Religious Life

FRIDAY MORNING EDITION

Nuns Praying

Why Would a Modern Woman Ever become a Nun?

. . .outsiders often think religious sisters are making burdensome sacrifices, but here’s the truth. . .

by Rebecca Vitz Cherico,

of Aleteia

What Kind of Wine Can Be Used for Consecration? – Billy Ryan, uCatholic
Professor Josef Seifert Shares His Views on ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’ – Edward Pentin
Italy & Vatican Put UK to Shame Over Alfie Evans – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
4 Powerful Prayers for the Tired & Weary Soul – Maura Roan McKeegan, Cthlc Exchange
What Does Netflix’s ‘Come Sunday’ Say about Who Goes to Heaven? – Matthew Becklo
Marco Rubio’s Second Act – Matthew Walther, The Week
Dissenters from Disenchantment – Mark Bauerlein, First Things
What Good Catholic Teens Want from the Church – Jennifer Fitz, Natl Catholic Register
How to Receive God’s Love In the Present Moment – David Torkington, Catholic Stand
Heal Our Wounds: My Time in the Church’s Field Hospitals – Patricia Snow, First Things
Why We Needed a Facebook Group for Catholic Mothers – Chiara Finaldi, Cthlc Herald
Holy Confidence in God – Brian Kranick, Catholic Exchange
2018 Spring Trends You Already Own (Without Even Knowing!) – Meghan Ashley
Mother Teresa and the Art of the Ask – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net
US Commission on International Religious Freedom Releases 2018 Report – Joe Carter

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PALM SUNDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

I Prayed to Know My Mom was in Heaven; Then I Had This Dream

by Patty Knap,

of the National Catholic Register

Modern Science Can’t Duplicate Image of Shroud of Turin – Bradley Eli, Church Militant
Awesome Pro-Life Ad from Major Financial Corp. Attracts 1.5 million+ Views – Lisa Bourne
A Week with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal: Part 1–The Men – K.V. Turley, The CWR
How to Respond to Relativism with Logic and Love – Paul Senz, The Catholic World Report
Hidden Symbols Around the Altar of St. Peter’s Basilica – Maria Paola Daud & Daniel Esparza
10 of the Church’s Most Powerful Saints and What They Are the Patron Of – ChurchPop
“Gloria Laus”: This Ancient Palm Sunday Chant Will Transport You to Heaven! – ChurchPop
The World’s First Christian Country? – Amanda Proença Santos & Rodolfo Contreras, BBC
An Ancient Pallium Displayed at the Vatican Museums – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Mov
Great & Holy Spiritual Reading: Divine Intimacy by Fr. Gab. of St. Mary Magdalen – B. Williams
It is Right and Just: Spending on Glorious Architecture – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Today
Palm Sunday and the Holy Eucharist – Carl E. Olson, The Dispatch via The Cthlc World Rprt

Sports, Entertainment, the Economy, and Easter Sunday – Gene Van Son, Catholic Stand
8 Saints on the Holy Mass – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy
The Case for Christ: Lee Strobel Answers Questions via a Podcast – Catholic Answers

Following Christ in the Way of the Cross – Veronica Arntz, Truth and Charity Forum

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WEDNESDAY EXTRA

George Clausen, “High Mass in a Village on the Zuiderzee” (c. 1880) Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/carstens/whats-behind-cardinal-sarahs-ad-orientem-call/#ixzz4AQyAXsue
George Clausen, “High Mass in a Village on the Zuiderzee” (c. 1880)

What’s Behind Cardinal Sarah’s Ad Orientem Call?

by Christopher Carstens

of the National Catholic Register

Hillary Clinton’s Church Problem – Paul Kengor, Crisis Magazine
A Traditional Catholic Wife? – Randall Smith Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
Priesthood in the Real Presence and the Present Absence – Fr. Gordon J. MacRae, TSW
Sisters of Life Thrive at 25: Order Aids 10,000 Women Since 1991 – Patty Knap, N.C. Register
The Dangers of Cliques & Superior Attitudes in the Church – Anne De Santis, Catholic Stand
Me Before You and the Slow Suicide of the West – Chelsea Zimmerman, Catholic Lane
Details Released of Reformation Commemoration in Lund, Sweden – Edward Pentin, N.C. Reg
Only Francis Can Go To China? – George Weigel, First Things
Justice for Harambe . . . or Revenge? – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum
The Ten Commandments & Facebook; an Examination of Conscience – Godwin Delali Adadzie
A Goodbye to ‘Mama Irene,’ the Woman Who Adopted 58 Kids – María Ximena Rondón, C.N.A.
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