THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK FROM ST. AUGUSTINE SPIRITUALITY CENTER Laredo, Texas August 11-17, 2024 Sister Rosemarie Goins, a Felician Franciscan Sister Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Kings 19:4-8. Psalm 34. Ephesians 4:30-5:2; John 6:41-51 Sometimes we are like Elijah. Things are just too much for us. We just want to die and not go on….
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St. Clare of Assisi August 11th
St. Clare of Assisi was born in Assisi on July 16, 1194, as Chiara Offreduccio, the beautiful eldest daughter of Favorino Sciffi, Count of Sasso-Rosso and his wife Ortolana. Tradition says her father was a wealthy representative of an ancient Roman family and her mother was a very devout woman belonging to the noble family…
Felician Associates – Our Partners
Felician Associates – Our Partners Almost since the beginning of formal religious life in the Church there have been individuals and groups of lay people who have allied themselves with particular religious communities in a variety of relationships. In recent years, many women and men have responded to God’s call to associate themselves with hundreds…
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
JCoR (Justice Coalition of Religious) On the International Day of the World’s #IndigenousPeoples let us honor #IndigenousWomen who have an integral role as carers of natural resources & keepers of scientific knowledge. Many are also taking the lead in the defense of lands & advocating for #IndigenousRights worldwide En el Día Internacional de los #PueblosIndígenas…
Blessed Stanley Rother
Blessed Stanley Rother’s Story On May 25, 1963, Stanley Francis Rother, a farmer’s son from Okarche, Oklahoma, was ordained for his home diocese of Oklahoma City-Tulsa. Having flunked out of the area seminary due to his difficulty with Latin, Fr. Rother finally accepted an invitation to attend Mount St. Mary Seminary in Maryland, where he…
Mary, Mother of the Church
On this Monday after the feast of Pentecost, often referred to as the birth of the Church, it is appropriate to celebrate the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church. Mary’s fiat, her ‘yes’ to be the mother of Christ, was the faith-filled response welcoming God’s indwelling life among us. Francis of Assisi’s prayer and…