Prayer: Mental
Prayer: All you need is love Imagine what it would be like if Jesus showed up on your
doorstep.
Of course you would invite Him inside, and probably seat Him in your
favorite chair. He’d motion for you to come and sit by his feet
and, ever so gently, ask, “So how are you? What’s been
going on in your life?”
Black
Catholics: Building the Church in the
Black community
The enlarged print of a 114-year-old, formal photograph was a meeting
focal point. In it, tiers of well-dressed African-American men lined
the church steps, with a few white priests interspersed in the front
row and one African-American priest in the center. That priest was
Father Augustine Tolton, generally recognized as America’s first
African-American priest. The photo’s caption said: “Colored
Catholic Congress, Philadelphia, Penn., 1892.”
Profile: Leading
young Hispanic Catholics to their own success
More young Hispanic adults must take on leadership roles in their Church
and communities, says Suheily Flores, an Americore Vista Volunteer who
coordinates youth development for the Office of the Vicar for Hispanic
Catholics.
Children
pray for peace, families in
Worldwide Eucharistic Holy Hour
Catholic students across the Archdiocese
gathered for a Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament to commemorate
the Blessed Mother’s appearance to three children at Fatima,
Portugal, nearly 90 years ago, and to join in a worldwide movement
to pray for peace and for all families.
Harvesting
vocations
It’s a noble calling. Nativity of Our Lord
Parish in Warminster is praying that its own, among others, will
heed that noble call.
St.
Titus: Their largest youth Holy Hour ever The
presence of Christ was palpable at St. Titus Church, where more than
400 youth, young adults and parishioners gathered to praise Christ
in the Eucharist at the monthly Holy Hour Oct. 8.
Hispanic
Priests: Serving a growing U.S. Hispanic population Their
numbers are still relatively few, but their challenge is to increase
their numbers, and in the words of Cardinal Rigali, “to be a
bridge in what you do and what you say.” They are the Hispanic
priests who serve the mushrooming Hispanic Catholic population throughout
the United States, including here in Philadelphia.