May 2011
39 posts
May 23, Monday Easter Weekday →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Sunday morning quarterbacking on the Rapture →
By Mary DeTurris Poust I’ve been thinking a lot about the whole Rapture frenzy and why it seemed to take on a life of its own. Certainly in the world of Facebook and Twitter it did. And if you…
May 22, Fifth Sunday of Easter →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
May 21, Saturday Easter Weekday →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Blessed JPII statue: Is it art or ugly? →
By Mary DeTurris Poust Okay, let’s take a poll. What do you think of this hideously ugly statue of Blessed John Paul II, the first to be erected by the city of Rome? Oh, I’m sorry, was I…
May 20, St. Bernadine of Siena: Our Sunday Visitor →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Pilgrimage: On the path toward God →
By Mary DeTurris Poust. You don’t need to book an overseas trip to go on a pilgrimage.
Shaw: Causes and Contexts abuse report provides... →
By Russell Shaw When the American bishops commissioned the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York to study sex abuse of children by priests, the emphasis was on getting answers to…
May 19, Thursday Easter Weekday →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Child removed from Botox mom's care →
Remember the mom who was injecting her 8-year-old daughter with Botox in hopes that she’d have a better shot at winning some kiddie beauty pageants? Well, she has lost custody of her…
May 17, Tuesday Easter Weekday →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
May 15, Fourth Sunday of Easter →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
No-meat Fridays returns to UK →
By Mary DeTurris Poust I don’t know about you, but I’m thrilled to hear about this (h/t The Deacon’s Bench). The bishops of England and Wales have re-established the practice of abstaining from…
May 14, St. Matthias →
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Shaw: Prospects bleak for peaceful coexistence... →
By Russell Shaw Some early media reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden were, to use as charitable a word as possible, unserious. To such a point that one was reminded of a scene in The Wizard…
Archbishop: New Roman Missal translation 'not just... →
Last month, we told you about a series about the revised Roman Missal in the Catholic Spirit, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. In the latest…
May 12, Thursday Easter Weekday →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
The Catholic case for being a do-gooder →
Our challenge these days is to remember why we do good.
Blessed Mother in the Americas →
By Thomas J. Craughwell. Devotion to Our Lady runs deep in the Americas; here’s a look at her many national titles
Help for the Rosary-challenged (like me) →
I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time with the Rosary. I am Rosary-challenged. But I recently reviewed four books that look at the Rosary from different perspectives, and I have to…
May 11, Wednesday Easter Weekday: Our Sunday... →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
May 10, St. Damien →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
May 8, Third Sunday of Easter →
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A little pro-life inspiration from Pampers →
I thought this would be a great way to kick off Mother’s Day weekend. Yes, I know there’s a mention of IVF and surrogates, but the bottom line is that this commercial really, truly celebrates…
May 7, Saturday Easter Weekday →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Online course for Roman Missal revisions unveiled →
Ignatius Press, My Catholic Faith Delivered, the Catholic Media Secretariat of the Archdiocese of Boston, Midwest Theological Forum and St. John’s Seminary have teamed up for an online course…
May 6, Friday Easter Weekday →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Happy 99th birthday to us! →
Today, May 5, 2011, is the 99th anniversary of the first issue of Our Sunday Visitor national Catholic weekly newspaper, now more commonly known as OSV Newsweekly. From that humble…
'Blessed are you, beloved Pope John Paul II' →
By OSV staff. Pope Benedict XVI beatifies his predecessor as 1 million pilgrims crowd St. Peter’s Square and streets around Vatican to witness historic event
A call for unity in preparing for Roman Missal... →
Sister of St Joseph Carmel Pilcher, an Australian liturgical consultant who has been helping Catholics prepare for the upcoming transition to the new English translation of the Roman…
Beatification Recap →
The life of Pope John Paul II was filled with admirable feats. He vigorously promoted life and dignity, boldly confronted Communist regimes, and traveled the world inspiring millions. But one of his…
Testimonials of pet-loving Catholics →
Pet-loving Catholics share their stories
Writer gives five reasons why 'And with your... →
Catholic writer Mike Aquilina, who recently published a book on the Mass with Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., has a piece in the June issue of The Priest magazine about a…
Another view of Blessed John Paul II →
Photo by Ramona Balutscu
By Mary DeTurris Poust
What do you think when you see the photo above? Does it make you sad to see John Paul II’s image tossed on the ground with the rest…
May 3, Sts. Philip and James →
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Vatican blogging meeting - The Big News →
Continued live-blogging from the Vatican blogging meeting: Thaddeus Jones, who works with the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, began the final part of the conference by sharing some…
May 2, St. Athanasius →
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Beatific Visions →
Well, I made it! My plane landed in Italy at about 5:45pm and I was immediately greeted by this sign in the airport:
Following a crazy half-hour taxi-ride—there doesn’t seem to be any…
May 1, Divine Mercy Sunday →
Our Sunday Visitor’s My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
