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Battleship

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Catholic News Service
Category Catholicism

Though it summons the Navy — rather than men on horseback — to rescue the world from nothing less than a seemingly invincible alien invasion, the action adventure “Battleship” (Universal) amounts to little more than feel-good nonsense.

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How well do you know the Bible? New game show with Jeff Foxworthy GSN

Posted 17 May 2012 — by sisterrose
Category Catholicism

Note from Sr. Rose: I have formed a team (you need to sign up as a team of three people) with Sr Marie James and Sr Jennifer! We will be playing for a charity: The Daughters of St. Paul Retired Sisters Fund. If we pass muster this will be the second time I have worked [...]

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Donna Summer, Requiescat In Pace

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Frank Weathers
Category Catholicism

Well, I am sad to hear that Donna Summer has left us. But something makes me think I’ll see her again. And like one of my friends said on Facebook, I hope St. Peter installs a nice disco ball for her to sing under. Then again, he may not have to…

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Planting Seeds

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Sarah Reinhard
Category Catholicism

I like to think I have some powers of persuasion, that I am good with words. But still, the fact remains: I have never succeeded in converting another person. A few years ago, I nearly severed a close friendship in my enthusiasm and zeal over Theology of the Body and Church teaching on contraception. Conversion isn’t something [...]

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Saint Silaus of Lucca

Posted 17 May 2012 — by terry
Category Catholicism

Saints.SQPN.com profile of Saint Silaus of Lucca

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Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Saint Silave, or Silan, Bishop and Confessor in Ireland

Posted 17 May 2012 — by terry
Category Catholicism

Butler’s Lives of the Saints entry for Saint Silave, or Silan, Bishop and Confessor in Ireland

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Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Saint Cathan, Bishop and Confessor

Posted 17 May 2012 — by terry
Category Catholicism

Butler’s Lives of the Saints entry for Saint Cathan, Bishop and Confessor

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Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Saint Maw, Confessor

Posted 17 May 2012 — by terry
Category Catholicism

Butler’s Lives of the Saints entry for Saint Maw, Confessor

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Posted 17 May 2012 — by Barb In Nebraska's Posterous
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EWTN: Extra! Extra! Press Release!!

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Connecticut Catholic Corner
Category Catholicism

EWTN: Extra! Extra!Irondale, AL – EXTRA! EXTRA! Get the inside story on Franciscan University’s bold decision to drop its student health insurance plan because of the HHS mandate on contraception/sterilization services. Fr. Terence Henry, president o…

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Franciscan University drops student health insurance plan

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Catholic News Service
Category Catholicism

Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, is discontinuing its student health insurance plan in the upcoming school year in opposition to the Obama administration’s mandate requiring most religious employers, including colleges, to provide no-cost contraceptive and sterilization coverage in its health insurance plans.

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Down to Earth

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Ellen Gable Hrkach
Category Catholicism

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“Luminous” Thursdays- Voice Of One Crying Out In The Desert

Posted 17 May 2012 — by dcalvillo
Category Catholicism

On Thursdays filled with the “Light” of the world, we are reminded that John the Baptist was the “voice …in the desert.” John 1.23. We, too, are unfit to untie the sandal on the foot of Jesus but we pray that we may also be a “voice ……

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Conspiracy Theorists Experience Collective Freakout

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Mark Shea
Category Catholicism

…as Obama literary agent revealed to have hyped his African ethnicity to hawk a book 20 years ago. The Conspiratorial Mind is faced with two alternatives: 1) The State of Hawaii and two local newspapers in Hawaii, as well as a host of agents and actors in between, have created a vast conspiracy to make [...]

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I’m Not Supposed to say “Gay Brownshirts”

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Mark Shea
Category Catholicism

…when the Legion of Menacing Visigoths for Tolerance vandalizes a Church for peacefully expressing the opinion that “marriage” means “the union of a man and a woman” and not “whatever combination of consenting organisms or organic/non-organic unions with whatever inanimate or mammalian or living or dead thing my grievance group demands the right to marry [...]

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New Feature: Inserting Images and Video

Posted 17 May 2012 — by matt
Category Catholicism

First – we still have more free stuff to give away if you answer these 10 questions.
Second, we’ve recently added the ability to more easily insert images and even videos right into your Notes on Flocknote.
Inserting Images
Now you can upload any image…

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Pope Benedict–The Spirit, Light of Prayer

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Ed Sousa, Sr.
Category Catholicism

“Saint Paul’s letters show us the rich variety of his own prayer, which embraces thanksgiving, praise, petition and intercession”, said Pope Benedict XVI this Wednesday as he continued his catechesis dedicated to prayer in the early Church, this wee…

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In a Funk? Get Expert Advice

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Julie Filby
Category Catholicism

As busy people with spouses, kids, jobs, responsibilities, we’re all bound to fall into a funk from time-to-time — a phase when we feel dejected, overwhelmed, ungrateful, unappreciated or just plain blah, sometimes for no good reason. So what can we do about it?

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Interview with Carl Olson (Part 2 of 2) – On Must-Read Books

Posted 17 May 2012 — by Brandon Vogt
Category Catholicism

(This is the second of a two-part interview. Part one was posted on Tuesday.)

After being raised in a Fundamentalist home, Carl Olson entered the Catholic Church in 1997 and has since became one of its shining lights.

He’s written numerous articles …

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Carolyn Woo on the G8: Don’t Leave Hunger Off the Global Agenda

Posted 17 May 2012 — by John Rivera
Category Catholicism

This weekend’s G8 meeting at Camp David will be held a stone’s throw from CRS World Headquarters in Baltimore. CRS President & CEO Carolyn Woo writes in the Baltimore Sun that these world leaders must address the needs of the … Co…

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