‘Cooks with Collars’ videos show what priests are cooking up in the kitchen
ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania — When priests hang up their clerical robes, grab their aprons and head for their kitchens, what’s cooking? The answer can be found online at www.CooksWithCollars.com, where the Diocese of Allentown has posted cooking videos from 35 priests from parishes around the diocese as part of a friendly cooking competition. “In the life […]
Grant of $3.65 million will fund network of institutes of Catholic thought
CHICAGO — A national network of institutes of Catholic thought will soon launch as part of a new $3.65 million grant, issued by the John Templeton Foundation Feb. 1. The In Lumine Network will include six Catholic institutes, located at top university campuses across the country, to start. They include the Lumen Christi Institute at […]
Lent 3.0: Third Lent in pandemic offers chance for spiritual reset, healing
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lent, the spiritual season of prayer and sacrifice, has an extra pull to it this year because once again — and now for the third time — it will be under the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic. And even though the third Lent in a pandemic can feel like a lot like […]
Solar panels enhance students’ lessons, reduce monastery’s carbon footprint
INDIANAPOLIS — Students at Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. High School in Indianapolis ordinarily grow in knowledge through the work they do in the school’s classrooms. But starting this semester, Cardinal Ritter’s roof is contributing to the students’ education as well. Twenty-eight solar panels have been installed on 1,000 square feet of the school’s roof, but they […]
Young Frenchmen’s pilgrimage gives new meaning to ‘trust in God’
DEIR RAFAT, Israel — Childhood friends Gonzague Browaeys and Theophile Robin had not even considered taking a pilgrimage of faith when they began planning their end-of-university studies trip late last year. But God had other plans for the two young Frenchmen, members of the Emmanuel Catholic Charismatic Community in their hometown of Angers. “It was […]
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Saints of the day: Francisco and Jacinta
Sts. Francisco and Jacinta are brother and sister, and are two of the three children who saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary, along with their cousin, Lucia Santo, in the fields of Fatima, Portugal, while they tended their families’ sheep. On May 13, 1917, Our Lady appeared to the children for the first time, and […]
Examination of Conscience: Preparing For Lent | Fr John Hardon, SJ
Lent is barely a week away. The weeks before Lent are typically penitential in themselves as we prepare ourselves for the great journey of Lent. RtT’s official Sponsor: https://gloryandshine.com/ https://praylatin.com https://www.charitymobile.com/rtt.php https://www.devoutdecals.com/ https://www.blessedbegodboutique.com Sources: https://www.returntotradition.org Contact Me: Email: return2catholictradition@gmail.com Support My Work: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AnthonyStine SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.net/return-to-tradition Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AnthonyStine Physical Mail: Anthony Stine […]
Lent isn’t about self-improvement, but our souls pining and thirsting for God
After an extended Ordinary Time, Christian believers will soon begin the penitential season of Lent. It will begin with the rather stark, annual observance of Ash Wednesday. Lent is a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, in which believers seek to dive deeper into the living out of the Paschal Mystery in their lives. Lent is forty days in […]
Pope’s use of authority becomes new front in Vatican ‘trial of the century’
ROME – As the dust began to settle last year on the Vatican’s troubled $400 million dollar land deal in London, and as the colossal dimensions of the failure it represents became clear, Pope Francis was determined to put someone on trial, including his former chief of staff, Italian Cardinal Becciu, along with nine other […]