The Knights of Columbus

Just join!

I have recently completed all 3 degree level to join the Knights of Columbus. If you are looking for a fraternal, Catholic, men's fraternity in union with the Pope and Magisterium, be a Knight! Plus, they have the best insurance and rates out there. Find a local council and ask about it or go to www.kofc.org for more information!

Vivat Jesu!

Graduate School

This is going to be a great year. If things go the way they seem to be, graduate school should be on the horizon as early as next fall. Very exciting things, indeed. Pray for me.

How Old Is Your Church?

If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, an ex-monk of the Catholic Church, in the year 1517.

If you belong to the Church of England, your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry.

If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded by John Knox in Scotland in the year 1560.

If you are a Protestant Episcopalian, your religion was an offshoot of the Church of England founded by Samuel Seabury in the American colonies in the 17th century.

If you are a Congregationalist, your religion was originated by Robert Brown in Holland in 1582.

If you are a Methodist, your religion was launched by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744.

If you are a Unitarian, Theophilus Lindley founded your church in London in 1774.

If you are a Mormon (Latter Day Saints), Joseph Smith started your religion in Palmyra, N.Y., in 1829.

If you are a Baptist, you owe the tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1605.

If you are of the Dutch Reformed church, you recognize Michaelis Jones as founder, because he originated your religion in New York in 1628.

If you are a member of the Churches of Christ your church began near the beginning of the 19th century in New England. Abner Jones, Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell were some of the most well known originators of your religion.

If you worship with the Salvation Army, your sect began with William Booth in London in 1865.

If you are a Christian Scientist, you look to 1879 as the year in which your religion was born and to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy as its founder.

If you belong to one of the religious organizations known as "Church of the Nazarene," "Pentecostal Gospel," "Holiness Church," "Pilgrim Holiness Church," "Jehovah's Witnesses," your religion is one of the hundreds of new sects founded by men within the past century.

If you are Roman Catholic, you know that your religion was founded in the year 33 by Jesus Christ the Son of God, and it is still the same Church.

--Taken from EWTN

Is This Really What the Early Christians Were Martyred For?

No words. Just this link...

Okay, some words:
Oy. It's all about the show and the numbers. Not to say anything of their sincerity to reach people for Christ, but really? This is false religiosity folks. It's "cool" and "comfortable." This is not the gospel, no matter how you spin it.

Where's Jesus? Where's the sacred? Where the heck are they hiding the cross? Do they even have one?

I prefer a break from the everyday bombardment of culture and entertainment. Most of it's trash anyway.

Thank God for the Catholic Church.

Which Church Father Are You?

On Mike Aquilina's blog, there is a test you can take to see which Church Father you are. It's fun and it might lead you to take a closer look at the Saint that comes up. Nothing is by chance!

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You’re St. Melito of Sardis!

You have a great love of history and liturgy. You’re attached to the traditions of the ancients, yet you recognize that the old world — great as it was — is passing away. You are loyal to the customs of your family, though you do not hesitate to call family members to account for their sins.

Find out which Church Father you are at The Way of the Fathers!

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Happy Solemnity of SS. Peter & Paul

June 29th marks the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, those two most glorious apostles who founded the Church at Rome and bathed the early Church in their martyred blood. May we take them as an example and ask them to pray for us in our lives as Christians!

St. Peter & St. Paul, ora pro nobis!!

A Gem from St. Augustine

St. Augustine writes, in his sermon to the Catechumens about the Creed :

"The same is the holy Church, the one Church, the true Church, the catholic Church, fighting against all heresies: fight, it can; be fought down, it cannot. As for heresies, they all went out of it, like unprofitable branches pruned from the vine: but itself abides in its root, in its Vine, in its charity. " [emphasis mine]

I realize that I have posted this quote before on my blog, but it's too good not to share again. He paints such an eloquent picture of the Church; a Church that has weathered the test of time and has remained consistent, growing in Truth and in Charity. It makes me so proud to be Catholic and to know that my family stretches through the ages; that our beliefs transcend time and space and unite us even now 1,600 years later.