An Inner City Religious Education Program

Written by Br. Daniel Kolbe If one listens to the oracles of the age you could easily think that the church and western civilization is in a death spiral. If that idea may be lurking in the dark recesses of your mind, allow me to share with you a little story about God’s faithfulness. […]

A Fire So Bright

Written By Br. Michael Mary Resendiz, CSJ In Laredo, Texas it is hot. From May until August the average “HIGH” has been 97.5° F. To put that into a global perspective, look at other heat medians from the same time period: Tuscon, AZ – 97.3 degrees; Calcutta, India – 93 degrees; Jacksonville, FL […]

Jesus the Bridegroom

By Br. Jesus Introduction When Christ is spoken of as the groom of the Church, most people immediately connect it to religious nuns. They never think of themselves as the bride of Christ. However, all members of the Church are the bride of Christ, including men and women united in marriage. For a man it is more difficult to see […]

Saint John on Spiritual Combat With Ourselves

By Fr. John-Luke Saint John has a great importance in Christian spirituality, and one of his many contributions is giving us an example of Christian Hope. If there is one thing that stands out in St John’s personality it is that he is a fighter, the characteristic of the person who lives by Hope. John, […]

Making a Catholic Children’s Book

By Br. Gabriel María, St. John Priory, Laredo Over the last year and a half I have had the privilege of working on a storybook for Catholic children. The book is called The Littlest Bread, and follows the adventures of Hostie, a (unconsecrated!) communion host accidentally abandoned in a convent bakery. Though snubbed by his […]

Fr. John Therese Creus Rides the Rockies

Fr. John Therese Creus will be doing the Ride the Rockies 2018 bike tour from June 9 – 15. The tour will cover over 400 miles of mountain terrain (check out this itinerary). Fr. John Therese will be with Team y House which is under the umbrella of the Catholic Charities of Denver. This team […]

Orange Priory Mission to Ecuador

Written By Br. John Timothy Here in Orange, NJ, the brothers have two main apostolates. Two of the brothers are campus ministers at Seton Hall University, and the other five primarily serve Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish. My responsibility in the parish is to serve the youth. My vision is to help the teens […]

The Blessed Virgin Mary – Revealed in Scripture

Written by Fr. John Michael Paul, CSJ Let us reflect on the scriptures to see how deeper reflection can unveil to us an aspect of the Mystery of Mary’s motherhood. For this reflection we will look at Numbers 6:22-27 and Psalm 67. Numbers 6:22-27 The LORD said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron and his […]

Homily For Easter Sunday

In the Paschal sequence we heard the following words: ‘Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous; The prince of life, who died, reigns immortal.’ This sums up the paradox of the paschal victory over Satan and sin. Just at the moment when the devil believed that he had won the definitive victory, he […]

Homily On Saint John

Thank you Saint John for writing in your epistle that we heard just before the Gospel reading that you desire for our joy to be complete. In fact…you know very well that joy is both the fruit of a journey…it’s like a path and it is also the fruit of our choice to live in […]

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