Jeanie Hannaman

September 18, 2024

CatholicVote: Trump to Visit National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in PA, by McKenna Snow

By McKenna Snow, CatholicVote - Former President Donald Trump is going to visit the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, this weekend (set for September 22)... On September 8, the Catholic feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Trump, who is not Catholic, posted an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on his social media accounts, along with a caption wishing her a happy birthday ...

September 18, 2024

Fr. Brian A. Graebe: Calling on the Cross

By Fr. Brian A. Graebe, The Catholic Thing - The language of this feast calls us to reflect more deeply upon this mystery and to see the Cross as quite literally the crux of the Christian faith and of the spiritual life. It is only to the extent that we ourselves identify with and embrace the cross of Christ, taking it up, carrying it, and making it our own, that we may hope to share in its triumph... ~the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross (September 14's celebration)

September 18, 2024

An Interview: The Nicene Creed is “a Medicine for Our Times”, by Carl E. Olson

By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report - Ortiz and Keating: Our times are marked by an attitude of skepticism toward the truth: either it cannot be found or, at best, what can be found is merely “my truth” and “your truth.” But with striking clarity, the Creed offers us The Truth, the truth about ultimate reality and the world and how best to understand them... Our times are also marked by a widespread fear of commitment which is often accompanied by isolation and loneliness. But we publicly profess the Creed, together, in Church, and so communally commit ourselves to the truths we proclaim.

September 18, 2024

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf: New Sin Against Synodality?

By Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Complicit Clergy - Here’s a google version, because I have far better things to do... "A Church that wants to walk together always needs to reconcile. Forgiveness is the fundamental implementation of the Church, because it summarizes its nature and mission. It would be reductive, however, to think of the Church only as an administrator and dispenser of sacramental forgiveness. Pope Francis has taught us that it is also necessary to ask for it, calling sins by name, feeling pain and even shame, because we are all sinners in need of mercy: of that mercy of God who never tires of loving and forgiving. Forgiveness, then, is like a resurrection, it allows those who have fallen to get up again, those who fear having compromised everything, to start again. Confessing to have sinned is the condition for a new beginning.... "