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Minding the Gap
Each person has a personal, unique journey with Christ. No matter what our paths looks like, it’s comforting to know God has a purpose for everyone. This belief motivates the founders and supporters of Emerge Recovery & Trade Initiative, who understand and live it out. Emerge provides assistance during an …
Near-Death Experiences?
Does the Church believe in the possibility of coming back to life after a so-called near-death experience? Can these reported experiences be considered a glimpse of the afterlife? The Church does not have an official teaching on near-death experiences. The phenomena and their cause are in the realm of speculation; …
Seek the Lord for October 2022
God creates each human being in an act of divine love. As Catholics, we believe human life begins at conception and unfolds over the span of time we are given on this earth until our natural death. It is our firm hope that God, who created us in love and …
With Roe gone, Ohio’s first March for Life emphasizes support for pregnant women
by Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, Oct 6, 2022 / 12:05 pm Pro-life advocates held the first Ohio March for Life in Columbus on Wednesday to celebrate the end of the Roe v. Wade decision and to rally support for pro-life laws and pregnant women in need. “What we saw …
SCHOOL NEWS: SUMMIT NAMED OHIO’S TOP CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
For the fifth straight year, The Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati has been named Ohio’s best Catholic high school by Niche, a national ranking and review site based in Pittsburgh. Fifty percent of the ranking is determined by academic proficiency per SAT/ACT scores and survey responses about academics from …
A Slice of Life
I sat in a hospital room with my seven-year-old son, the blood pressure cuff inflating and counting down, his heart rate registering on a monitor. After months of being in and out of Children’s Hospital with a mysterious illness, he was about to go under anesthesia for a biopsy and …
Companions of Saint Gerard
October 16 marks St. Gerard’s feast day. The patron saint over many causes, he is especially called on to intercede for children (particularly the unborn), a safe childbirth, expectant mothers, motherhood and those experiencing infertility. Thus, when Bradley and Meghan Barnes founded a ministry to support infertile couples, they named …
October 5: St. Faustina, Virgin
On October 5, the church celebrates the Memorial of St. Mary Faustina Kowalska, virgin. St. Faustina was born Helena Kowalska on August 25, 1905 to a poor but devout Polish family in 1905. At the age of 20, with very little education, and having been rejected from several other convents …
7 things you need to know about St. Faustina and her vision of Hell
by Alejandro Bermudez Denver Newsroom, Apr 24, 2022 / 12:00 pm While Catholics around the world are familiar with St. Faustina Kowalska and her connection to Divine Mercy, many may not know about the way in which Jesus talked to her about her calling, Hell, and her mission to proclaim the …
Love and Mercy Itself
“I am love and mercy itself. There is no misery that could be a match for my mercy.” – Jesus to St. Faustina There’s no sport as intense and simultaneously adorable as third grade basketball. With my son, Peter, on the team this season, we had front row seats to …