Tag: Catholic
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Outdoor Mass in Honor of Fr. Kapaun
Please see my latest freelance assignment! https://www.cathstan.org/local/mass-at-st-jude-church-in-rockville-honors-memory-of-father-emil-kapaun
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Charge It Up
We are in Los Angeles visiting our daughter. It has been a lovely visit. The hotel is standard Marriott Courtyard, but the rooftop pool is very nice. I’ve been able to swim laps almost every day we have been here. Today, being Sunday, we got up, got dressed, and headed off to Mass. One of…
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Come to Me All Who Labor
This past Sunday the gospel happened to be one that has always confused me, the story of Martha and Mary and their visit from Jesus. Our parochial vicar, Fr. Juan Pablo Noboa, gave me something new to think about in connection to this passage of scripture from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 10, Verses 38-42. …
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Friends, Family, Food, But No Funeral!
My husband and I just recently returned home from a nine-day trip to our home state, Louisiana, where we had the time of our lives. This trip was planned around my nephew’s engagement party, bookended by family time and some really great food. When my husband and I married, we were both living in Maryland,…
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His Standards Are Contrary to Ours
Monday, April 14, 2025: Day 2 of Holy Week Reflections “His standards are contrary to ours,” said Fr. Juan Pablo, one of the two young priests currently assigned to our parish, in a homily at daily Mass on Thursday, February 6, 2025, the memorial of St. Paul Miki and Companions, martyred in Japan in 1597.…
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My Two Special Saints
On an unseasonably warm March day this year, I attended the 5:00 Vigil Mass at my parish, which was also Confirmation with Bishop Evelio Menjivar of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. The large church was packed, with folding chairs lining the entire interior perimeter of the church and chairs outside the doors of the…
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Book Review: Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger
Everyone knows the saying, “Like mother, like daughter,” or “Like father, like son.” We all inherit certain traits and characteristics from our parents and pass on some of them to our own children. In my case, though, it is more like, “Like father, like daughter.” My father was a first-class storyteller. Sometimes they started out…
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The Arm That Embraced Our Lord
https://cathstan.org/news/local/relic-of-the-arm-that-embraced-our-lord-venerated-at-st-jude-parish
Michelle Blanchard Ardillo 