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by Elizabeth Hamonko, Writer
Think about what you last prayed for.
The majority of us start out our prayer life asking for tangible, immediate things. Perhaps it’s a new toy or a new job, depending on whether you grew up in the faith or converted as an adult.
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by Marge Hynes, Writer
The rain outside my apartment wasn’t polite, misty rain. It was the kind that hurls itself at your windows. Fitting, really, for the moment I pressed play on Triumph of the Heart. Within minutes, I knew this wasn’t a film you could half-watch. It demanded stillness.
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by Franci Revel Eckensberger
Mary’s life was one long yes to God–and a resounding yes, at that. Today, August 15, we honor that lifelong fiat with the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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by Franci Revel Eckensberger, Lead Editor
The film, which is set to premiere in theaters nationwide on September 12, 2025.
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by Marge Hynes, Writer
As someone who’s guaranteed to get emotional during any movie, I wasn’t shocked to feel something watching this one. But, I was surprised–not by its brisk pace or bright visuals, but by its heart. In a genre saturated with secularism, this film explores the beauty, fragility, and sacredness of being.
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by Franci Revel Eckensberger
On July 9, Pope Leo XIV donned emerald damask in the Laudato Si’ Village, an ecological center located at the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo.
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by Marge Hynes, Writer
You may not wear a cassock, but if you lead grace over cheesy macaroni or explain guardian angels between diaper changes, you’ve entered into the “domestic priesthood.”
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by Rietta Parker, Contributing Writer
Back in 2022, I was living with my husband in an apartment complex five minutes away from a perpetual adoration chapel. One afternoon there, I started meditating on that day’s gospel acclamation.
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by Marge Hynes, Writer
It started, as many movies do, with popcorn and soda in the buttery, slightly sticky comfort of Studio Movie Grill in Seminole, Florida. We were, per usual, running late, having already missed the first ten minutes.
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by Beckie Gautrau, Contributing Writer
Mark your calendars for September 7! Alongside the popular Bl. Carlo Acutis, Pope Leo XIV will also be canonizing another young and inspirational person: Pier Giorgio Frassati. Once declared “the man of the eight beatitudes” by Pope John Paul II, Bl. Pier Giorgio refutes the myth that holiness is reserved for older age. In today’s blog, Beckie Gautreau reflects on this soon-to-be saint’s life and legacy.
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