Our Lady of Grace Village – Newark, Delaware Built on the site of a former Felician orphanage, Our Lady of Grace Village is a 60-unit affordable housing community serving households with incomes at or below 60% of the area median income. Twelve units are handicapped accessible and six are designated for special populations, including persons with disabilities. (Applications for…
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Franciscan Easter 2021
Franciscan Media Francis described his life before his conversion as “When I was in sin.” St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, a part of which is always read at the Easter Vigil, reminds us that we died with Christ in our baptism and so will rise with him in the resurrection. We have journeyed…
Sister Dianna Ortiz Ursuline Sister of Mount St. Joseph,
Dianna Ortiz, nun who told of brutal abduction by Guatemalan military, dies at 62 Settling in Washington, Sister Ortiz became a prominent advocate of survivors of state-sanctioned violence and helped campaign to expose classified U.S. documents showing American links to human-rights abuses in Guatemala. As a plaintiff in a lawsuit against a Guatemalan defense minister,…
Siostry Felicjanki Kraków
Parafia Trójcy Świętej w Gończycach Pierwsza niedziela Wielkiego Postu przeżyta we wspólnocie parafialnej w Gończycach. Dziękujemy Wam Kochani za ciepłe przyjęcie i tak żywe świadectwo Waszej odważnej wiary. To dla nas niesamowite doświadczenie działania Bożego!
Konsekrowani Bracia i Siostry
Joy in the Lord W Światowy Dzień Życia Konsekrowanego dziękujemy Bogu za dar naszego powołania. Dziekujemy dziś również Wam za wszelkie dobro, modlitwę i życzliwość nie tą od ś… See More On this World Day of Concrete Life, we thank God for the gift of our calling. We thank you today as well for all…
9 Days for Life – Jan. 21 – 29
PRAY TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE! JANUARY 21-29, 2021 9 Days for Life is a novena for the protection of human life. Each day’s intention is accompanied by a short reflection and suggested actions to help build a culture of life. At every stage and in every circumstance, we are held in existence by God’s love. The…
Day 8
Day 8 The Declaration of Independence boldly affirms that first among our inalienable rights is the right to life, given to us by the Creator. Yet despite being so solemnly proclaimed, the right to life is today threatened and often denied, particularly at the moments when life is most fragile. Our laws should—first and foremost—protect…
Day 7
Day 7 When God fashioned the human person in His own image and likeness, He destined us for eternal life with Him. Yet because of the sin of our first parents, death entered the world. The book of Genesis recounts the first occasion in which a person takes the life of another, as Cain violently…
Day 6
Day 6 Mothers placing their children for adoption often face many challenges along the way. One of the greatest obstacles can be inaccurately perceiving adoption as abandonment. But mothers who make an adoption plan for their children are not abandoning their children. Rather, they are exemplifying the sacrificial love of Christ on the Cross in…