a convert to the Catholic Church in the years before Vatican II and I rejoiced in the Latin liturgy and the overwhelming majesty of the Churchs traditions - not least devotion to the Most Holy Mother of God and the Communion of Saints.
121 - Dec 2011 - Schools: St Philomena's school: a beacon of excellence, Alistair Barros
It also provides an unapologetic unvarnished teaching of Catholicism including studies of the traditional catechism Sacred Scriptures and Church history the lives of the saints prayer and the traditional Latin liturgy.
122 - Nov 2011 - Reflection: The Church's architecture: faith translated into vision, Bishop Arthur Serratelli
Abstract images and splashes of colour have replaced the biblical scenes and figures of the Gothic cathedrals that remind the worshippers of their place in the history of salvation and the communion of saints.
123 - Nov 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
80 ISBN 978-1-88393-797-3 2012 Saints Calendar amp; Daily Planner This 16-month illustrated Saints Calendar and Daily Planner would make an ideal present.
124 - Nov 2011 - Books: ST THOMAS BECKET, by Michael Green, Michael E. Daniel
This short monograph by Michael Green author of several books on English saints traces St Thomas Beckets biography.
125 - Nov 2011 - Saints: G.K. Chesterton: Is there a case for his canonisation?, Karl Schmude
We might recall Ronald Knoxs poetic tribute shortly after Chestertons death where he expresses a plea to God on behalf of Chesterton by two of the greatest saints of Christendom Francis of Assisi and Thomas Aquinas.
126 - Nov 2011 - Homily: Benedict XVI: From his All Saints Day homily, Pope Benedict XVI
The saints are not a small caste of chosen souls but an innumerable crowd to which the liturgy urges us to raise our eyes.
127 - Oct 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
90 ISBN 978-1-58617-481-1 2012 Saints Calendar amp; Daily Planner This 16-month illustrated Saints Calendar and Daily Planner would make an ideal present.
128 - Oct 2011 - Angelus Message: Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7), Pope Benedict XVI
Let us entrust all men and women missionaries to the intercession of the numerous Missionary Saints and Blesseds and in particular to the motherly protection of the Queen of the Holy Rosary.
129 - Sep 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
90 ISBN 978-1-58617-412-5 Citadel of God Louis de Wohl Here as in all his novels about great saints of the Church Louis de Wohl weaves an intricate and colourful tapestry of violence love and piety to tell with historical accuracy the story of St Benedict and the tempestuous era in which he lived.
130 - Sep 2011 - Sacred Art: Catholic church statuary: a craft in danger, Christopher Akehurst
Statues of saints are a feature of every Catholic church but many of the moulds from which they were cast have been destroyed.
131 - Sep 2011 - Glimpses of a new dawn in Russia, Babette Francis
Russian saints The campaign was tied into the Day of Family Love and Faithfulness a holiday created by Mrs Medvedeva and the Russian Orthodox Church and centred around Pyotr and Fevronia a couple who ruled the Murom region northeast of Moscow in the late 12th century and were later declared saints.
132 - Aug 2011 - Books: STANDARD-BEARERS OF THE FAITH: Lives of the Saints for Young and Old, Terri Kelleher
STANDARD-BEARERS OF THE FAITH: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old by Frances Alice Forbes (Tan Books 100pp $12.
133 - Jul 2011 - Poetry: A Prayer for Mothers, Cardinal Mindszenty
They cannot share in Gods creative miracle to bring new saints to Heaven.
134 - Jul 2011 - Universae Ecclesiae: Vatican document strengthens use of the traditional Latin liturgy, Fr Glen Tattersall
Finally it is announced that further provision will be made at some point for the inclusion of new saints and also new prefaces in the Missal of the Extraordinary Form thus ensuring that while it maintains its integrity the ancient use does not ossify in its 1962 edition.
135 - Jul 2011 - News: The Church Around the World
The positio will be filed formally with the Congregation for Saints Causes as the initial step in the Vaticans process to determine whether Archbishop Sheen should be beatified and canonised.
136 - Jun 2011 - Events: St Thomas More: still A Man for all Seasons, Emma O'Shea
Following the 2010 musical MacKillop Artes Christi has now turned its hand to one of Englands most famous saints Thomas More who was martyred by King Henry VIII in 1535 over a dispute between the King and the Papacy.
137 - Jun 2011 - Homily: The Meaning of Jesus' Ascension, Benedict XVI
Let us embrace the power of the Cross and resurrection so that when he comes again with the angels and the saints we may be found worthy to share with him eternal glory.
138 - May 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
It is regarded as the definitive account of this English saints life.
139 - May 2011 - Letters: A mixture, Arnold Jago
Jesus sat with the sinners and the saints.
140 - May 2011 - News: The Church Around the World
Their devotion to the saints and veneration of the Virgin has relaunched the production of candles and the niches of the saints both within and outside the churches which are illuminated day and night.
141 - May 2011 - Two million in Rome for beatification of John Paul II, Peter Westmore
John Paul II presided at 147 beatification and 51 canonisation ceremonies (for 482 Saints) during his pontificate.
142 - Apr 2011 - Reflection: Benedict XVI: Palm Sunday means following Jesus Christ, Pope Benedict XVI
He knows that his risen body will be the new sacrifice and the new Temple that around him in the ranks of the angels and saints there will be formed the new Jerusalem that is in heaven and nevertheless also on earth.
143 - Apr 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
It is regarded as the definitive account of this English saints life.
144 - Mar 2011 - Islam divided over Pope's call to respect religious freedom, Babette Francis
These differences were evident following the 1 January attack on the Orthodox Coptic Church of the Saints in Alexandria Egypt which killed 23 and wounded more than 100 and the assassination of Salman Taseer Governor of Punjab Pakistan on 4 January.
145 - Mar 2011 - News: The Church Around the World
Benedict XVI approved the decree for the beatification of his predecessor during an audience on 14 January with the head of the Vatican department for saints causes Cardinal Angelo Amato.
146 - Feb 2011 - Reflection: The great but neglected harvest of inactive Catholics, Joseph Agius
We should ask our Australian Catholic Bishops to nominate the Sunday closest to the feasts of Saints Monica and Augustine (27 and 28 August respectively) as Inactive Catholics Sunday when we pray for the conversion of these Catholics.
147 - Feb 2011 - Liturgical rights of Catholics must be upheld, Fr Martin Durham
) bull; It is the right of the Christian people themselves that their diocesan Bishop should take care to prevent the occurrence of abuses in ecclesiastical discipline especially as regards the ministry of the word the celebration of the sacraments and sacramentals the worship of God and devotion to the Saints (24).
148 - Dec 2010 - Books: FIVE SMOOTH STONES: A 40 Day WYD08 Journal, by Stephen Lawrence, Bishop Joseph Grech
In Rome he boldly and firmly told the two million three hundred thousand young people Do not be afraid to be saints.
149 - Dec 2010 - Books: THE LAST CRUSADER, by Louis de Wohl, Michael Daniel
His extensive range of novels based on the lives of saints and sections of the Bible belong to his latter literary career and were a response to the deepening of his faith and the belief that his talents should be directed to promoting Catholicism.
150 - Nov 2010 - Letters: Declarations, Frank Mobbs
What a shame he might have to be removed from the list of saints for denying the infallible teaching of Vatican II as expounded by Mr Young.
151 - Nov 2010 - Saints: Blessed John Henry Newman: why he is worthy of canonisation, Frank Mobbs
(There are plenty of penitents numbered amongst the saints.
152 - Nov 2010 - Liturgy: Catholic funerals: Bishop Elliott explains Melbourne's guidelines, Bishop Peter J. Eliott
What the media missed was the section of the Guidelines on planning a Catholic funeral taking us beyond a dull rite with a few hymns or canned music with the beautiful Saints of God recited not sung.
153 - Nov 2010 - Homily: Feast of All Saints: Benedict XVI's homily, Pope Benedict XVI
With great joy we celebrate the feast of All Saints.
154 - Sep 2010 - Books: THE TEMPLARS: Knights of Christ, by Régine Pernoud, Br Barry Coldrey
No one could claim that all the Templars were model religious men for they had that mix of saints and sinners which any organisation has over the years.
155 - Sep 2010 - Books: Edith Stein Discovered / Edith Stein and Companions, Terri Kelleher
Like St Paul and all the saints over the centuries she had seen in St Teresas faith and absolute trust in her Saviour the face of Christ.
156 - Aug 2010 - Books: DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CATHOLIC HISTORY: From the Catacombs to the Reformation, Terri Kelleher
The century was also replete with wonderful saints who ensured the flowering of these reforms and who should be of great comfort to us today at the beginning of the third millennium when the Church is facing its own serious problems such as the sex abuse scandals.
157 - Aug 2010 - News: The Church Around the World
The prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Archbishop Angelo Amato celebrated Mass while also present were Cardinals William Levada Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith Adam Maida from Detroit and numerous other bishops.
158 - Jul 2010 - New apologetics for the new evangelisation
Art and the saints Pope Benedict in his 2008 meeting with the clergy of the Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone said that for him art and the saints are the greatest apologetic for our faith.
159 - Jul 2010 - Book launch: Cardinal Pell's new book 'Test Everything' launched, Michael Gilchrist
Throughout the present book Cardinal Pell quotes to good effect from the writings of poets theologians philosophers saints and popes from St Gregory the Great to Cardinal Avery Dulles and from Nietzsche to CS Lewis and James McAuley.
160 - May 2010 - Conversion: 'Strangely and suspiciously tall': an Evangelical meets the Mother of God, Terri Kelleher
The faithful would obtain or search for relics of saints.
161 - May 2010 - Foundations of Faith: The Mass: early centuries to Vatican II, Br Barry Coldrey
The colours of these vestments were important signs: red vestments signified the Mass of a martyr; purple denoted a time of penance; while white was for major feasts and for saints who were not martyrs.
162 - Apr 2010 - More Australian Anglicans respond to Benedict XVI's invitation, AD2000 Report
The vote to investigate the establishment of an Ordinariate was held on 20 February at a Special General Meeting of FIFA at All Saints Church Kooyong in Melbourne.
163 - Mar 2010 - Books: Adrienne von Speyr: THE BOUNDLESS GOD and CONFESSION, Br Barry Coldrey
On another level Adrienne the mystic claimed she had received intimate portraits of men and women in conversation with God and was favoured with many visions of individual saints throughout her life both as a Protestant and after she was received into the Catholic Church.
164 - Mar 2010 - Foundations of Faith: What the Second Vatican Council really said, John Young
The Council made it very clear that all are called to be saints (cf.
165 - Mar 2010 - Courage: A Catholic psychologist exposes 'gay' myths, Marie Mason
Individuals with SSA are encouraged to find healing intimacy with God as Father Son and Holy Spirit to get to know Our Lady and the saints to meditate on Scripture to pray the Rosary daily to adore our Lord in the Eucharist etc.
166 - Feb 2010 - Foundations of Faith: Celebrating the Eucharist during the early Christian centuries, Br Barry Coldrey
Formalised ritual There are other writings of early Christian leaders martyrs and saints such as Justin and Hippolytus who show the Eucharist or Mass developing into more a more formalised ritual reflecting the increasing numbers of Christians in many communities.
167 - Feb 2010 - Catholic Culture: 'A small brave initiative': Campion College's second graduation, Br Barry Coldrey
for the honour of Our Lord Jesus Christ the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the saints.
168 - Feb 2010 - Preparation time: New Missal translation nears completion: a window of opportunity, Michael Gilchrist
Since then after years of meetings and discussions the Australian Bishops finally approved all of the segments of the Roman Missal in May 2009 with a small section containing new texts for the expanded Vigil of Pentecost and Masses for recent saints approved at their November meeting.
169 - Feb 2010 - St Mary Mackillop: Canonisation: about holiness, not miracles, Fr Paul Gardiner SJ
Stories of saints and miracles had to be examined more carefully and this scrutiny became stricter with time.
170 - Dec 2009 - Books: THE MASS AND THE SAINTS, by Thomas Crean OP, Br Barry Coldrey
THE MASS AND THE SAINTS by Thomas Crean OP (Ignatius Press 2008 208pp $30.
171 - Dec 2009 - Letters: Saint Damien of Molokai, Arnold Jago
Pope Benedict XVI has recently canonised five new saints including Father Damien de Veuster a 19th-century Belgian priest who worked with lepers living in government-sanctioned segregation in Molokai Hawaii.
172 - Dec 2009 - Saints: Saint Damien of Molokai: Robert Louis Stevenson's prediction fulfilled
On 12 October 2009 Benedict XVI canonised five new saints in St Peters Basilica among them Fr Damien of Molokai (1840-1889) the Belgian priest who worked among the lepers in Hawaii in the 19th century.
173 - Nov 2009 - Reflection: The Feast of All Souls and the Communion of Saints, Fr Dennis Byrnes
Communion of Saints Here we are reminded of what the Church calls the Communion of the Saints.
174 - Nov 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books
au Married Saints and Blesseds Ferdinand Holbouml;ck Father Holbouml;ck tells the inspiring stories of over 200 married saints and blesseds from the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph through to the parents of St Theacute;rse of Lisieux.
175 - Nov 2009 - Books: THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD: Essays Catholic and Contemporary, by John Haldane, Tracey Rowland
He has also written that he is convinced that the true apologetics for the Christian message the most persuasive proof of its truth offsetting everything that may appear negative are the saints on the one hand and the beauty that the faith has generated on the other.
176 - Nov 2009 - Holocaust: English nun who saved Jews from the Nazis put forward as saint, AD2000 Report
But if it progresses swiftly she could become the first British woman saint since 1970 when Paul VI canonised Margaret Clitherow Anne Line and Margaret Ward among 40 English and Welsh saints who died as martyrs in the Protestant Reformation.
177 - Nov 2009 - Foundations of Faith: 'O happy fault': the Christian doctrine of original sin, Noel Roberts
In his eyes the Churchs service to the sick the homeless and the poor to art and scholarship and its saints reflect nothing more than a grab for power and money.
178 - Nov 2009 - News: The Church Around the World
More than 8000 copies of the first edition published on All Saints Day in 2007 were distributed to Catholic leaders and families.
179 - Oct 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books
au Married Saints and Blesseds Ferdinand Holbouml;ck Father Holbouml;ck tells the inspiring stories of over 200 married saints and blesseds from the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph through to the parents of St Theacute;regrav;se of Lisieux.
180 - Oct 2009 - Editorial: Anglican Communion's moment of truth, Michael Gilchrist
After a seven-year process of religious discernment ten nuns and the chaplain of the All Saints Sisters of the Poor in Catonsville Maryland left the Episcopal Church for the Catholic Church.
181 - Sep 2009 - Reflection: The centrality of the tabernacle, Bishop John M. D'Arcy
Sacramental dimension The church which is both the house of God on earth (domus Dei) and a house fit for the prayers of the saints (domus ecclesiae) itself possesses a sacramental dimension - by its very structure it should aid worshippers to enter into an encounter with Christ.
182 - Sep 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books
au Married Saints and Blesseds Ferdinand Holbouml;ck Father Holbouml;ck tells the inspiring stories of over 200 married saints and blesseds from the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph through to the parents of St Theacute;rse of Lisieux.
183 - Sep 2009 - Books: THE BOOK OF ALL SAINTS, by Adrienne von Speyr, Br Barry Coldrey
THE BOOK OF ALL SAINTS by Adrienne von Speyr (Ignatius Press 2008 hardback 429pp $49.
184 - Sep 2009 - News: The Church Around the World
As the Year of St Paul now gives way to the Year for the Priest the Pope in recent weeks (28 June 2009) has proposed both these great saints as model priests.
185 - Aug 2009 - God's Messengers: Angels: what Scripture and Tradition reveal, Susan McKinley
Many of the saints had a profound respect for their guardian angels including most recently Saint Josemaria Escrivagrave; who regularly communicated with his referring to him as a great accomplice.
186 - Aug 2009 - News: The Church Around the World
Zenit News Agency Vatican recognises Newman miracle The Holy See has recognised the miracle necessary for the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman with the Congregation for the Causes of Saints attributing the cure of Jack Sullivan a permanent deacon from the Archdiocese of Boston to the intercession of Cardinal Newman.
187 - Jul 2009 - New Evangelisation: Catholics Come Home: a fresh approach to re-evangelising, Bob Denahy
They tell how the Church contains sinners and saints and how it can trace its history back in an unbroken line to the first pope appointed by Jesus Christ Peter; that it has founded more hospitals schools and universities than any other institution on the planet; that under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit it compiled the Bible; that it has always promoted the sanctity of human life at all stages of development as well as the sanctity of life-long marriage; and that in a confused and hurting world its teachings are consistent true and strong.
188 - Jul 2009 - Editorial: The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June), Michael Gilchrist
The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul commemorates these saints martyrdom in Rome and is observed on 29 June.
189 - May 2009 - Books: AD2000 Books for May
Included are extracts from Scripture and the writings of the saints.
190 - Apr 2009 - Books: AD2000 Books for April
Included are extracts from Scripture and the writings of the saints.
191 - Apr 2009 - Books: RENDER UNTO CAESAR:Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life, Charles Chaput, Tim Cannon
These are the thoughts of a man deeply in love with the Church and with Jesus Christ supremely confident in Christs power to transform the world and fiercely loyal to the Churchs teachings her leaders and her saints.
192 - Apr 2009 - Foundations of Faith: The Mass and private devotions in Catholic life, Br Barry Coldrey
However internally Faustina was experiencing a dramatic spiritual adventure centering she tells us on frequent sometimes daily appearances of Jesus Mary or one of the saints who spoke of many things; but the focal point was always divine mercy - Gods desire to give it humanitys need for mercy and the methods by which Divine Mercy could be obtained.
193 - Mar 2009 - Books: Books available now from AD2000 Books
Included are extracts from Scripture and the writings of the saints.
194 - Mar 2009 - Books: Labour and Justice, by Gavan Duffy, Peter Westmore
This was amplified by many of the great Christian thinkers from Pope Clement at the end of the first century AD to Origen St John Chrysostom and later Saints Ambrose and Augustine.
195 - Mar 2009 - The recession and Catholic social teaching, Mark and Louise Zwick
They did not look to socialism as a solution but were able to develop an alternative based on the Gospel Catholic social teaching and the lives of the saints.
196 - Mar 2009 - Vocations: Indian priests: still plentiful but fewer available for overseas, AD2000 Report
And the entire community turns out for local festivals on saints days.
197 - Feb 2009 - Books: Books available now from AD2000 Books
Included are extracts from Scripture and the writings of the saints.
198 - Feb 2009 - Books: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Pope Benedict XVI, Siobhan Reeves
Being in the great company of the saints and moving forward with them can change the world.
199 - Feb 2009 - Letters: Clarification on new Missal translation - final text has been approved, Archbishop Denis Hart
Another point of interest is that at the November meeting of the Australian Bishops we have approved the ICEL grey book (final) text of all of the remaining segments of the Missal including the Proper and Common of Saints votive and requiem Masses appendices and introductory material.
200 - Feb 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Protestant Reformation: origins and beliefs, Frank Mobbs
Certainly it is not that visible body consisting of saints and sinners which we find in the New Testament and which continues as the Catholic Church.
201 - Dec 2008 - Books: Books available now from AD2000 Books
Included are extracts from Scripture and the writings of the saints.
202 - Dec 2008 - Schools: Blessed Mary MacKillop Colleges: 2009 enrolments (Jindera, Wagga Wagga)
With its emphasis on the lives of the saints as role models and a religious education based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church Blessed Mary MacKillop Colleges offer a traditional approach to teaching the Catholic faith.
203 - Nov 2008 - Reflection: Purgatory: hope, mercy, love, Bishop Peter J. Elliott
Through the bond of the communion of saints in hope and love we entrust the departed to the merciful care of God.
204 - Nov 2008 - Books: Books available from AD Books
Included are extracts from Scripture and the writings of the saints.
205 - Nov 2008 - What happened then: what matters now - Swithun Wells, martyr of England, Rosemary Lucadou-Wells
On All Saints Day 1591 Swithun walked along this path to answer the prosecutions charges of allowing Mass to be celebrated in his house.
206 - Nov 2008 - Anima Women's Network: giving 'heart' to women of faith, Anna Krohn
These women are the guardian saints and spiritual mothers of the Anima Womens Network.
207 - Nov 2008 - Editorial: All Saints Day and All Souls Day, Peter Westmore
A consequence of the decision of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference in 2001 to reduce the number of Holy Days of Obligation to Christmas Day and the Assumption (August 15) is that the great feasts of All Saints Day (November 1) and All Souls Day (November 2) are rapidly disappearing from the consciousness even of practising Catholics.
208 - Oct 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books
Included are extracts from Scripture and the writings of the saints.
209 - Oct 2008 - Books: WHAT MOTHER TERESA TAUGHT ME, by Maryanne Raphael, Catherine Sheehan
That is why those able to live this total abandonment to Gods will are usually saints.
210 - Oct 2008 - Foundations of Faith: Recent Marian apparitions and the life of the Church, Br Barry Coldrey
And in the history of Christian spirituality over two millennia visions and revelations occurred occasionally in the lives of the saints.
211 - Sep 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books
Included are extracts from Scripture and the writings of the saints.
212 - Sep 2008 - WYD08: A reflection on WYD, Tim Cannon
It is easy to forget as Catholics in Australia that we are part of a communion of saints.
213 - Aug 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books
Included are extracts from Scripture and the writings of the saints.
214 - Jul 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books
Included are extracts from Scripture and the writings of the saints.
215 - Jul 2008 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: Jesus: how do we know he was God?, Br Barry Coldrey CFC
The holiness of the Church resides in its founder in the Eucharist and the other sacraments such as Baptism and Confirmation its prayer life and its capacity to inspire great holiness in some of its members whom it recognises as canonised saints.
216 - May 2008 - Summorum Pontificum: Benedict XVI's Latin Mass document: a parish priest's response, Fr Andrew Wise
I now feel a new affinity in mind and heart with many of the saints from centuries past.
217 - Apr 2008 - Reflection: Original Sin, the 'madness' of the Cross and the 'foolishness' of God's love, Fr Dennis Byrnes
The saints through the ages describe it as the foolishness of Gods love.
218 - Apr 2008 - Books: THE ENEMY WITHIN: Radical Feminism in the Christian Churches, Catherine Sheehan
Because of her role in redemption she is the highest of all creatures higher than all the saints and angels.
219 - Apr 2008 - Progress report: AD2000's worldwide outreach via the Internet, Francis Young
The most viewed pages usually include Church history in the world and Australia philosophers such as Augustine Aquinas and Jacques Maritain saints and inspirational churchmen and women Catholic demographics Catholic education Liturgy Church architecture and a large spread of homilies and book reviews.
220 - Apr 2008 - News: The Church Around the World
The news was announced on 14 February in the cathedral of Coimbra Portugal by Cardinal Joseacute; Saraiva Martins prefect of the Congregation for Saints Causes on the third anniversary of the Carmelites death.
221 - Mar 2008 - Reflection: Benedict XVI on Lent: 'authentic conversion to the love of Christ', Pope Benedict XVI
Not surprisingly many of the saints found in the Heart of Jesus the deepest expression of this mystery of love.
222 - Mar 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books
00 Celibacy in the Early Church Stefan Heid The author draws on Scripture the early Councils saints and theologians to document the case that compulsory celibacy was the norm in the early Church.
223 - Mar 2008 - Books: SEARCHING FOR AND MAINTAINING PEACE, by Father Jacques Philippe, Tim Cannon
Classics by the saints and spiritual masters can be taxing even disheartening; so far removed are we from the worlds of Augustine John of the Cross or the likes of Newman and Lewis that reading their works can induce something akin to culture shock.
224 - Feb 2008 - Spe salvi: Benedict's second encyclical calls for a rediscovery of hope in Christ, Michael Gilchrist
Hope is a gift that changes the life of those who receive it as the experience of so many saints demonstrates.
225 - Dec 2007 - Books: JESUS, THE APOSTLES AND THE EARLY CHURCH by Pope Benedict XVI, Tim Cannon
There are chapters on each of the Twelve including numerous ones on Saints Peter and John the Evangelist as well as multiple chapters on Saint Paul and chapters on several of his collaborators including Timothy Titus Bartholomew and the married couple Priscilla and Aquila.
226 - Dec 2007 - 1962 Missal: Australian bishops support Benedict XV's liberalising of the Latin Mass, AD2000 Report
Countless saints gave worship to God by using the same words and singing the same melodies that echo in Our Ladys Cathedral this morning.
227 - Dec 2007 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic World News Cardinal Newmans beatification The Vatican Congregation for Saints is considering the beatification of John Henry Newman after indications he may have worked his first miracle.
228 - Dec 2007 - Liturgy: Australian archbishops report progress with new English Mass translations, Michael Gilchrist
The Green Book for the Proper of Saints (July-December) Votive Masses and Masses for the Dead was sent to the bishops with comments due by 31 January 2008 and the introductory material and General Instruction of the Missal were also sent with comments due by 23 March 2008.
229 - Nov 2007 - Letters: Modern saints and traditional liturgy, Seamus Mahady
Of particular interest was the mention that recently canonised saints could be honoured with the traditional liturgy.
230 - Oct 2007 - Books: JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: In His Time, Tim Cannon
After giving a brief overview of the history of the role of Doctors of the Church the author examines the degree to which Newman fulfilled the six procedural norms and doctrinal criteria for the judgment concerning the eminence of Doctrine of Saints proposed as Doctors of the Church as set out by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
231 - Sep 2007 - Books: THE BEAUTY OF THY HOUSE, by Mark Alessio, Tim Cannon
And while the great saints and theologians produced insights into this or that element of Christianity the majority of believers retain little more than sketches and vague impressions.
232 - Sep 2007 - Laity: How the Legion of Mary can benefit parishes, Fr Hugh Thwaites SJ
How can those people become saints who spend their evenings simply interesting or amusing themselves?
233 - Sep 2007 - Rediscovering the real history of Australian Catholic education, Eamonn Keane
Rather it was steeped in the memory of how their forebears had been brutalised for their tenacity in holding to the Catholic faith which had been passed down to them through a long line of saints and martyrs.
234 - Sep 2007 - Pastoral Letter: NSW and ACT Bishops call for a shake-up in Catholic education, Michael Gilchrist
There should be crucifixes and pictures of Our Lady and the saints around the schools.
235 - Aug 2007 - Books: Jesus of Nazareth: Baptism to Transfiguration, by Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI, Tim Cannon
Recognising on the one hand their immense usefulness and on the other hand their major limitations Benedict reaches beyond these interpretive disciplines delving into the works of the Saints (particularly the Fathers of the Church) the Old Testament and the rich Judaic tradition the Eastern Orthodox tradition and the rich deposit of faith in the Catholic Church herself.
236 - Aug 2007 - Lex orandi: Benedict XVI's liturgical armistice: 'Summorum Pontificum', Fr Glen Tattersall
In this connection he speaks of the older Missal using some of the newer prefaces and celebrating saints canonised since 1962 and of the newer usage learning how to demonstrate more powerfully than has been the case hitherto the sacrality which attracts many people to the former usage.
237 - Jul 2007 - Books: The Seven Capital Sins, by Fulton J. Sheen, Tim Cannon
Thoughtfully argued and drawing instructively from Scripture the lives of the saints Church tradition and a wealth of theological study this work is testament to the depth of faith and knowledge which were the hallmarks of Archbishop Sheens ministry.
238 - Jul 2007 - Interview: He could no longer explain why he wasn't Catholic, Tim Drake and Francis Beckwith
But what it will do is help the Protestant to appreciate that the very same Christians that deliberated over the content of the Biblical canon also believed in the Real Presence purgatory intercession of the saints and indulgences.
239 - Jun 2007 - Reflection: Pentecost, the Holy Spirit and the Eucharist, Fr Dennis Byrnes
Byrnes is the parish priest of All Saints Church Kempsey NSW in the Lismore Diocese.
240 - Jun 2007 - Books: EDITH STEIN, WOMAN OF PRAYER: Her Life and Ideals, by Joanne Mosley, Tim Cannon
Available from Freedom Publishing) It is comforting to encounter in the lives of the saints something of the ordinariness which characterises the daily grind of our own lives an ordinariness which on the one hand allows us to more easily identify with and emulate them and which at the same time better illumnates their extraordinary holiness in an often unholy world.
241 - May 2007 - The importance of 'holy things' for one's Christian faith, Andrew Kania
There a young teacher deciding to make a point about the difference between faith and things interrupted his regular lesson and from the wall took down the pictures of Christ and of the saints throwing them into the dust-bin saying to the students We dont need to have these things in order to believe in God!
242 - May 2007 - News: The Church Around the World
The cause now moves to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints for the next step in the canonisation process.
243 - Apr 2007 - Letters: Saints needed, Arthur N. Ballingall
Saints are just fine!
244 - Mar 2007 - Reflection: The Holy Trinity - source of true Christian unity, Fr John O'Neill
No wonder the saints were so happy!
245 - Mar 2007 - Media: The Rosary of the Virgin Mary - 4 DVD or 4 CD set, Michael Gilchrist
Confraternity of Christ the Priest Thurgoona NSW) In the introduction to Pope John Paul IIs Rosarium Virginis Mariae we read: The Rosary of the Virgin Mary which gradually took form in the second millenium under the guidance of the Spirit of God is a prayer loved by countless Saints and encouraged by the Magisterium.
246 - Mar 2007 - Books: The Glory of These Forty Days, by Fr James Tolhurst, Michael Gilchrist
The approach is the same as in Come Lord Jesus with a Gospel text followed by a short commentary from Fr Tolhurst and then a relevant reflection piece by one of the Churchs saints scholars and/or popes.
247 - Mar 2007 - Formation: Continuing growth of Sydney's Catholic Adult Education Centre, AD2000 Report
The Mustard Seed Bookshop run by the Centre stocks thousands of titles of solid Catholic literature in the areas of Scripture spirituality theology philosophy liturgy Church history Church documents saints etc.
248 - Mar 2007 - WYDSYD08: Salesian provincial urges parishes to sponsor Timorese to World Youth Day 2008, Peter Westmore
These include Corpus Christi All Saints Day All Souls Day the Immaculate Conception and Christmas Day.
249 - Feb 2007 - Books: New Titles from AD Books
00 Come Lord Jesus James Tolhurst An ideal resource for connecting with the Liturgy Come Lord Jesus consists of reflections for each day of Advent that include the Gospel readings of the day and short commentaries and prayers from the writings of the saints to focus our thoughts.
250 - Feb 2007 - Books: SPIRITUAL DIRECTION: Who Is It For and What Are Its Benefits?, Michael Gilchrist
The clear attractive layout make it easy to follow the books suggestions while the numerous quotes from Scripture the saints Vatican II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church provide a solid foundation.
251 - Feb 2007 - Books: BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM: Five Reflections on the History of the Church, Sr Mariana Handley
Reflection Two reminds us that our present day liturgy is impoverished without many of the riches of worship of early medieval Christianity such as devotions to the saints and angels.
252 - Feb 2007 - Letters: Catholic dolls, Anne Cramer
In a world of Bratz dolls and the like (dolls with bad attitude) these lovely saints dolls provide our children with the saintly alternative.
253 - Feb 2007 - Music: Johann Sebastian Bach and the heavenly choir, Fr Finbarr Flanagan
A delightful book written just after the Second World War by the German author Johannes Ruber called Bach and the Heavenly Choir tells the fictional story of a violin- playing Pope Gregory who reigned after the Second World War and attempted to get Bachs name entered in the list of saints.
254 - Feb 2007 - Why we need holy days of obligation, Joanna Bogle
They are not saints and there are plenty of tensions among them.
255 - Dec 2006 - Books: COME, LORD JESUS:Reflections on the Advent and Christmas Seasons, James Tolhurst, Michael Gilchrist
The spiritual contributors represent a whos who of the Churchs saints and scholars from St Irenaeus and St Thomas Aquinas to Blessed Teresa of Calcutta and Pope John Paul II.
256 - Dec 2006 - Religious Life: Tyburn Sisters' communities spread around the world, Tess Livingstone
Tyburn Convent was established on Londons Bayswater Road in 1903 by Frenchwoman Marie Adele Garnier (Mother Marie de Saint-Pierre) on the site where 105 Catholic martyrs - including Saints Oliver Plunkett and Edmund Campion - died for the faith during and following the English Reformation from 1535 to 1681 at the notorious Tyburn tree.
257 - Dec 2006 - A 'best practice' guide to priestly vocations
htm contains an amalgam of suggestions which Ryan has gleaned from the popes and saints together with the practices from dioceses in Australia and America notable for fostering vocations.
258 - Nov 2006 - Reflection: Catholic schools must proclaim the total love of Christ, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM
The ultimate spiritual goal of our schools is to make saints out of the students.
259 - Nov 2006 - Books: St John Bosco, St Dominic and the Rosary, St Thérèe of Lisieux, Siobhan B. Reeves
) by Helen Walker Homan All titles available from Freedom Publishing Catherine Beebes books demonstrate a keen insight into the minds of saints and an ability to relate them to young people.
260 - Oct 2006 - Books: ARMS OF LOVE by Carmen Marcoux, Jacinta Cummins
Even in the life of one of the Churchs greatest saints Augustine it took much longer for him to succumb to the will of God and reform his hedonistic lifestyle.
261 - Oct 2006 - Letters: Early baptism, Frances McEniery
The fact that many Saints have testified to visions of very young children detained in Purgatory and even Hell supports the need for early baptism and the strengthening and transforming effects of Grace and the gifts of the Holy Spirit thus conferred on a childs soul.
262 - Oct 2006 - Educating young Catholics: a bold initiative in Wagga Wagga, Michael Gilchrist
The students religious education will encompass the Catechism of the Catholic Church the lives of the saints instruction in apologetics and the learning of the virtues with a special emphasis on the theological and cardinal virtues and others such as humility and obedience.
263 - Sep 2006 - History: The Counter Reformation and the Jesuits, John Morrissey
Neverthless the Protestant ideal for women as subject wives in godly households denied them some previous modes of religious experience: saintly widows Catholic saints nuns and the association with Marian cults.
264 - Aug 2006 - Books: SEEDS OF LIFE: Early Christian Martyrs, Julia Bakowski
The proconsul (the governor of the province of Roman Africa) during his questioning of the saints continued to repeat what would be necessary for them to be pardoned: We too have a religion and it is simple.
265 - Aug 2006 - Books: Land of Carmel, by Elizabeth Ruth Obbard, Jacinta Cummins
Land Of Carmel is the work of a Carmelite nun Elizabeth Ruth Obbard who has examined the establishment and history of this order which has been renowned for fostering some of the Churchs greatest saints but which has a legacy extending much further back than a few famous individuals.
266 - Aug 2006 - Liturgy: The new Missal translation: Archbishop Hart's progress report, Michael Gilchrist
Preliminary drafts of the Saints Days from January to June and half of the Commons were due to be considered by the Commission in July 2006 and if passed would go to the Bishops Conferences for preliminary comment.
267 - Jul 2006 - Reflection: US bishop: making saints should be the goal of Catholic schools, Bishop Robert Finn
The goal of Catholic schools is to make saints out of their students.
268 - Jul 2006 - Books: Hell and Other Destinations, by Piers Paul Read, Francis Phillips
A 1997 article Screwtape Returns amusingly demonstrates the perennial possibilities of this form of satire: Express reservations about the Pope Speak out in favour of women priests Avoid saying the rosary Go easy on the veneration of the Saints.
269 - Jul 2006 - Evangelisation: Strong leadership: US bishop Robert Finn shows how, AD2000 Report
Bishop Finns oft-stated message is that his principal job is to help Catholics respond to their baptismal call to holiness grow in the sacramental life and be closer to God in short to help everyone become saints.
270 - Jul 2006 - News: The Church Around the World
Benedict identified the pastoral promotion of sanctity as a priority to be achieved by an authentic education in prayer a knowledge of the lives of the saints and of the multiple forms of spirituality that beautify and stimulate Church life assiduous participation in the Sacrament of Penance and a convincing catechesis of Sunday as day of the faith.
271 - Jun 2006 - The Da Vinci Code: did the Church vilify Mary Magdalene?, Frank Mobbs
So are dozens of male saints such as St Augustine of Hippo.
272 - May 2006 - Books: Young Faces of Holiness: Modern Saints in Photos and Words, by Ann Ball, Jacinta Cummins
YOUNG FACES OF HOLINESS: Modern Saints in Photos and Words by Ann Ball (Our Sunday Visitor 2004 223pp $19.
273 - May 2006 - Events: Carnivale Christi 2006 scheduled for Melbourne and Sydney in May, AD2000 Report
Also premiering is a new production Saints Alive!
274 - Apr 2006 - Letters: Religious education, Saskia Ebejer
Let us begin to teach share guide and lead our children to the authentic Catholic faith the faith that so many died for and which contains so much richness: the Eucharist our saints our philosophy and our Church history.
275 - Apr 2006 - Has just punishment had its day?, Fr Matthew Kirby
Father Kirby is a senior physics teacher and acting science co-ordinator at the St Marys Campus of All Saints College in Maitland NSW.
276 - Mar 2006 - Letters: Adore 2006 in Brisbane, Tim Wallace
In addition through professional skits and short movie presentations it was demonstrated that we can and must live our faith amid all adversity and distraction; that Mary and the saints are always with us as guides and helpers; and that the sacramental life with frequent confession Communion and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament are the ultimate gifts from God to help us achieve our destiny - eternal life in Heaven.
277 - Feb 2006 - Letters: All Saints Day (letter), M & L Morrissey
The Catholic Church honoured saints long before the first Melbourne Cup.
278 - Feb 2006 - Education: Catholic Church and her schools face a 'wake-up call', Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett
She is glorious in the holiness of her saints yet stained and defiled by the sins of her members.
279 - Dec 2005 - Reflection: Journey of the Magi and the search for truth, Cardinal George Pell
St Ignatius of Loyola discovered the Lord while reading about the saints as he lay wounded from battle in hospital.
280 - Oct 2005 - Letters: Sacrifice of the Mass, A. Bono
But traditional Catholics see the Tridentine Mass as a particularly strong expression of our beliefs; the saints loved it the martyrs died for it and the Churchs enemies hated it.
281 - Sep 2005 - Letters: Gnosticism
And some exegetes never refer to the Evangelists as saints.
282 - Sep 2005 - Education: Catholic schools of the future, Br John Moylan CFC
They exist primarily to give saints to the world.
283 - Aug 2005 - Letters: Small Catechisms available (letter), Fr Edward P. Evans
In the same series they have published My First Bible My First History of the Catholic Church My First Rosary My First Way of the Cross A Prayer Book and My First Lives of the Saints (Sons of Holy Mary Immaculate Isabella De Rosis St Multinational Village 1700 Paranaque M.
284 - Aug 2005 - Anglican update: an orthodox fight-back, Fr Christopher Seton
Archbishop Aspinall however was able to see his way clear to finding grave cause under the Canon for depriving Bishop Chislett of his Incumbency of All Saints Wickham Terrace.
285 - Jul 2005 - Science: God, physics and Stephen Hawking, Fr Matthew Kirby
Fr Matthew Kirby is a priest of the Anglican Catholic Church and a senior physics teacher at the St Marys Campus of All Saints College in Maitland NSW.
286 - Jul 2005 - Rockhampton: Year of the Eucharist: a time for clear thinking, AD2000 REPORT
Johns chapter 6) the Catechism of the Catholic Church Pope John Paul IIs encyclical on the Eucharist Ecclesia de Eucharistia his Apostolic Letter Mane Nobiscum Domine and from the works of saints like Francis of Assisi Alphonsus Ligouri Peter Julian Eymard and Padre Pio to mention just a few.
287 - Jun 2005 - Books: John Paul the Great, edited by William Oddie, John R. Barich
John Saward a Professor of Theology describes the Popes interest in the making of saints to help us reach Heaven by fearing Hell being ready for purgatory and to walk humbly in faith hope and love.
288 - May 2005 - Letters: Catholic hymns, Dolores Lightbody
Gathered together are selections of hymns sung in the Liturgy of the Mass hymns for the various seasons of the Church a wide variety of hymns for devotions and feast days (including Latin hymns with translations) and those to popular saints such as St Joseph St Anne St Anthony St Therese and the angels.
289 - May 2005 - St Patrick's Church, Soho Square, a spiritual oasis in London, Tess Livingstone
Its side altars and walls are dedicated to and adorned by an impressive range of statues which instantly make visitors from all parts of the world feel as though they are on familiar ground - St Anthony of Padua the Piet St Thrse of Lisieux the Blessed Virgin Mary St John Bosco the Sacred Heart St Joseph the Infant of Prague Saints Martha and Mary St Patrick St Anne Our Lady of Lourdes Saints Thomas More and John Fisher and a more recent addition of a picture of St Maximillian Kolbe the martyr of Auschwitz.
290 - Apr 2005 - Books: Love Alone Is Credible, by Hans urs von Balthasar, Kerrie Allen
To understand this love he says we must become lovers of God following in the footsteps of saints like Francis de Sales John of the Cross and Thrse of Lisieux.
291 - Apr 2005 - Books: The Path to Rome: Modern Journeys to the Catholic Church, Michael Casanova
Another follows the early Church writers to discover today the same living Church of sinners and saints.
292 - Apr 2005 - 'Flying bishops' consecrated for orthodox Anglicans, Fr Nigel Zimmerman
Bishop David Moyer (Rector of Good Shepherd Rosemont in Philadelphia) and Bishop David Chislett (Rector of All Saints Brisbane in Queensland) were consecrated on 16 February this year in Bishop Moyers Parish in the USA.
293 - Mar 2005 - Reflection: The Holy Trinity and the Church: the truth will set you free, Fr John O'Neill
Herein lies that unbreakable thread of truth whose thrill makes saints and lifts mankind in holiness and good works and moves him to creative wonders.
294 - Mar 2005 - Letters: Convert (letter), Jeff Harvie
Let me list the areas: authority of the Pope; saints; Mary as a very special and essential saint; the Rosary; Satan/Hell/Purgatory; Confession.
295 - Mar 2005 - A young Catholic's encounter with Latin at Chavagnes International College, Alexander Morrison
To an average outsider particularly a non-Catholic it may seem as if our liturgy is theatrical or eccentric but not so: for us it is a) a link to the many saints and martyrs who used Latin at Mass (albeit with an older missal); b) a continuation of the Tradition of the Church; and c) a recognition of our great heritage.
296 - Feb 2005 - Books: Books to read in 2005
Guernsey Ideal for the Year of the Eucharist this book contains selections on Eucharistic themes from Old and New Testaments the Church Fathers great saints popes councils and traditional prayers.
297 - Feb 2005 - Books: Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way, by John Paul II, Richard Egan
This is only one of many references to the saints and to the Holy Fathers vivid sense of communion with these holy men and women.
298 - Feb 2005 - Letters: The New Mass (letter), Fr G.H. Duggan SM
The only change is the insertion of St Joseph in the list of Saints in the Communicantes prayer at the beginning of the Roman Canon.
299 - Feb 2005 - Letters: Eternal destiny (letter), G. Mahoney
Christ showed us the way of salvation and the Saints followed.
300 - Feb 2005 - Religious Life: Faith and Reason: for a true renewal in religious life and the Church, Sr Mary Augustine OP
Up to that point they had held together not only through the sheer rigidity of their life-structures and mores but also it should be noted by the sheer heroism of most of the members who were strong in their belief self-sacrificing in their fidelity to religious duty and often passionate in their devotion to Christ His Mother the saints and all things divine.
301 - Feb 2005 - Education: State Aid: answering the critics' arguments, Fr Matthew Kirby
Fr Matthew Kirby is a priest of the Anglican Catholic Church and a Years 11 and 12 physics teacher at the St Marys Campus of All Saints College in Maitland NSW.
302 - Dec 2004 - Liturgy: Redemptionis Sacramentum on the liturgical rights of the faithful, CDF
It is the right of the Christian people themselves that their diocesan Bishop should take care to prevent the occurrence of abuses in ecclesiastical discipline especially as regards the ministry of the word the celebration of the sacraments and sacramentals the worship of God and devotion to the Saints (24).
303 - Nov 2004 - Reflection: Saint Francis and the universal call to holiness, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM
All Saints Day reminds us that we are all called to be saints by being Christians to the core.
304 - Nov 2004 - Orthodoxy: Anglican Synod 2004: Are liberal Anglicanism's days numbered?, Rev Nigel Zimmerman
In June FIF in conjunction with the TAC formed itself into an electoral college and unanimously elected Fr David Chislett Rector of All Saints Wickham Terrace in Brisbane as a bishop - although no date has as yet been set for his consecration.
305 - Oct 2004 - Liturgy: Why priests should stick to the Mass texts, Bishop T.J. Paprocki
Individual diocesan bishops (and in some cases local ordinaries) were given the rather limited authority only to attest that reprints in whole or in part of liturgical books as well as reprints of their vernacular translations correspond with the approved edition (canon 826 sect;2); they can give permission for the publication of prayer books for the public or private use of the faithful (canon 826 sect;3); they are to see to it that the prayers and other pious and sacred exercises of the Christian people are fully in harmony with the norms of the Church (canon 839 sect; 2); and they are to be watchful lest abuses creep into ecclesiastical discipline especially concerning the ministry of the word the celebration of the sacraments and sacramentals the worship of God and devotion to the saints .
306 - Oct 2004 - News: The Church around the World
The All Saints Church in Long Beach and St James Church in Newport Beach became the first of the 147 parishes in the Los Angeles Episcopal Diocese to break from the Church.
307 - Sep 2004 - Books: Catholic Family Catechism: 2004 Disciples Edition with 50 Questions and Answers, Fr Peter Murphy
Rev Dr Peter Murphy is parish priest All Saints Church Tumbarumba Wagga Wagga Diocese.
308 - Sep 2004 - Why not a little Latin in the liturgy?, Angus Sibley
The communion of Christians extends not only the world over but per omnia saecula saeculorum as we affirm when in the Roman canon we remember some of the earliest saints as though they were lately departed neighbours and friends.
309 - Sep 2004 - Sydney Catholic Adult Education Centre courses prove popular, Peter Holmes
Our plan is to offer the majority of these courses again in 2005 together with planned new units including Getting more from the Mass Saints and Seasons What is the Church?
310 - Jul 2004 - Letters: Catholic schools (letter), George Simpson
I would suggest that those theologians who are numbered among the Churchs greatest saints have adopted this approach.
311 - Jul 2004 - Pastoral Letter: The secular challenges to our faith: how to respond, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett
The Catholic Faith that has formed fascinated and excited people in every generation and produced generations of saints seems a matter of apathy and indifference to so many today.
312 - Jul 2004 - News: The Church Around the World
Commenting on the six new saints canonised on 16 May - of whom four were priests - the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith told the newspaper Il Tempo that the world was looking for credible men who are not merely making outward gestures but having a relationship with God.
313 - Jul 2004 - Feminist 'rituals': no substitute for prayer, Joanna Bogle
She used to love it and got really interested in the Mass and the Sacraments and the events in the New Testament and the lives of saints but this year they have a new teacher and its all sitting on a mat and talking about their feelings.
314 - Jun 2004 - Reflection: The Holy Spirit: like a bed for the weary traveller, Fr Leo Duck
In the Scriptures and in the writings of the saints of the Church the Holy Spirit is likened to many different things: the breath of God the finger of God and a freely moving wind; also to a dove to fire and to water; and to a counsellor an advocate a witness a judge and a teacher.
315 - May 2004 - Reflection: Why the world needs Jesus Christ and Christian models, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM
Notable among these St Francis of Assisi faced trials with joy and courage; he overcome unwarranted criticism; emaciated by penance and stigmata in his frail body he fearlessly ignored his opponents ridicule and succeeded in founding the Franciscan Order which enriched the Church with numerous saints.
316 - May 2004 - Books: Why Must I Suffer?, by Francis Remler, Bill Muehlenberg
This volume ends with a brief look at some past saints and their suffering and concludes with another look at Jesus Christ the man of sorrows.
317 - May 2004 - Liturgy: Cardinal George of Chicago examines post-Vatican II liturgical reforms, Michael Gilchrist
Pastorally every bishop has been asked: Since we no longer recognise certain saints on the Churchs calendar why cant the Church correct her teaching on sexual morality on womens ordination and on other difficult doctrines?
318 - Apr 2004 - Books: The Catholic Revival in English Literature 1845-1961, by Ian Ker, Francis Phillips
Dickens it becomes clear was something of an alter ego for GKC who intuitively recognised the unconscious Catholicity of Dickens vision in which good and evil rich and poor beggars villains and saints all jostle together in his colossal canvas so reminiscent of the medieval Church destroyed by the Reformation.
319 - Apr 2004 - Whatever happened to reverence at Mass?, Matthew Greene
Saints in years gone by have spoken out about offences against the Blessed Sacrament as did an Italian cardinal recently who in no uncertain terms made public his disgust at offensive behaviour before the tabernacle while the Gospel records the justifiable anger of Jesus towards those who treated the temple with irreverence.
320 - Mar 2004 - Books: AD Books - More new titles for 2004
95 New Saints and Blesseds of the Catholic Church Ferdinand Holbck In this second volume of a series the lives and deaths struggles and triumphs of those raised to the honours of the altar by Pope John Paul II are briefly portrayed.
321 - Mar 2004 - Red Mass Homily: Can Lawyers Be Saints?, Bishop Anthony Fisher
It will take saints.
322 - Feb 2004 - Reflection: The ministerial priesthood: 'truly a gift from God', Fr Dennis W. Byrnes
Byrnes is the parish priest of All Saints Church Kempsey NSW (Lismore Diocese).
323 - Feb 2004 - Books: AD Books - Fresh book titles for the New Year
95 Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints This is a beautiful facsimile edition of the 1878 American publication covering Saints feast days throughout the liturgical year.
324 - Feb 2004 - Modern church design: 'Spank the architect!', Paul Mees
Calvinists having rejected the Real Presence devotion to the saints and other aspects of Catholic spirituality dont need sacred space: their churches are functional meeting halls.
325 - Dec 2003 - Books: Confirmed in the Faith, by Dora Nash, Joanna Bogle
All this must be taught in a way that makes sense to the lively and questioning mind - and it helps that material is presented in an attractive way with questions to be answered topics for discussion words to unscramble and writings from great saints and mystics to use for private prayer and meditation.
326 - Dec 2003 - Letters: Men at church, Rosanne Turne
if he is fearful say Jesus can wipe out all care; if God is an ogre inflicting suffering say Christianity is the Way of the Cross so each believer has a cross and suffers too; if the man loves adventure tell stories of the saints and Church history.
327 - Dec 2003 - INTERVIEW: New Melbourne and Sydney Religious Education texts, Msgr Peter Elliott
Scripture spirituality liturgy the lives of saints Church history education in Catholic social teaching and the riches of Catholic art and culture run through these books.
328 - Nov 2003 - Books: Great books at the best prices!
Kreeft offers simple but profound advice and practical steps for developing a prayer life based on the time-tested wisdom of the saints and spiritual writers including Brother Lawrence.
329 - Nov 2003 - Interview: Vatican Cardinal praises Mel Gibson's film 'The Passion'
Mr Gibson has had to make many artistic choices in the way he portrays the characters and the events involved in the Passion and he has complemented the Gospel narrative with the insights and reflections made by saints and mystics through the centuries.
330 - Nov 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000
Sheen now known as Servant of God has proceeded to the point where Dr Ambrosi the Roman Postulator for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints conducted interviews with witnesses in Peoria Illinois on 29 September 2003.
331 - Oct 2003 - Books: Great books at the best prices!
Kreeft offers simple but profound advice and practical steps for developing a prayer life based on the time- tested wisdom of the saints and spiritual writers including Brother Lawrence.
332 - Oct 2003 - Saints: The Beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta
In October 2002 the Congregation for the Causes of Saints recognised as authentic a miracle attributed to Mother Teresa of Calcutta thereby passing one of the conditions for beatification.
333 - Sep 2003 - Books: Great books at the best prices!
95 Francis and Clare: Saints of Assisi Helen Waiker Homan An ideal book for teenagers which tells the story of the saints who radicalised the Gospels teachings.
334 - Aug 2003 - Reflection: The Apocalypse: proclaiming the final victory of Christ and His Church, Fr G.H. Duggan SM
The angels and saints offer unendingly their tribute of praise and thanksgiving to the eternal Trinity and to the Lamb who is standing as one slain before the Throne ever living to make intercession for us.
335 - Aug 2003 - Is Pope John Paul II canonising too many saints?, Michael Casanova
In other words given the rapid population growth of the Church and its widening international outreach - coupled with more sophisticated means of investigating causes and the speed of modern communications - it is not surprising simply on these grounds that the number of recognised saints and blesseds has increased correspondingly.
336 - Jul 2003 - Letters: Lenten program (letter), Robert Osmak
There were no photos of saints or churches no representation even of Christian symbols such as a cross.
337 - Jul 2003 - Books: AD2000 to distribute Ignatius Press titles in Australia from July, Peter Westmore
Its book titles cover the widest range of subjects: from Church history Fathers of the Church and the lives of the saints to contemporary moral issues scripture studies theology and spirituality.
338 - Jul 2003 - Editorial: The pivotal roles of Saints Peter and Paul, Michael Gilchrist
The Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul on 29 June is a timely reminder of the pivotal roles - different but complementary - which each played in setting the foundations of the Church as we know it today.
339 - Jun 2003 - Those dreadful old Catholic hymns?, Fr Fabian Duggan OSB
as well as For All the Saints by Ralph Vaughan-Williams and my own favourite Abide with Me along with many other wonderful hymns were all written by non-Catholics.
340 - May 2003 - Reflection: St Francis on individual confession and receiving Holy Communion, Fr Sebastian Camilleri OFM
St Francis of Assisi one of the Churchs most popular saints regarded the Catholic priesthood with the greatest esteem showed the utmost reverence to the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and gratefully appreciated the supernatural gift of the Sacrament of Penance.
341 - May 2003 - Books: Our books are the cheapest!
Butlers Lives Of the Saints Alban Butler The classic and comprehensive study of the saints in four volumes (780 pages in each).
342 - May 2003 - Language: The forgotten language of adoration of God - through words and actions, Audrey English
A traditional Christian feast such as All Hallows or All Saints has now become an occasion to celebrate witches and warlocks at Halloween.
343 - May 2003 - Architecture: 'Re-ordered' and 'new' churches - symptoms of a wider spiritual malaise, Marie Cassey
) The cherished familiar images of saints and martyrs even Jesus on His cross have inexorably made way for symbols designed to distil the essence of the religious experience into simple contemporary terms - a tree a vine a geometric star shape or a cruciform piece of wood.
344 - May 2003 - Surge in priestly vocations confounds secular culture, Joanne Grainger
It is through commitment to God through our mission here on earth to be saints of this new millennium that Pope John Paul II has challenged each to consider his or her vocation as not only as a God given gift but as the ultimate source of love and freedom.
345 - Mar 2003 - Books: The Latest from AD Books
95 St Benedict and St Theacute;regrave;se Dwight Longenecker A former Anglican cleric Longenecker examines the contributions of two of the Churchs most influential saints Benedict of Nursia and Theacute;regrave;se of Lisieux.
346 - Mar 2003 - Letters: Last things (letter), Kevin McManus
Zeal for souls drove many saints - St Alphonsus St Paul of the Cross (the hunter of souls) and St John Vianney (You have shown me the way to Ars; I will show you the way to Heaven.
347 - Mar 2003 - New Age ideas: how Catholics should respond, Fr Peter Joseph
The true Catholic vision of our links with our ancestors is found in our doctrines of Purgatory and the Communion of Saints.
348 - Mar 2003 - Sydney Archdiocese RE test: behind one school's success story, Michael Gilchrist
The test covers the areas of beliefs and symbols decision-making Mass and the Eucharist sacraments saints Church prayer liturgy and Scripture.
349 - Feb 2003 - Books: New year reading from AD Books
00 St Benedict and St Theacute;regrave;se Dwight Longenecker A former Anglican cleric Longenecker examines the contributions of two of the Churchs most influential saints Benedict of Nursia and Thrse of Lisieux.
350 - Feb 2003 - Books: How To Win The Culture War, by Peter Kreeft, Bill Muehlenberg
It is ultimately a spiritual battle and the most effective weapon is saints - believers who have decided to represent Christ fully in a dark and ungodly age.
351 - Feb 2003 - 'Healing the family tree': New Age under the guise of religion (Part One), Fr Peter Joseph
From sinful parents God can and does produce saints!
352 - Feb 2003 - Confronting today's persecution of the Catholic Church, Bishop Luc Matthys
Holy Mother Church on earth is made up of saints and sinners and mostly in-between.
353 - Nov 2002 - Letters: EWTN (letter), Jacqueline Donohue
EWTN transmits high quality programs both content-wise and technically 24 hours a day with regular features covering evangelisation Scripture theology apologetics marriage and family Catholic writers sacred music and lives of the saints.
354 - Nov 2002 - Opus Dei founder Josemaria Escriva canonised at Papal Mass in Rome, AD2000 Report
Forty-two cardinals archbishops bishops and priests concelebrated with the Holy Father including Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Cardinals Antonio Maria Rouco Varela Archbishop of Madrid (the diocese where the new saint lived until he moved to Rome and where he founded Opus Dei in 1928) Angelo Sodano Secretary of State Camillo Ruini Vicar for Rome Joachim Meissner and Roger Etchegaray.
355 - Nov 2002 - Editorial: The essential role of saints in the Church, Michael Gilchrist
All Saints Day is an annual reminder for the faithful of the essential role played by saints in the life and history of the Church.
356 - Oct 2002 - Reflection: Devotion to God through the Angelus and Rosary, Fr Fabian Duggan OSB
The Rosary With regard to the saying of the rosary it is questionable whether many Catholics have ever fully understood the full import of this ancient and sacred prayer much loved by the popes and saints of history and credited with astounding miraculous effects.
357 - Oct 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000
This is a procedural process by which a bishop may petition the Cause for the Congregation of Saints in Rome after he feels the candidate is competent and has met the preliminary qualifications for submission.
358 - Sep 2002 - Reflection: The Christian way to spiritual maturity, Fr Dennis W. Byrnes PP
Fr Dennis Byrnes is parish priest of All Saints Catholic Church Kempsey in the Lismore Diocese.
359 - Sep 2002 - The 1960s 'cultural revolution': from self-sacrifice to self-fulfillment, Fr Gregory Jordan
Self-sacrifice Before the Second Vatican Council Western Catholicism was characterised by the ideal of self- sacrifice exemplified by the saints and heroes of the Catholic Tradition and supremely in Christs life on earth.
360 - Aug 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books
From the composition of the Curia to contemporary saints from major doctrines to the Third Secret of Fatima if it is a part of the Catholic world it is here.
361 - Aug 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000
After recalling that the saint was cruelly stabbed on July 5 and died the next day he writes: Because of her spiritual life the strength of her faith her capacity to forgive her killer she is among the most beloved saints of the 20th century.
362 - Jul 2002 - Books: New Titles from AD Books
95 Sister Wendys Book of Saints Sister Wendy Beckett Renowned art historian and TV personality Sister Wendy documents the lives and works of over 40 of the worlds best-loved saints with her unique blend of humour and spiritual insight.
363 - Jul 2002 - Chavagnes International College for boys, Paul Russell
In the words of Chairman of the Advisory Board Eric Hester Chavagnes will make its contribution to forming successful teachers priests leaders fathers and - yes - saints for the twenty-first century.
364 - Jul 2002 - Saints: Padre Pio canonised: "a model of the priesthood" (John Paul II), Paul MacLeod
For Pope John Paul II who met Padre Pio personally while he was a student in Rome (Our dear Padre Pio as he referred to him) the canonisation ceremony must have recalled his own experience of the saints intercession.
365 - Jun 2002 - How John Paul II's 'new springtime' came to an American parish, Elizabeth A. Wittman
Other avenues for education in the faith are semi-annual parish pilgrimages and an extensive audiovisual lending library stocked with videos and tapes on saints miracles and living the Catholic faith as well as family-style entertainment.
366 - Jun 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000
Decrees clearing the way for the proclamation of four saints and 12 blessed were promulgated on 23 April in the presence of John Paul II.
367 - May 2002 - Liturgy: New edition of the Roman Missal released: vernacular translations to come, Michael Gilchrist
Obviously after ten years the Missal has undergone some touching up especially in the calendar of saintslaquo; days as 16 feasts have been introduced - or rather memorials - in the universal calendar of the Church; hence they had to be included in the Missal .
368 - Apr 2002 - Reflection: Father forgive them ...: Our Lord's example for Christian living, Fr Dennis W. Byrnes PP
Fr Dennis Byrnes is the parish priest of All Saints Church Kempsey in the Lismore Diocese.
369 - Apr 2002 - Books: 'The Church In The Dark Ages' by Henri Daniel-Rops, Michael Lynch
The author manages to do this not just by some listing of dates and battles but by skilfully covering a number of key issues all of which seem to resonate in our own time such as the role of the Papacy the interaction between Christianity and Islam the importance of clear exposition of doctrine the relationship between the Church and the state and the influence of the saints.
370 - Apr 2002 - Letters: Evangelisation (letter), Mavis Power
Please join with Families United with Saints Joachim and Anne and write to our Bishops letting them know about the loss of faith in our families.
371 - Mar 2002 - St Thérèse's relics make Australian pilgrimage, Mother Teresa OCDM
Prayer which burns with a fire of love Gods love in a human heart is a power uniting heaven and earth breaking down barriers and boundaries creating the unity of the Communion of Saints.
372 - Feb 2002 - Reflection: NCC Mass of Thanksgiving: Archbishop Hart's homily, Archbishop Denis Hart
As we heard from Saint Paul in our first reading we Gods chosen people are to live in a way fitting for future saints: we are to live by his holy teachings and always to give thanks to the God who loves us and saves us.
373 - Feb 2002 - Books: St Therese of Lisieux: from Lisieux to the Four Corners of the World, Catherine Sheehan
Accounts from writers intellectuals saints popes and others from various walks of life are included showing how St Theacute;regrave;se deeply affected their lives changing them forever.
374 - Feb 2002 - Into the Deep Forum: young Catholics meet Australian bishops, Helen Ransom
Show us how to be saints.
375 - Feb 2002 - News: The Church Around the World
Opus Dei founder to be canonised John Paul II to set date Josemaria Escrivagrave; de Balaguer founder of Opus Dei (along with Padre Pio and Juan Diego) will soon be canonised saints following John Paul IIs approval on 20 December 2001 of three decrees recognising miracles attributed to their intercession.
376 - Feb 2002 - Editorial: St Thérèse's relics: a pilgrimage of grace, Peter Westmore
In the words of Vatican II the Church teaches that the saints in Heaven unceasingly intercede for us with the Father and urges us to pray to them for both our temporal and spiritual needs.
377 - Dec 2001 - Books: AD Books 'Top Ten'
Pope John Paul Book of Saints (Edited Margaret Bunson) Our Sunday Visitor 9.
378 - Nov 2001 - Books: 'The Glenstal Book Of Prayer: A Benedictine Prayer Book, Mary-Jane Donnellan
The concluding section of this highly recommended publication comprises a Calendar of Saints and Feasts for the whole year.
379 - Nov 2001 - Pastoral letter: Taking up John Paul II's concerns about the Sacrament of Penance, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey
Having reflected on this wonderful Sacrament its origins in Jesus own ministry his entrustment of it to the Church its incalculable spiritual benefits known throughout history by saints and sinners alike and the peace and joy it brings we should be lost in wonder at the goodness of God who welcomes sinners with such love.
380 - Oct 2001 - Reflection: Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist, Bishop Kevin Manning
St Ambrose one of the great Saints said: If the Word of the Lord Jesus is so powerful as to bring into existence things which were not then it follows that those things which already exist can be changed into something else.
381 - Oct 2001 - Books: Seeds of Life: Early Christian Martyrs; Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne, Michael Daniel
Many of the saints celebrated in the liturgical calendar are martyrs and came from all walks of life.
382 - Oct 2001 - Books: 'Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine', Archbishop Sheehan, Fr Peter Joseph, Br Christian Moe FSC
This book in itself if used systematically perhaps over a period of two years or more would give a broad and reliable conspectus of contemporary philosophy and theology and how both of these affect and are the context in which the faith once delivered to the saints may need to be expressed today.
383 - Oct 2001 - Eternal Word Television Network's missionary outreach, Michael Daniel
Our preferred programs include The Lambs Supper (reflections on the Mass by Scott Hahn) Super Saints Defenders of the Faith (biographies) Catholic Answers Live (question and answer apologetics to listeners questions - a modern day version of Radio Replies) and The Journey Home (interviews with converts and reverts).
384 - Oct 2001 - Events: Gerry Matatics Visit / Catholic Homeschooling Conference, Parramatta, AD2000
The Saints and Intercessory Prayer and How to study the Bible.
385 - Sep 2001 - Books: 'Teens and Relationships', 'Teen Life and Christ', by Jerry Shepherd, Mary-Jane Donnellan
It does not matter what we have done in the past Our Lord is always there waiting for us calling on us to be saints.
386 - Sep 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
Church News A father of seven who defied Nazis Nikolaus Gross on the Churchs List of Martyrs Among the three decrees of martyrdom announced recently by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints was that of German Nikolaus Gross.
387 - Aug 2001 - Reflection: Clerical celibacy: Giving ourselves up completely to God and the people He loves, Fr Dennis W. Byrnes PP
Byrnes is the parish priest of All Saints Church Kempsey NSW in the Lismore Diocese.
388 - Aug 2001 - Appreciating the Mass: a successful new publication, Fr Robert Egar PP
Since the book was launched on All Saints Day 2000 over 9000 copies have been sold across Australia.
389 - Aug 2001 - Denver Archdiocese: the future of Catholicism, David Scott
At Saints Peter and Paul Church in the suburb of Wheat Ridge the Peruvian-based Christian Life Movement has been eagerly embraced by young parents looking for ways to deepen their prayer lives and to share their faith journeys with other families.
390 - Aug 2001 - After 14 years: why does AD2000 continue?, Michael Gilchrist
Christ his mother the apostles the saints and millions of Christians down the ages have demonstrated these two aspects of true freedom.
391 - Aug 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
The Pope writes that the fact that your Jubilee anniversary coincides with the liturgical solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul brings to my mind the vision of broad spiritual and ecclesial horizons: a personal holiness driven to the ultimate sacrifice a missionary thrust linked with the constant concern for unity and the necessary integration between spiritual charism and institutional ministry.
392 - Jul 2001 - Letters: Australia's Patroness? (letter), Rev W.J. Robley Adm
Mary Queen of Angels Queen of all Saints Queen of Peace Queen of Families (Litany of Loreto) is now placed over Australia as - Patron Saint.
393 - Jul 2001 - The case for more Church History in Catholic schools, Michael Lynch
Understanding of Christianity Within each of these stages Dawson also saw the role of individual saints as important in an understanding of Christianity.
394 - Jul 2001 - AD2000 makes impact on the Internet, Francis Young
Books that sell today deal with personal holiness prayer saints lives the Eucharist Our Lady and conversion stories - despite the oddball desire of some well-known publishers to spend their advertising budgets pushing faded pop religion that was already dull by the 1970s.
395 - Jul 2001 - Editorial: Archbishop Pell receives the pallium, Peter Westmore
In a ceremony the origins of which go back to the early centuries of the Christian era on the feast of Saints Peter and Paul Sydneys new Archbishop Dr George Pell together with other recently appointed Metropolitan archbishops received the pallium from the Pope in Rome.
396 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'The Doctors of the Church' by Bernard McGinn, Angela Joseph
This book is well written and certainly worth reading as it will increase ones knowledge and understanding not only of Church history but also of the lives of the Church doctors including how saints are declared doctors.
397 - Jun 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
The Little Brother of Jesus took humility poverty and the charity of Christ to the Tuaregs of the Sahara presenting himself as a universal brother of Christians Jews and Muslims said Cardinal Jos Saraiva Martins prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints as he presented John Paul II with the conclusion of the Churchs investigation to verify de Foucaulds heroic virtues.
398 - May 2001 - Books: 'Prayers From The Heart: for the Feasts of the Year', Joanna Bogle, Mary-Jane Donnellan
Available from AD Books (03) 9326 5757) Prayers from the Heart evokes The sound of a great rush of wind - the coming of Pentecost as it invites the reader to be guided and strengthened by the power of the Holy Spirit to share in the waiting of Advent anticipate the arrival of Christmas and celebrate the Solemnities of All Souls and All Saints days.
399 - May 2001 - Books: 'Becoming Fire' by Fr Ken Barker mgl, Peter Westmore
Drawing from the writings of some of the great saints he shows how they were transformed and in turn transformed the lives of many others.
400 - May 2001 - New WA Catholic schools document stresses orthodoxy
To meet students needs catechesis had to base itself on the Creed the Sacraments Life in Christ and the Lords Prayer - the four sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church with focus on celebrating Mary as the model Christian disciple and on learning about the lives of the martyrs and saints.
401 - May 2001 - 'Systematic instruction in the faith' program to be launched in July, Bishop Luc Matthys
Since the Catechism bases itself on Scripture and Tradition on Conciliar Teachings (especially Vatican II) and the Magisterium as well as on the Fathers and doctors of the Church lives of the Saints on Catholic theologians and scholars we could not be better resourced.
402 - Apr 2001 - Review Article: A 'silly book' from ACU professor of theology, Frank Mobbs
The ploy was not very successful because from the beginning of Christianity women were admitted to all the sacraments except one and honoured and celebrated as saints who had gone to that ultimate sphere of the divine Heaven and been named alongside males in the Divine Liturgy of the Eucharist - Felicity Perpetua Agatha Lucy Agnes .
403 - Apr 2001 - Letters: Stations of the Cross (letter), Charles Bignold
On our travels my wife and I have seen many beautiful churches and cathedrals in all States - some with beautiful altars complete with statues of angels and saints and altar rails left in place with just a gap in the middle.
404 - Apr 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
The 233 martyrs who died at different times and places have been recognised by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 16 separate investigations (or causes) grouped according to their religious congregations or particular circumstances in which they died.
405 - Mar 2001 - Books: The Pange Lingua Hymnal, compiled by Paul Newton, Fr Gregory Pritchard PP
He has assembled 174 hymns and Latin chants and put them under various headings: Christmas Lent Easter Saints Thanks and Praise etc.
406 - Mar 2001 - Books: Come To The Father: An Invitation to Share the Catholic Faith, Aidan Nichols OP, Christopher Quinn
Thus the place of the Virgin Mary of the saints of relics and images of purgatory and of prayer for the dead are all covered.
407 - Dec 2000 - Books: 'John Paul II's Book of Mary', compiled by Margaret R. Bunson, Anthony Cappello
The present volume is on a par with Bunsons other compilation Pope John Paul IIs Book of Saints with its convenient arrangement of selections of the Holy Fathers writings into topical chapters which prompt the reader to search out more examples from his vast output.
408 - Nov 2000 - Books: Martyrs And Saints In Catholic Liturgy by K.G. Mortensen, Michael Daniel
Martyrs And Saints In Catholic Liturgy (From Advent to Lent) by K.
409 - Nov 2000 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic World News Perth choir sings at St Peters First time for an Australian choir The Cathedral Choir of Perth joined the Sistine Chapel Choir and an American choir to sing during the morning Mass for the canonisation of Chinese Spanish American and Sudanese saints.
410 - Oct 2000 - How language transforms a Christian society into a secular society, Audrey English
For example saints are shown as heroes we admire but their intercessory power or their patronage are usually ignored.
411 - Oct 2000 - News: The Church Around the World
In response to some criticisms - inside and outside the Church - of Pope John Paul IIs decision to beatify Pius IX as well as bracketing his beatification with that of John XXIII the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Archbishop Jose Saraiva Martins pointed out on Vatican Radio that John XXIII had great esteem for Pius IX.
412 - Sep 2000 - Ensuring our schools are truly Catholic, Br John Moylan CFC
If one teacher shows little enthusiasm for encouraging students to pray every morning and night does not care whether they participate in the Sunday liturgy or whether they practise devotion to the Mother of God and the saints for example and another is convinced of the importance of such practices students can learn that religion is something which they can choose or reject as they wish and has little bearing on their lives.
413 - Jul 2000 - Reflection: St John the Baptist, the Precursor (Feast Day, 24 June), Br Christian Moe FSC
In our Western tradition for the first millennium and more John the Baptist headed the hierarchy of saints second only to the Blessed Virgin herself.
414 - Jul 2000 - Family Mission Novena: Australian response to Jubilee 2000
How often do we hear words like From Catholic families God wants saints on earth today.
415 - May 2000 - The priesthood: John Paul II's Holy Thursday Letter sets guidelines, Pope John Paul II
Reviewing the almost two thousand years that had passed since the Last Supper John Paul II paid tribute to the many priests who were exemplary disciples saints martyrs .
416 - Apr 2000 - Coming Home Network: a Catholic apostolate for converts, Marcus Grodi
But maybe the biggest thing that opened my heart to the truth of the Catholic faith was not all the apologetic arguments but the realisation that the Catholic Church with all of her saints and sinners was exactly what Christ had promised.
417 - Apr 2000 - Indulgences and the Millennium Jubilee Year, Neil Coup
Citing a popular text understood as referring to indulgences - I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christs afflictions for the sake of his Body that is the Church (Colossians 1:24) - the Pope amplified its meaning by quoting a passage about the Church in glory: The fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints (Rev 19:8).
418 - Apr 2000 - News: The Church Around the World
Reminding the bishops about the need to preserve the faith that the Apostles Saints Thomas and Bartholomew introduced in the country he urged them to spare the Indian Church from theological disarray and confusion.
419 - Mar 2000 - Reflection: Does Lent retain its spiritual meaning today?, Mary Kenny
There has to be several saints at work during the Cheltenham races.
420 - Mar 2000 - Education: Religious education: putting the emphasis back on God, Br John Moylan CFC
Some tried and true methods among many others used in the past include making the liturgical year a highlight in the classroom and home clear thorough and tested knowledge of doctrines prayers Church and Bible history etc the use of aspirations devotional practices inspiring stories of the saints on their feast days the use of the initials AMDG (Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam) at the top of each page punctuating the school day with set prayer every hour and the bringing of flowers for Our Ladys altar.
421 - Mar 2000 - New York Scripture seminar affirms reliability of New Testament, Eamonn Keane
Professor Scott Hahn linked the Churchs teaching on the Kingdom of God with the Sacrifice of the Mass: Our Eucharistic liturgy is a royal Sacrament in which we participate in our Kings priestly self-offering before the angels and saints and unto his Father and our Father in heaven.
422 - Mar 2000 - News: The Church Around the World
The story that this was to take place - which was leaked to the Italian press on 28 November - was confirmed by Archbishop Jose Saraiva Martins the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
423 - Feb 2000 - Reflection: Private revelations: "Keep to what is countenanced by the Church", Fr Peter Joseph
But the Church never imposes on Catholics the obligation of believing anyones private revelations even those of the great saints.
424 - Feb 2000 - Books: ‘Hidden Way: The Life and Influence of Almire Pichon’ by Mary Frances Coady, Mary O'Neill
I warmly recommend this book to all who love to read how God works amazing things in the lives of ordinary people and the chain of love and friendship which links each generation in the communion of saints.
425 - Dec 1999 - The Enneagram: recipe for apostasy?, Rick Kephart
Catholics using the Enneagram talk about things like saints and sin and faith and fruits of the spirit.
426 - Dec 1999 - Church art and architecture: 'sacramental role' is central, Msgr M. Francis Mannion
Representations within the liturgical assembly of Christ Mary the saints and angels as well as imaginative anticipations of the life of eternity are critical to sustaining a strong and compelling vision of the Christian reality.
427 - Nov 1999 - The Jesuits: 150 years of ministry in Australia, Elizabeth Ledlin
Church history is adorned with a host of Jesuit saints and martyrs from this theatre alone.
428 - Sep 1999 - Reflection: A spirit of poverty and the level of vocations: how they connect, Fr Fabian Duggan OSB
All the great religious orders founded by saints in early times were founded on the vow of poverty and a firm trust in divine providence.
429 - Sep 1999 - News: The Church Around the World
Archbishop Jose Saraiva Martins the Portuguese-born prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints made that point in a 13 July interview with journalists in Rome.
430 - Aug 1999 - Reflection: Hymn In honour of Our Lady's Assumption, Fr Ramsey Williams SSC
) May your Son the worlds true Light grant us grace to win the fight so with all the saints above praise the Fathers endless love.
431 - Aug 1999 - Cardinal Basil Hume (1923-1999), Archbishop of Westminster, R.I.P., Christopher Quinn
He lies buried in the chapel of Saints Gregory and Augustine in Westminster Cathedral clothed in his habit and pallium.
432 - Jun 1999 - Reflection: The spirit of poverty of Francis of Assisi, Fr Christopher Sharah FSF
Not all are called to live the kind of poverty that the saints have lived.
433 - Jun 1999 - New Missal a 'decided improvement' concludes US Archbishop Elden Curtiss, Archbishop Elden Curtiss
Beginning with the first Sunday of Advent this official text will gradually (with the completion of another volume of Scripture readings for weekdays and saints days) replace the 1970 Lectionary.
434 - May 1999 - Vocations: Confronting today's vocations crisis, Fr Paul Stuart
It is a path walked by the apostles saints martyrs and Christian heroes famous and unknown for 2000 years.
435 - Apr 1999 - Bringing the Faith to life for children, Matthew Greenrod BSJ
making masks of favourite saints.
436 - Feb 1999 - News: The Church Around the World
On 13 June 1997 the consultant theologians of the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints agreed by unanimity on the heroic virtues of the Capuchin friar.
437 - Dec 1998 - News: The Church Around the World
The Bishop indicated that as from the beginning of 1999 the syllabus to be used should include teaching on the sacraments especially the Eucharist the Church including the roles of Mary the Mother of the Church the saints and the Pope.
438 - Aug 1998 - Education: Catholic schools: Do they make enough difference?, Br John Moylan CFC
Do the students see their teachers and peers valuing the liturgical year and the feast days of Mary and the saints?
439 - Jun 1998 - New Texts the key to reshaping religious education, Msgr Peter J. Elliott
The texts should therefore include many stories numerous lives of saints and heroes the role models who contribute to our great story.
440 - Mar 1998 - Reflection: Young Catholics: why 'updating' the Church will not bring them back, Rocco Loiacono
Young Catholics need to be taught from the very outset about the meaning and importance of the sacraments the fundamental doctrines the Churchs traditional prayers (including the Rosary) and the lives of the saints.
441 - Dec 1997 - Cardinal John O'Connor: what Catholics believe, Cardinal John O'Connor
Every one of us here and all those who have gone before us are united in the same language of suffering and sacrifice as that of the saints whose relics will be placed here the suffering of the crucified Christ himself.
442 - Aug 1997 - Reflection: A young Catholic comments on the meaning of church 'participation', Lucy O'Connell
I can move through the same liturgical seasons which nourished my favourite saints; and all of this serves to elevate and unite me more closely to God.
443 - Mar 1997 - Editorial: On being - and not being - a Catholic, B.A. Santamaria
Lord Macaulay once said that the profession of clergyman imposes on those who are not saints (in this case simple believers will do) the necessity of being hypocrites.
444 - Apr 1996 - Emperor Charles I: World War I peace campaigner, James Bogle
Nevertheless the case of Emperor Charles I is currently being considered by the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints with the present Pope even indicating his own interest in and enthusiasm for the cause of the late Emperor.
445 - Sep 1995 - Saints and heroes: where the difference lies, Lawrence Cross
(The Church of early Kiev Rus is a very good example receiving and venerating saints of both East and West).
446 - Aug 1995 - Reflection: A Catholic undergraduate faces the future with confidence, Lucy O'Connell
These were the tools of the saints and they can overcome all things.
447 - Apr 1995 - Catholicism: 'revealed by God, not devised by man', Fr Graham Leonard (former Anglican Bishop of London)
The preservation of the Apostolic Tradition as the Church seeks to bring successive cultures under the judgement of revealed truth and relate it faithfully to each generation requires that the contributions of saints and scholars of theologians and historians should be assessed by the Church.
448 - Apr 1995 - New Melbourne R.E. Guidelines: an improvement on the old, Michael Gilchrist
It is good to find ample scope offered at different levels for a study of such topics as the Churchs rich legacy of religious art architecture and music Eastern Catholicism and the Churchs different Rites the impact of Vatican II the role and significance of Mary Church history (both general and Australian) lives of the saints and the history and work of religious orders.
449 - Aug 1994 - How dissent operates in the Church, Bishop George Pell
Moreover the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven are not the ministers but the saints and the hierarchy exists for the holiness of the faithful.
450 - Jun 1994 - Fr Hubert Jedin's 1968 'Letter to the German Bishops', Fr Hubert Jedin
The faithful long clung to the Mass and their saints and the church regulations introduced by Lutheran magistrates took over many Catholic customs - even processions and pilgrimages.
451 - Mar 1994 - Books: 'Commentary on the Catechism of the Catholic Church', Michael Gilchrist
The Companion is to contain all the passages of Sacred Scripture conciliar texts papal documents writings of the Fathers and of the Saints referred to in the Catechism arranged according to the paragraphs in which the references are made.
452 - Feb 1994 - Can liturgical 'reform' be reformed?, Simon Matthews
The study Memoria Sulla Riforma Liturgica published in 1948 outlines three principles by which any reform ought proceed: (i) a balance should be kept between the tendency simply to innovate and the tendency simply to conserve; (ii) that because the liturgy is the worship of Almighty God the cult of the saints should be subordinated to the temporal and ferial cycles in the liturgical calendar; and (iii) that in keeping with the fact that the liturgy is an organic unity reform should be similarly unitive and organic.
453 - Nov 1993 - Brompton Oratory, London: Keeping Catholic tradition alive, Simon Matthews
The discipline of Lent the stark reality of Good Friday the hope of Easter the fire of Pentecost and the Churchs joy at the example of her saints all find expression in the music vestments and furnishings of the Oratory Church.
454 - Jul 1993 - Brother Andrew speaks out on the Catholic crisis, Brother Andrew
Such matters would be quite insignificant if they did not involve a Church quite different from what the Catholic Church has been for 2000 years for myself my parents for saints like Mary MacKillop Ignatius Francis of Assisi Dominic and many of our day like Mother Teresa.
455 - Jul 1992 - Editorial: The principle for which Thomas More died, B.A. Santamaria
When Audley replying to Mores final speech to the Privy Council stated that many bishops and universities held the opposite view to Mores as to the limits of Papal authority More replied: If I should speak of those that are already dead of whom many be now holy saints in heaven I am very sure it is the far greater part of them that all the while they lived thought in this case that way that I think now; and therefore I am not bounden my Lord to conform my conscience to the Privy Council of one realm against the general Council of Christendom.
456 - Jun 1992 - Monika Hellwig visits Australia, Michael Gilchrist
(2) For the Church (and its schools) to be holy means not primarily to be founded by Jesus Christ (a praying community and the household of saints) but to have an attitude of reverence for human life and freedom gratitude for the good things of creation and a sense of responsibility and focus in life.
457 - Apr 1992 - Sexist language: theological mumbo-jumbo, Frank Mobbs
Why alter the most sacred of all words those of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the words loved and cherished and expounded and prayed by the Fathers of the Church and the saints and generation after generation of Christians?
458 - Mar 1992 - Mary - Biblical focus of Christian unity, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey
It is an acknowledgement of the Communion of Saints and of Our Ladys special place among the saints.
459 - Oct 1991 - France and the revival of traditional Catholicism, Dr Geoffrey Hull
It is a land that has produced in every century an abundant harvest of saints theologians and missionaries and yet estimates today place the Sunday Mass attendance figure as low as 11% in a population of some forty million baptised Catholics.
460 - Jun 1991 - Richard John Neuhaus interviewed, Mary Arnold
Sometimes the simple and unlettered make impressive saints.
461 - Oct 1990 - Newman belongs to us all, Fr Peter J. Elliott
It has happened before to saints and fathers of the Church.
462 - Apr 1990 - Architects of failure on the offensive: US theologians 'pan' new Catechism, Michael Gilchrist
The Catechism contains hundreds of numbered paragraphs which allow for easy identification with each containing cross-references to supporting passages from Scripture and the works of saints and scholars.
463 - Feb 1990 - A Tale of Two Universities, Dr Ralph McInerny, Dr Alan Schreck
For saints.
464 - Feb 1990 - Cardinal Newman: a centenary tribute, Dr Frank Mobbs
Gods heart ever beat close to his own; the angels the saints the departed were only just out of sight; the sacraments were charged with God.
465 - Nov 1989 - Thomas More and today's crisis in faith and morals, John Finnis
And in all his defences of the faith he strives (b) to put us in the presence of the great company of our fellow Christians of every earlier age: as we make our way through life as through the broad High Street of a great long city Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation 237 we are accompanied on the one side by the voices and gestures of our dissenting contemporaries but on the other side by a much more numerous and honourable company the communion of those who have gone before us to heaven along that way and whose voice we hear in the writings of the saints and doctors of the Church and in the acts of its Councils - Councils which in turn direct us to the successors of Peter.
466 - Sep 1988 - Decline and fall of the Catholic priesthood, Gary Scarrabelotti
Under this worldly influence the work of priests in the parish no longer seems much concerned with the direction of souls or with the forming of saints.
467 - Jul 1988 - 'Humanae Vitae' twenty years after, B.A. Santamaria
But if I count those already dead among whom many are now saints in heaven I am quite sure that by far the greater part of them while living on the matter thought as I do now.