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Catholic University of America facing $30 million deficit…
Catholic University of America facing $30 million deficit Skip to content The president of The Catholic University of America announced on Tuesday a $30 million “structural deficit,” and has asked university personnel for ideas to generate revenue and cut costs in the coming year. McMahon Hall at The Catholic University of America. Credit: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Share University President Peter ...
Wicked: How the Flying Monkeys Got Their Wings…
Wicked will now take a one-year intermission. Enjoy the snacks at the concession stand. Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard By far the most important thing to know about the film release of Wicked is this: it’s only Act One of the musical. This caught me by surprise, because the film is called Wicked (rather than, say, Wicked, Act One or Something Bad Is Happening in Oz or even How the Flying Monkey...
Roll Over, Beethoven: This Catholic Girls School is Shaking Up Radio Station’s Classics Countdown…
Thanks to team work and tremendous dedication, the girls at Oakcrest School are celebrating a victory three years in the making… Editor’s Note: This story was originally published at TheologyofHome.com. It is reprinted here with permission. Each year the classical radio station in Washington, D.C. WETA (90.9) hosts the annual Classical Countdown. Listeners vote on their top three...
‘From the First Moment of Her Conception … in View of the Merits of Jesus Christ … Free From All Stain of Original Sin’…
This year is the 170th anniversary of the promulgation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX in his encyclical Ineffabilis Deus (1854), which declared that the Virgin Mary, “from the first moment of her conception … was, by the singular grace and privilege of Almighty God, and in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of Mankind, kept free from all stain of original sin.”&n...
Nun arrested over alleged links to Italy’s most powerful mafia gang, the ‘Ndrangheta…
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For Christians, and for Everyone Else, an Uncharted Future in Syria…
COMMENTARY: Syrian Salafi Jihadist rebels are gaining territory at a breakneck pace, leaving many unanswered questions in their wake about the possibly far-reaching consequences of regime change. We’ve seen the images before: long lines of ragged, heavily armed, bearded men entering a city whose defenses have seemingly collapsed like a house of cards. It happened in Afghanistan twice, most recentl...
13 Traditions for Keeping an Advent Attitude…
(OSV News) — Advent is the perfect time to make a retreat, and opportunities abound, whether it’s overnight retreats, days of reflection, parish missions or evening events. Stepping away from the hustle and bustle is enticing, especially as we prepare our hearts for Christmas. However, not all of us are able to take advantage of those opportunities. It can be especially hard for families who are a...
Which Is More Powerful: Lasers or Lightning? There’s Only One Fun Way to Find Out…
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Archbishop Sheen’s Canonization ‘Inevitable’ Amid Growing Devotion, Says Foundation Head…
(OSV News) — Despite a few high-profile delays in recent years, the canonization of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen — the popular, scholarly archbishop and 20th-century pioneer of Catholic broadcasting — is “inevitable,” said the head of the foundation supporting his cause. “The desire to see Sheen beatified is increasing, and there is a growing devotion to him,” Msgr. Jason Gray, executive director of ...
5 Brief Advent Themes…
The Following are “Five Advent Reflections” I have prepared. If these interest you I have prepared them also in PDF format which you can get by clicking here: The Season of Advent 1. Advent is Witnessed by Creation – Autumn and early winter are times of great seasonal change. The leaves turn brilliant colors then fade and fall. The shadows lengthen as the days grow shorter and colder. ...
Pope Francis: Where have the people gone?
The new papal funeral rite has a striking detail: in the first phase, the one at home, the dead Pope is exposed in a simple white cassock. This is particularly unusual. Priests are composed in their vestments because a priest is a priest forever. All the more so for a bishop, who is “chief priest” and possesses what we call “fullness of orders” in Catholic parlance. All gets back to normality when...
Grace Upon Grace
“You’ve shown me that even my mistakes and sins can be recycled into something good—through Your transforming grace.” – Jesus Listens,April 12th Some experiences from our teenage years we can remember as if they had happened yesterday. I still remember with stunning clarity the day I learned a powerful lesson about grace. I was working my first job over the Christmas holiday season at a local depa...
