Come to an ORIENTATION on the Holy Land Pilgrimage scheduled to depart San Antonio on October 27th and return November 10th, 2010. The Pilgrimage includes 10 days in the Holy Land and 3 days in Jordan! Deacon Tom and Mary Jane Fox will lead the pilgrimage along with Fr. Valentine Gallegos. Pilgrimage is over half-filled! Come and learn more about the HOly Land this Sunday, July 18th at the Pilgrim Center of Hope; 1pm – 3pm.
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Holy Land Pilgrimage Orientation
“Catholicism Live!” July 14th
Tonight, join Deacon Tom and Mary Jane Fox for a program on “The Necessity of Prayer.” Why do people pray? How to pray? Why am I so distracted during prayer? Does God hear all prayer? How did Jesus pray? These and your questions are answered at 8pm Central Time.
• TV: Catholic Television of San Antonio, Time Warner Cable Channel 15
• Radio: South Texas KJMA 89.7 FM
• Online: Guadalupe Radio Network, http://www.grnonline.com (Click “Listen Live”, then click the link for South TX.)
Email your questions to live@catholic.org and call us during the program: (210) 734-5371.
Saint of the Week: St. Bridget of Sweden (Stop by the Pilgrim Center of Hope on July 15 for a ladies’ Afternoon Tea with St. Bridget of Sweden at 2pm. More details here.)
Bridget’s feast day is July 23. Mother of eight children. Widow. Foundress of the Bridgettine order. Learn more here.
Pearl of the Week: In the School of the Holy Spirit by Jacques Philippe. Scepter Publishers, 2002. 90 pages. Ask for it at your local Catholic bookseller.
Purpose of the book:
- to describe simple and concrete ways to live docility to the Holy Spirit.
- How can the Spirit illuminate and strengthen our hearts?
- By being more attentive to the Spirit’s presence in us through Baptism, we learn to follow the inspirations that God places within us.
From the book:
“Prayer of praise purifies the heart.”
“There is no doubt that if we thank God with all our heart for each grace received, especially for the inspirations, he will grant us more.”
The Church invites us to invoke the Holy Spirit as the Interior Teacher of Christian prayer. (Catechism of the Catholic Church #2680)
“Catholicism Live!” on Life & Human Sexuality
How do we answer questions our family, friends, co-workers may pose to us on the issues of life? “Catholicism Live!” on July 7th will give you answers and resources to help you! Pope John Paul II said, “all human life is sacred, for it is created in the image and likeness of God.” The Church’s mission to defend human life applies over the entire course of life, from conception to natural death.
For additional information on LIFE – ABORTION – and resources: San Antonio Coalition for Life at www.sacfl.org or call them at 210-737-2235.
Also look at PROJECT RACHEL – a confidential program for spiritual and emotional healing after abortion. 210-342-HOPE or 1-800-651-HOPE.
PEARL OF THE WEEK - For a tri-fold pamphlet that easily expresses the beauty of life and dignity of the human person titled “WHY YOU MATTER”: http://www.usccb.org/prolife/programs/rlp/2009/bartunekpamphlet.pdf
SAINT OF THE WEEK - St. Maria Goretti (1890-1902). * Feast Day is July 6th. She is patron of youth, young women, purity and victims of rape. Maria refused to submit to an attack on her virginity by 20 year old Alessandro Serenelli. Not yet 12 years old, she shouted, “No, it’s a sin! I will not do it!” So Alessandro stabbed her to death. Maria forgave him and became a saint because she loved God above all else. It was, and is, Love’s Bravest Choice.
The beautiful message of purity and forgiveness demonstrated by St. Maria inspires people of all ages, and in any place or time, because it is an ageless story of rare and heroic courage.
Read more about this young saint; www.mariagoretti.org.
| Official Prayer to St. Maria GorettiOh Saint Maria Goretti who, strengthened by God’s grace, did not hesitate even at the age of twelve to shed your blood and sacrifice life itself to defend your virginal purity, look graciously on the unhappy human race which has strayed far from the path of eternal salvation. Teach us all, and especially youth,with what courage and promptitude we should flee for the love of Jesus anything that could offend Him or stain our souls with sin. Obtain for us from our Lord victory in temptation, comfort in the sorrows of life, and the grace which we earnestly beg of thee (here insert intention), and may we one day enjoy with thee the imperishable glory of Heaven. Amen. | |
Catholicism Live – End of Life Issues, Morally & Legally Speaking
How do we deal with end-of-life issues? What does the Church teach? What choices should we make from a legal perspective? Find out on our June 30 episode of Catholicism Live! Guest host Arland Nichols will join Attorney at Law Anna Torres to discuss the answers to these questions and take your questions by phone.
Pearl of the Week: National Catholic Bioethics Center and their End of Life Guide
Saint of the Week: St. Thomas More, patron saint of lawyers and a great witness to truth in the midst of persecution
Catholicism Live! – Theology of the Body conclusion
Tune in to the June 23 episode of ‘Catholicism Live!’ Our Theology of the Body series hosts Alan Becker and David Delaney will wrap up this Theology of the Body series of programs with, “Earth in Heaven.”
Follow along with these reflection & discussion questions:
1. What are the last things?
2. Where does the Church get purgatory from?
3. What happens at the end of the world?
Join us! Email your comments/questions to live@catholic.org or call in!
Tune in 8-9 PM Central Standard Time via…
• TV: Catholic Television of San Antonio, Time Warner Cable Channel 15
• Radio: South Texas KJMA 89.7 FM
• Online: Guadalupe Radio Network, http://www.grnonline.com (Click “Listen Live”, then click the link for South TX.)
Pearl of the Week: Femininity and Chastity by Sr. Prudence Allen. Buy it here from Our Father’s Will Communications or order it from your local Catholic bookstore.
Saint of the Week: St. John the Baptist. We celebrate his birth on June 24!
Catholicism Live – The Cross of Infertility and IVF
June 16th episode of Catholicism Live! is hosted by Arland Nichols of Converging Roads. He discusses a painful subject for many couples and families – infertility – with guest Fr. John Leies, S.M. The pair will examine Church teaching on infertility and what healthy, moral options exist for couples struggling with fertility issues.
Saint of the Week: St. Felicity of Rome
Pearl of the Week: Dignitas Personae, teaching from the Unites States Conference of Catholic Bishops on biomedical issues. Free for you here.
Theology of the Body pt. 7
How realistic are the Church’s teachings on sexuality? Tune in to the June 9 episode of ‘Catholicism Live!’ Our Theology of the Body series hosts Alan Becker and David Delaney will discuss this topic under the theme: “It’s Not Hard, but It is Humanly Impossible!” Follow along with these reflection & discussion questions:
• How can the Church say that something like abortion or contraception is wrong for everyone when they do not know each person’s personal circumstances and motivations?
• How can the Church say that everyone must follow his conscience and then still call certain acts (such contraception) sinful?
• Some claim that the Church is against human freedom because of all the rules they place on her members (sex outside of marriage, contraception, abortion, clerical celibacy, etc.). How do we respond to this?
Join us! Email your comments/questions to live@catholic.org or call in!
Tune in 8-9 PM Central Standard Time via…
• TV: Catholic Television of San Antonio, Time Warner Cable Channel 15
• Radio: South Texas KJMA 89.7 FM
• Online: Guadalupe Radio Network, http://www.grnonline.com (Click “Listen Live”, then click the link for South TX.)
Saint of the Week: St. Ephrem
Pearl of the Week: The Theology of the Body Made Simple by Fr. Anthony Percy (especially for teens). Look for it at your local Catholic bookseller.
Year of the Priest and Anglican Converts
The June 2 episode of ‘Catholicism Live!’ will be a great treat! We’re joined by two priests who converted to the Faith from Anglicanism as we commemorate the closing of the Year of the Priest. Fathers Christopher Phillips and recently-ordained Jeffrey Moore, both of Our Lady of the Atonement Parish, join Deacon Tom and Mary Jane Fox to discuss their journey to Catholicism and the priesthood, and explain more about the Anglican Use Mass and Pastoral Provision.
Join us! Email your comments/questions to live@catholic.org or call in!
8-9 PM Central Standard Time
• TV: Catholic Television of San Antonio, Time Warner Cable Channel 15
• Radio: South Texas KJMA 89.7 FM
• Online: Guadalupe Radio Network, http://www.grnonline.com (Click “Listen Live”, then click the link for South TX.)
Saint of the Week: St. John Vianney
Pearl of the Week: “A Short Life of St. Jean-Marie Vianney” by Paolo Risso, free to read thanks to EWTN.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/stjeanvianney.HTM
Offer It Up – Theology of the Body pt. 6
Catch the sixth episode of our Theology of the Body series on Wednesday, May 26 8-9PM Central Standard Time.
• TV: Catholic Television of San Antonio, Time Warner Cable Channel 15
• Radio: South Texas KJMA 89.7 FM
• Online: Guadalupe Radio Network, http://www.grnonline.com (Click “Listen Live”, then click the link for South TX.)
Questions for discussion and reflection for this episode:
When growing up, whenever I would experience pain and suffering, my parents would tell me to “offer it up.” What did they mean?
Is there any connection between this “offering it up” and the facts that God the Son suffered in His human body and we call the Church the Body of Christ?
How are the Liturgy and the Sacraments relevant to my life; how can they help me?
Pearl of the Week: 
Crossing the Threshold of Love: A New Vision of Marriage by Mary Shivanandan. (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1999.) Find it at your local Catholic book vendor.
Saint of the Week: St. Philip Neri
If you have enjoyed this evening’s discussion on suffering and would like to learn more, there is an upcoming conference in San Antonio that will focus on “Suffering, Compassion and Healing in Medicine”. This conference, which is organized by the Converging Roads program from Assumption Seminary, will be on November 6, 2010. You can get more information by going to www.ConvergingRoads.com or subscribe on Facebook to www.Facebook.com/ConvergingRoads.
“Catholicism Live!” on May 19th – Seeing the Holy Shroud of Turin!
Pope Benedict XVI has endorsed the Archdiocese of Turin, Italy to exhibit the Holy Shroud from April 10 – May 23, 2010. Deacon Tom and Mary Jane Fox led two pilgrimages from San Antonio to see the Shroud. The two groups traveled on April 13-25 and April 25 – May 5. Pete and Chris Remmert, guests on “Catholicism Live!” assisted with the second pilgrimage and are available for presentations on the Holy Shroud.
Official Website for the Holy Shroud: www.sindone.org
Pope Benedict XVI upon seeing the Holy Shroud on May 2nd: “This face, these hands, these feet, this side, this whole body speaks – it is itself a word that we can hear in silence. How does the Shroud speak? It speaks with blood and blood is life! The Shroud is an icon written in blood: the blood of a man who has been scourged, crowned with thorns, crucified and wounded on his right side.”
John Paul II on the Holy Shroud: “The Holy Shroud is an image on the suffering of humanity. It reminds humanity, often blinded by and influenced by technological developement, of the struggles of many of its brethren, and invites them to reflect deeply on the mystery of suffering and it causes.”
PEARL OF THE WEEK: “A Doctor of Calvary” (The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ as descsribed by a Surgeon) by Pierre Barbet , M.D. $19.95; can be purchased at your local Catholic bookstore.
SAINT OF THE WEEK: St. Rita of Cascia (Feast Day: May 22) Patron Saint of hopeless cases and abused women. Prayer: “Lord God, through the intercession of your servant, St. Rita, may be ready to accept our crosses, all of life’s suffering and sacrifices in the same way and spirit by which St. Rita bore hers.” St. Rita of Cascia pray for me (mention your specific intention).
Lord, show us your Holy Face and we shall be saved!
