Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Have you ever noticed how much buzz there is around the Mass that uses the Missal of 1962, commonly referred to as the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM)? I mean, if you’re into Catholic Twitter, YouTube, or any other social media, you can’t miss it. It seems to dominate a big […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn What is World Youth Day? The first World Youth Day was celebrated in 1984 when Pope St. John Paul II created a gathering on Palm Sunday in Rome to celebrate the Youth Jubilee of the Holy Year of Redemption. It was expected that sixty thousand people would attend, but over […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Why Are There Angels Around The Tabernacle? What You Need To Know About Angels Near The Tabernacle Tabernacle: comes from the Latin word tabernaculum which means ‘abode’, the house of God. There I will meet you and there, from above the cover, between the two cherubim on the ark of […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Let’s start with a principle that can be observed throughout the whole history of the Church, and which drives the way I teach Church history and doctrine. As I tell my students, the truth is always “in the middle” – which is to say, the truth is always to be […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn What is Canon Law?  The current law governing the Catholic Church is the 1983 Code of Canon Law. This Code, promulgated by His Holiness St. John Paul II replaced the 1917 Code of Canon Law. The Code is a system of laws and principles which regulates the organization and governance […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn You might say that I’m a groupie. Beginning when I was sixteen, I attended four World Youth Days: Denver (1993), Manila (1995), Paris (1997), and Toronto (2002). My experience, along with millions of other young people, was transformative. The impact is still felt in our lives and around the globe […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn What is an Indulgence? Do Catholics still practice indulgences? That stopped after Martin Luther pointed out that they are wrong, right? To be sure, the 16th Century was a confusing time. There was a Dominican preacher named Johann Tetzel who Luther claimed was “selling” indulgences to fund the building of […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn One day each year – and one day only – there is no Catholic Mass celebrated throughout the world. One day.  The Easter Triduum begins with Holy Thursday Mass. What many Catholics don’t realize is that Good Friday service not a Mass, but a liturgy, as no hosts are consecrated […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said: “For bells are the voice of the church; they have tones that touch and search the hearts of young and old.” There is a sweet, holy sound to the clear chiming of church bells.  The Tradition Of Bells Bells have long had a traditional place in […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn On the path that led to the Old Testament  Although I am now a joyfully practicing Catholic, for nearly thirty years of my adult life, I lived as an evangelical Protestant.  It was during those years that love of Scripture became the engine of my spiritual life.  I learned how […]

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Your Lord and Savior is Now the Size of a Prune! Baby Jesus has been growing at a fast pace since the Annunciation and will be fully developed by the end of this month!  Those tiny buds from last month are now arms and legs, hands and feet, fingers and […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Las Posadas is an Advent tradition begun by Hispanic Catholics in the 16th century. Las Posadas means “the Inns,” and like a typical novena lasting nine days, the celebration spans the nine days before Christmas.  Though it does involve knocking on doors and treats, this is not like trick-or-treating at […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn The Shepherds of Bethlehem are not really glamorous. They’re easy to take for granted. They’re not interesting exotic wizards from a distant land. They’re not powerful kings or tyrannical rulers. They’re just ordinary, working folks. Sure, they claimed to see a choir of singing angels, but that’s their only claim […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn What is the Steward of the Kingdom? A steward is appointed by the ruling king or queen to represent them and help them to govern. Another word we could use to describe the steward is “prime minister.” In the Old Testament, the chief steward of the king was able to […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn What is the Liturgical Movement? In Desiderio desideravi (2022), Pope Francis writes, “We owe to the [the Second Vatican] Council – and to the liturgical movement that preceded it – the rediscovery of a theological understanding of the Liturgy and of its importance in the life of the Church (DD, […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn One of the most curious celebrations in the Catholic Church is the blessing of throats for St. Blaise’s memorial on February 3rd. I can recall as a small child being told about the blessing of throats and seeing it done at church. I sort of took it for granted, and […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn My whole life, I have stated I am a member of the Catholic Church. I specifically remember learning in youth group that the word “catholic” meant universal, but the definition didn’t mean much to me until I partook in World Youth Day 2005. It was the summer before my freshman […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn (All excerpts and photos in this article were selected from Dr. Lavoie’s new medical forensic, scriptural study of the Shroud of Turin: “The Shroud of Jesus And the Sign John Ingeniously Concealed.” Published by Sophia Institute Press, June 2023; endorsed by Scott Hahn, Mike Aquilina and others. 8-17-2023) What IS […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn I didn’t go looking for the Sacred Heart; the Sacred Heart found me. My mom always had a statue of both the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary that had a special place in the home while I was growing up. In addition, I grew up […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn During this Season of the Resurrection, we are mindful that the ministry of Jesus did not come to an end with His earthly life. Just before His Ascension, Jesus promised to send the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, to strengthen and guide His Church. The Holy Spirit descended at Pentecost, filling […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn INTRODUCTION to JUBILEES SPES NON CONFUNDIT. “Hope does not disappoint.” With these words, borrowed from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (chapter 5, verse 5), the solemn invitation to the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025 begins.  The special papal document, or “Bull of Indiction,” was published in Rome on […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Isn’t it exciting when you discover that not only do you enjoy someone’s work, but they are Catholic, too? That’s how it felt when I read Timothy Larsen’s chapter on E. E. Evans-Pritchard in The Slain God: Anthropologists and the Christian Faith. It was like finding a long, lost family […]

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