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The Father Michael J. McGivney Guild
The Father Michael J. McGivney Guild serves as a source for information about the life, works and spirituality of Father McGivney. The Guild distributes informational materials about him, receives reports of favors granted through his intercession and oversees the distribution of relics. There ...
HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Thanks to the efforts of Father Michael J. McGivney, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven and some of his parishioners, the Connecticut state legislature on March 29, 1882, officially chartered the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal benefit society. The Order is still true to ...
WHO CAN BECOME A KNIGHT?
Membership in the Knights of Columbus is open to practical Catholic men in union with the Holy See, who shall not be less than 18 years of age on their last birthday. A practical Catholic is one who lives up to the Commandments of God and the precepts of the Church. Application blanks are available ...
Mission Statement
The Knights of Columbus was established in 1882 to provide a means by which Catholic men could support the Catholic Church, provide financial protection to protect their families, and engage in works of charity to benefit the less fortunate. Today, its nearly 1.8 million members make up the ...
As Plain as the No's on Your Faith
First, he ordered churches to violate their conscience. Now, the President is instructing them not to talk about it! Welcome to Barack Obama's military. After stripping away the rights of religious groups everywhere, the commander-in-chief is putting a halt on protests from the pulpit, at least ...
Air Force: God Is Not Our Co-Pilot
In Obama's military, religious freedom seems to be enemy number one. The assaults on faith are coming in almost daily waves now, as troops struggle to hold on to the moral tradition that makes our Force great. After disinviting General Boykin from a West Point prayer breakfast and then censoring ...
Army Gives General the Boot
Lieutenant General William Boykin has stared cowards in the face before, and he won't hesitate to do so now. Not even when the same Army he served is trying to take away the freedom he fought to protect. Boykin, an outspoken Christian and Delta Force hero, had been looking forward to speaking at ...
Don’t defend yourself
Israel is facing grave danger, and news reports say that President Obama won't assist in defending Israel. In fact, he has actually issued a warning to Israel not to take military action against Iran. Unbelievable. President Obama actually told our greatest ally in one of the most dangerous ...
If You Can't Exercise Your Conscience, Vote it!
President Obama told the crowd at this morning's National Prayer Breakfast, "We can't leave our values at the door." That's ironic, since the administration is ordering the church to do exactly that when it comes to contraception and abortifacients. Under his new mandate, religious ...
DISTRICT #55
The district is composed of the following councils: #439 Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Council of Camden the Grand Knight is Orlando Rivera, #3784 Marian Council of Haddonfield the Grand Knight is Michael Hoeschele, #6173 Cherry Hill Council of St. Mary's and St. Thomas Moore Parishes the ...
TAKE ACTION: Tell Obama: Stop This Pro-Abortion Mandate
President Barack Obama did it again -- adding another pro-abortion mark in his extensive anti-life record. He recently put a new Obamacare mandate in place that forced religious employers to provide coverage for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions despite the fact that that ...
3 reasons to be present at the abortion mill
A young woman came out and said she had just been in for a pregnancy test and it was negative. She told me she had searched for a place that offered free pregnancy tests and the CHWC had come up so she went. She has a 10 month old daughter and was mostly happy she wasn't pregnant. ...
Chemotherapy in Pregnancy Safe, Studies Suggest
Women diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy will no longer face the dilemma of whether to defer treatment to avoid harming their babies. A series of studies published in The Lancet and Lancet Oncology shows that children born to women given chemotherapy while they were growing in the womb ...
Dutch Mobile Euthanasia Unit Set For Launch
Plans for an on-call euthanasia team to kill people in their homes have been given the go-ahead in Holland. The mobile unit will be dispatched when family doctors refuse to administer lethal drugs on ethical grounds. They are expected to send the number of euthanasia cases in Holland soaring, ...
Pam Tebow
I'm reaching out to see if any of you are interested in attending the Options for Women Fundraiser Banquet. The speaker is Pam Tebow, Tim Tebow's mother. When she was pregnant with Tim, doctors strongly urged her to abort due to a life threatening pregnancy. In faith she refused ...
Father Charlie's Monday Morning Alka-Seltzer
Hunger USA
Hunger here in the richest nation in the world? Impossible, one might think. But the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ annual Hunger and Homelessness Survey makes it clear that hunger and food insecurity (not always having access to enough food to meet basic needs) not only exist, but are on the rise. The increase is reflected in the fact that the two dozen cities surveyed found that requests for ...
US Senate: Cardinal McCarrick defends religious freedom of Muslims, Catholics
Testifying before a senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on “Protecting the Civil Rights of American Muslims,” Cardinal Theodore McCarrick defended the religious freedom of Muslims and Catholics.
Speaking on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the ...
Statement On The Death Of Cardinal John Foley
All of us in Catholic media mourn the passing of our good friend, Cardinal John Foley. He was a bright, witty, humble man who served his Church faithfully and well in many capacities: Diocesan newspaper editor, officer of the Catholic Press Association and recipient of the St. Francis de Sales Award...
A vision of Heaven
As Dale McKay was facing death, he spoke to writer Nancy Schertzing about his feelings and his hopes for heaven. Later, Nancy spoke with Dale's widow, Ellen, who shared the joy of their marriage and the moving experience of Dale's death. Their story is filled with love and hope that speaks to all of us.
Three Myths about Online Dating
A week doesn’t go by without several newspapers writing about the expanding use of online dating services. Millions of single people have, and many more millions will, use at least one online dating site in 2005. Despite the increased societal acceptance, several myths continue to persist.
Myth #3: Meeting someone...
We Interrupt This Service...
Pastor Tony's attempts at humor go unappreciated.
Jocosity Cartoons.
Danny's Magic Drawings
“But it’s just a picture,” said Danny. He sat on the sidewalk in front of his house. Green and purple sidewalk chalk smudged his face and t-shirt.
Our monthly TV Mass became a weekly TV program and over 30 years has remained the only regular, local Catholic TV presentation in Scranton, PA. On January 26, 1987 Catholic Television (CTV) of the Diocese of Scranton made its debut as a 24-hour cable TV channel. Today, it is the first and only Catholic Diocesan Communications Office... Each year California Catholics gather in Sacramento to speak with their elected officials
Daily Mass from St. Ann's Media
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Part 4: How to Be a Dynamic and Evangelizing Parish
Two very different parishes show what it takes to be both energetic and spiritual.
California Catholic Lobby Day
about issues of concern to the Church. This effort is ...
Benedict XVI Invites The International Community To Help The Countries Of The Sahel
This morning in the Vatican, the Holy Father received in audience twenty-five members of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel (the sub-Saharan region of Africa which includes countries on the west coast and central part of the continent). The institution came into being following John Paul ...
