Jeanie Hannaman

By Ed Van Buskirk, Catholic Exchange - One evening, our guide Mike invited anyone who wanted to join him in praying the Rosary to come to an upper room at our hotel in Jerusalem. The upper room was appropriately named Pentecost Hall. At the designated time, my wife and I walked into the large room, and in the next several minutes it became apparent why the Holy Spirit had invited me to that place at that moment... The room completely captivated me: a most engaging mural of Pentecost covered three of the four walls. The expressions on the faces of the apostles as the tongues of fire descended upon them showed a spectrum of emotions. Amazement, fear, joy, peace, curiosity, excitement, doubt, and hope. I was awestruck! But there was so much more to experience in the masterpiece.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - This is the beauty of a new book from Ignatius Press by Archbishop Emeritus Alfred C. Hughes, Spiritual Masters: Living and Praying in the Catholic Tradition. Archbishop Hughes covers thirteen spiritual masters from the third through the eighteenth centuries, each of whom has provided a key to union with God in the Church Christ founded. These are all keys that can be used by everyone, but one of them is very likely to prove to be the master key for each particular person’s spiritual development.

By Jonathan Liedl, EWTN News - “It had been presented to a few groups to help plan the logistics, who came back with same answer: ‘This isn’t possible.’”... Still, Bishop Andrew Cozzens of the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, chairman of the bishops’ group advising the National Eucharistic Revival, and the initiative’s leaders weren’t ready to give up on the idea. And as Providence would have it, Glemkowski stumbled upon the webpage of an apostolate that specialized in leading and coordinating walking pilgrimages: Modern Catholic Pilgrim.

By Donald DeMarco, Crisis Magazine - The phrase “two-in-one-flesh” should not be understood as giving marital intimacy a poetic touch. It is far more literal than that... Genesis 2:21-24 speaks of the married couple as becoming “two-in-one-flesh.” This phrase specifies the uniqueness of the union between husband and wife. But its meaning goes far beyond that and has implications for a theology of the body in which science plays an important role in shedding light on its deeper meaning. .....