We recently signed on with CMG Booking’s speaker circuit thinking, Who’ll ever hire us?! Less than a week later, Joel was requested to speak for the Legatus chapter of the Quad Cities (Iowa/Illinois). That talk is tonight and its theme is, drum roll, please: The bioethical dilemmas for Catholics under the new healthcare laws (i.e, Obamacare). Whoa. Talk about an insanely complex topic. Or as Donald Trump would said, “It’s HUGE!” . . . → Read More: Prayers for Joel, please. Donald says, “It’s HUGE!”
Ever hear this one? “Have you ever played Peoria?” “Peoria? Oh, yes — I spent four years there one night!” I’m here all night, folks. No, really, I’m actually here, all night, in Peoria! Tonight I’m “playing” Peoria and giving a talk with Sister Helena Burns on Authentic Friendships in a Social Media Age to a fine group of women. . . . → Read More: Will It Play in Peoria?
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires (mention your intentions here), through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.
The absence of the “hard facts” of history is not necessarily an obstacle to the popularity of saints, as the devotion to St. Nicholas shows. Both the Eastern and Western Churches honor him, and it is claimed that, after the Blessed Virgin, he is the saint most pictured by Christian artists. ... […]
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