I very much enjoyed reading responses to yesterday’s question, “What if you were kidnapped by space aliens and they zapped you with alien technology so that all your XX chromosomes warped into XY chromosomes and when you regained consciousness, you were really and truly a man?” The point of the exercise was to ponder what it might be like to be a man.
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13 May 2013, 11:28 | Society-digest | | | Code for Blog | | Ben Zehavi12 May, 2013 The times of IsraelThe two Hebrew words for cemetery — beit-kvarot (house of graves) and beit-olam (eternal home) – exist in a deliberate but uneasy tension.
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9 May 2013, 18:27 | Society-digest | | | Code for Blog | | Alton J.
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An interview with Archbishop Stefan Soroka about Eastern Catholicism, Orthodoxy and traditions
Icon “Saint Stylianos”, by the hand of Sarah “Sallie” Thayer, 2013 Born about 550, Adrianopolis, Paphlagonia Died Date Unknown, Paphlagonia Venerated in: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholic Churches Feast: November 26 Attributes: Child wrapped in swaddling Patronage: Children, both born and unborn, and OrphansSaint Stylianos (Latin: Stylianus, Greek: Στυλιανός, English: Stylian) was born during the 6th century in Adrianopolis in the province of Paphlagonia (in modern day Turkey) into a very wealthy family. At a young age, Stylianos joined the hermits of the desert with a view toward cleansing his soul through a period of meditation and prayer, as well as through association with men likewise pledging their lives to Jesus Christ.Unlike most other hermits, however, he did not withdraw from society altogether, preferring to go among the people for whatever good he might do, and then returning to his little cave for rest and prayerful meditation.According to the church tradition, one night while he prayed for guidance in helping others, Stylianos felt a divine presence and was consumed by the great glory of the Holy Spirit, emerging from his cave the next day with a spirit of exultation and serenity he had never known before.
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I just received the newsletter of the USCCB’s Committee for Divine Worship.
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2 June: Pope Francis and world-wide, coordinated Eucharistic Adoration
In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 centuries ago.
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Vatican City, 20 April 2013 (VIS) – Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, accompanied by Msgr. Maurizio Malvestiti, under secretary of the same dicastery, visited the Russian Monastery of the Dormition in Rome on the occasion of the arrival of some aspirants to the monastic life these past months
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NEW LIFE IN HISTORIC RUSSIAN CONVENT OF DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD IN ROME
Yesterday, Father Kerslake and I attended the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario’s Bravo Awards recognizing student leaders who manifest self-less and faith-inspired devotion to others in their elementary and high schools (and nearby communities).
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Vatican City, 8 April 2013 (VIS) – His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, with the consent of the Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Catholic Church in conformity with Canon 85, para. 2(2) of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches and giving notice to the Apostolic See, has transferred Bishop Boutros Kamal Fahim Awad Hanna to the Eparchial See of Minya of the Copts
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Have you made your plans yet? You need to go to bed early on Monday night so that you can rise at 4:30am Eastern Time to watch the epic inauguration of Pope Francis.
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Pope Francis I is from Buenos Aires, Argentina and is the first Jesuit Pope in history.
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“I am the Lord, your God. You shall not have strange gods before me.” The bulk of this third section of YouCat – on How we are to have life in Christ – is spent explaining the Ten Commandments, which were introduced in last week’s YouCat post
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The resignation of Benedict XVI portends no problems for Church governance. We know exactly when the vacancy in the Apostolic See will occur (2 pm, Eastern time, Thursday, FEB 28) and we know what laws will govern the Church during said vacancy (ap.
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The Faith of Christians.That in this Year of Faith Christians may deepen their knowledge of the mystery of Christ and witness joyfully to the gift of faith in him.Middle Eastern Christians.That the Christian communities of the Middle East, often discriminated against, may receive from the Holy Spirit the strength of fidelity and perseverance.
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25 January 2013, 13:22 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine | | | Code for Blog | | On 23-24 January, in the Vatican, a regular meeting of the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church under the chairmanship of H.E.
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Patriarch Sviatoslav States in Vatican That Church Identity of Emigrants Should Be Preserved
24 January 2013, 17:35 | Interview | | | Code for Blog | | Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, the Apostolic Nuncio in Belarus was born on 7 October 1955 in Verona, Italy.
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22 January 2013, 09:08 | National religious question | | | Code for Blog | | Ukrainian Unity Day (Den Sobornosti) is an important historical event in Ukraine. It goes back to the date when Eastern and Western Ukraine were united.
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