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[emmauscentrett]

Benefits of a Lenten silent retreat

Participating in a Lenten silent retreat can have a number of benefits, including:

Strengthening your spiritual practice and deepening your relationship with God. This should be part of our daily activity, but moreso during Lent.

A greater sense of clarity and insight.

Reducing stress and anxiety.

Helping you cultivate inner peace and calm.

Take action

We are called to deepen our connection with God as part of our Lenten observance. Consider signing up for the Emmaus Centre Lent Silent Directed Retreat, a week-long silent directed retreat from Monday 27th March to Saturday 1st April, 2023.

Whether you're just beginning to explore your faith or have been on the journey for a while, the Emmaus Retreat Centre Lent Silent Directed Retreat can be a transformative and enriching experience. Don't wait - sign up for the retreat today to experience the transformation that awaits you.

Call 868-218-3295, 868-767-1706 or 868-379-8217 to reserve your spot.

[popcornbutterfly]

throwback? throwback.

today is divine mercy sunday.

i miss the Archdiocesan Shrine of The Divine Mercy especially today.

happy, blessed divine mercy sunday friends!

[tigerbears]

How old was Noelle when Dess Holiday disappeared?

One day I decided to answer this question by searching for Spelling Bee’s with the word “December” in them to estimate what grade/how old Noelle was when Dess disappeared, and it made me feel like Noelle goddamn Holiday searching for Dess. (I kept getting Spelling Bee’s IN December.)

But I found a few spelling bees that had December in them. Here’s what I found in my research.

Archdiocesan Spelling Bee Word List:

3rd to 4th grade. (8-10 years old)

Scripps National Spelling Bee:

3rd grade in the One Bee category. (8-9 years old)

2021 Words of the Champions:

One Bee. (The other spelling bee says one bee is between grades 1-3. Seeing as that one lists December as third grade, it's safe to assume it's third grade in this one.)

5th Grade Summer Enrichment Activity

5th grade (10-11 years old)

Summary:

Assuming the Spelling Bee was shortly after December disappeared, Noelle would be somewhere between the 3rd and 5th grades when Dess disappeared. (So, 8 to 11 years old.)

(If the links ever die I put wayback machine alternatives under "the "keep reading" line for most of the links.)

Archdiocesan Spelling Bee Word List.

Scripps National Spelling Bee:

2021 Words of the Champions:

5th Grade Summer Enrichment Activity

[orthodoxadventure]

Icon of Christ Pantocrator in the tower of the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Arad. Photo credit: Sorin Ștefăniu

[kobikiyama]

Exhibition Hall in the Attic of the Olomouc Archdiocesan Museum

Šépka architekti

[cruger2984]

The Pretty Cures and its Saints: Smile Pretty Cure!

LONG. TIME. COMING. 2012 is the year that is all gon' crazy - from the Linsanity takeover, Obama got re-elected as the Commander-in-Chief, Loreen winning in Baku, to the end of the Mayan calendar (and it's not the end of the world as we know it). So, without further ado, here are the Smile Cures with their birthdays corresponding with feast days that is honored and recognized by the Roman Catholic Church!

January 10 - Miyuki Hoshizora (Cure Happy)

St. William of Donjeon (Guillaume de Donjeon): French prelate of the Cistercian order who served as the Archbishop of Bourges from 1200 AD until his passing. He was also known for his deep devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and for his conversion of sinners, and oversaw the construction of the new archdiocesan cathedral that his predecessor had authorized and in which he himself would be buried. It had been claimed that he performed eighteen miracles in life and a further eighteen in death.

May 8 - Akane Hino (Cure Sunny)

The Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel: Traditionally in the Liturgy of the Church, there are two feasts of St. Michael in the Universal Calendar: May 8 and September 29. According to the Roman Breviary, the feast was instituted to thank God for a military victory achieved at Monte Gargano, Italy, on May 8th in the year 663, through the intercession of St. Michael.

December 14 - Yayoi Kise (Cure Peace)

St. John of the Cross: Spanish Carmelite priest, mystic and friar, who is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and he is one of the thirty-seven Doctors of the Church. John is known for his writings, and was mentored by and corresponded with the older Carmelite Teresa of Ávila. Both his poetry and his studies on the development of the soul, particularly his Noche Obscura, are considered the summit of mystical Spanish literature and among the greatest works of all Spanish literature. Canonized a saint by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726 and declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XI in 1926.

October 9 - Nao Midorikawa (Cure March)

St. Louis Bertrand: Spanish Dominican friar, confessor, missionary, and religious brother who is known as the ’Apostle of South America.’ After his ordination by St. Thomas of Villanova, he went to South America for his missionary work. According to legend, a deadly draught was administered to him by one of the native priests. Through Divine interposition, the poison failed to accomplish its purpose. There is a town festival, called La Tomatina in Buñol, Valencia, in his honor along with Mare de Déu dels Desemparats.

February 10 - Reika Aoki (Cure Beauty)

St. Scholastica: According to a tradition from the 9th century, she is the twin sister of St. Benedict. She is the foundress of the women’s branch of Benedictine Monasticism, and is the patron saint of nuns, education, and convulsive children, and is invoked against storms and rain, due to a narrative that can be found in the Dialogues by St. Gregory the Great.

March 17 - Ayumi Sakagami (Cure Echo)

St. Gertrude of Nivelles: 17th century Benedictine abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium. She is the patron saint of travelers, gardeners, against plague and cats.

[my-sacred-art]

Jenna Ortega (American, born September 22, 2002)

Beheading of John the Baptist, 1515. Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553). Kroměříž Archdiocesan Museum, Czech Republic.

[deadnburied13]

This image of two children sitting in cradles is a very sad story to be told. Some it’s told, find it extremely creepy and other find it very touching. I find it to be a beautiful way to lay your children to rest. I’m also sure this is a grave that stops people in their tracks with curiosity.

Its recounted in legend, that the children's mother left toys in their gravestones. People today still leave toys at the gravesites in their honor as well.

The stones memorialize John B. Sarpy Morrison, who was about 6 when he died in 1876, and Julia Olivia Morrison, who was about 2 when she died in 1870. Their father was James L.D. Morrison and their mother was Julia Ann Adele Sarpy Morrison. James Morrison died in 1888 at 72; his much-younger wife died in 1925, at 84.

James Morrison was a lawyer who served in the Mexican-American War, both branches of the Illinois General Assembly and in the U.S. Congress, representing part of Illinois. The two married in 1861 and had four children; two survived.

Whether she actually visited the graves to leave toys isn't certain. Julia Morrison wrote several books after her husband died, and was described in newspaper articles as a social leader. A February 1888 article says she "is one of the most striking examples St. Louis affords of a wealthy, energetic woman, who does not let time hang heavy on her hands, and whose industry ... is indefatigable." She owned (with her sister, Virginia Peugnet) several properties in St. Louis, East St. Louis and Jefferson County, and was a co-owner of the St. Louis Shot Tower.

The Sarpy-Morrison plot includes several family names, including Berthold, Carr, Peugnet, Roche, Morrison and Sarpy, according to archdiocesan burial records.

[luidado07]

Some doodles of Father Ícarus and how the character would work if he were playable

PT BR

1) Durante a guerra ele poderia escolher entre lutar na linha de assaulto ou ser um médico

2) Durate os seus estudos de arquidiocese na igreja ele iria estudar para aprender milagres de clérigo ou paladino

3) durante o Sonho com Alll-mer ele poderia rezar para Alll-mer dentro do sonho pedindo para receber uma ajuda do mesmo, além de receber o osso de sua coluna.

4) a última escolha seria os itens a mais que ele levaria para poder ajuda-lo

ENG

1) During the war he could choose between fighting on the assault line or being a medic

2) During his Archdiocesan studies in the church he would study to learn Cleric or Paladin miracles

3) during the Dream with Alll-mer he could pray to Alll-mer inside the dream asking to receive help from him, in addition to receiving the bone of his spine.

4) the last choice would be the extra items he would take to help him

[allaboutjoseph]

Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, pray for us!

Archdiocesan Office of Communications. 

[istologiolavaron]

(English-Ελληνικά)

ΠΡΟΣΚΛΗΣΗ

Σας προσκαλούμε στην επίσημη Κοπή της Βασιλόπιτας της Περιφέρειάς μας.

Φέτος προεξάρχοντος του Σεβασμιωτάτου Αρχιεπισκόπου Αυστραλίας κ.κ. Μακαρίου.

Πότε: Τετάρτη 4 Ιανουαρίου

Ώρα: 4 το απόγευμα

Που: Αρχιεπισκοπικός Ι.Ν. Παναγίας

ΑΞΙΟΝ ΕΣΤΙ

7 Hartington St, Northcote

Σας περιμένουμε όλους με τις οικογένειές σας και τους φίλους σας για να σας ευχηθούμε δια ζώσης τις ευχές για το Νέο Έτος!

INVITE

We cordially invite you to the official blessing and cutting of the Vasilopitta for our District.

This year the ceremony will be attended and presided by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia.

When: Wednesday 4th January

Time: 4pm

Where: Archdiocesan church -

The Holy Monastery of Panagia

AXION ESTI

7 Hartington St, Northcote.

We hope you can make it with your family and friends so that we can see you all in person and wish you a blessed 2023!

[stanthonywalnuttree]

Saint John’s Seminary, School of Theology, Boston, MA

A looong time ago, I felt I had a calling to the Catholic priesthood. I spent four years in the Boston Archdiocesan College Seminary, then three years in their School of Theology. I finally came to the conclusion that was being called to another life path. Still, I never have regretted my time in the seminary. The college seminary no longer exists, but the original seminary still stands and is…

[orthodoxadventure]

ON THE SATURDAY OF LAZARUS, 43 INDIVIDUALS WERE WELCOMED INTO THE ORTHODOX CHURCH BY ARCHBISHOP NIKITAS LULIAS

On April 27, 2024, the Saturday of Lazarus, The Twelve Apostles Greek Orthodox Church in Hertfordshire, 43 individuals were received into the Orthodox Church by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain. Assisting him were His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis and numerous Archdiocesan clergy members. The neophytes successfully attended the 7th Session of the Archdiocesan Discover Orthodoxy Class led by V. Rev. Archimandrite Nephon Tsimalis, Protosyncellus of the Archdiocese which was held on zoom every week for 9 months.

This session of Discover Orthodoxy started in September 2023 and is set to conclude in May. The group included 36 adults and one infant who were received through Holy Baptism and Chrismation, while six adults were received by Holy Chrismation. The newly illumined Orthodox Christians hail from various backgrounds, including the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Greece, Africa, other Commonwealth and European countries, and Asia. [source]

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90-2770 - Minor basilica and archdiocesan shrine

This sketch was done at the local Saint Anne Parish church, where we cycled to last Sunday morning. The first church on this site was built in 1609 but after several earthquakes the present one was started in 1883. I sketched here way back on 12 May 2016, when I first began sketching regularly (see post No.40 on my blog). That time I managed to get the whole tower in…my current small format…

[martinwilliammichael]

Why the First Five Saturdays devotion?

“Saturday has long been dedicated to commemorating the Blessed Virgin Mary and as a singular day of devotion to her,” said Michael Podrebarac, archdiocesan consultant for liturgy and sacramental life.

“In the messages received by the children at Fatima, Mary asked that people express their devotion to her and acceptance of her message. . . . It’s a practical way to dedicate one’s intentions to the prayerful assistance to Our Lady in heaven through her Immaculate Heart,” he said.

The Blessed Virgin Mary always directs us to do the will of her son Jesus, and so the First Saturdays devotion helps us to strive to live a life in imitation of Jesus. Also, the devotion is fitting because Mary is a powerful intercessor for us before the throne of Jesus in heaven, and is our mother, too.

“I think it also involves being open to the ‘spirit of Mary,’ to open ourselves to the way Mary does things — always being open to her Son, always being open to the will of God, treasuring the mysteries of salvation in her heart,” said Podrebarac. “We can do those things, too.”

The term “reparation” means to make amends for a wrong, and this is an important thing that some Catholics may not understand.

“A prayer of reparation is simply an invocation of mercy,” said Podrebarac. “I can make reparation for the sins of my neighbor — not that I can make up for or undo them, but I can help by my prayer to do what is possible to set things right. And the only way is through the Lord’s mercy and grace. Prayers of reparation are specifically asking that mercy and grace be applied to the situation.”

Mary is the perfect ambassador of Christ, he said. Where he is wounded by our sins, she is wounded. Where he is grieved by our sins, she is grieved.

There are many benefits to keeping the First Saturdays devotion, said Podrebarac. It places us in greater communion with Our Lady, it shows concern for our soul and others, it enables us to cooperate in the divine mission of Jesus and is good spiritual discipline.

“It’s something we can do that is very concrete that has a simple and direct objective and is not hard for us to do, although it requires us to commit some sacrifice,” said Podrebarac. “Prayer is simply good for our souls. It’s nourishment for our spiritual lives.”

Joe Bollig, March 22, 2024

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