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Therefore, we are not solitaries. We have a duty to help one another achieve our common salvation. We have a duty, first and foremost in our own homes, to work toward the restoration of the Catholic culture that our ancestors enjoyed. If we “cultivate” that culture ourselves, we can attract others. What we must realize is that we are not each our own species, like the angels (so taught St. Thomas), but we are members of one human race. God wills to restore and even more wonderfully recreate that original unity (disassociated after the dispersion at the Tower of Babel) in the one true Church. The articles found in this section emphasize the beauty of Catholic social and cultural life in its varied and sundry forms, as well as the harmony that flows from the incorporation of many into the one living Body of Christ. Viva Cattolicesimo!</p> </div> </header> <div class="clear"></div> <article id="post-79003" class="post-79003 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-catholic-living category-columns"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/11/SnowflakesOnWindshield-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-note-of-gratitude-unlike-any-other.html" title="Permalink to A Note of Gratitude Unlike Any Other" rel="bookmark">A Note of Gratitude Unlike Any Other</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-11-22T13:20:39-05:00">Nov 22, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/sistermaryjosephmicm" title="View all posts by Sister Mary Joseph, M.I.C.M." rel="author">Sister Mary Joseph, M.I.C.M.</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-note-of-gratitude-unlike-any-other.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="79003 https://catholicism.org/?p=79003"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>It seems that God is not overly fond of cookie cutters. At least He does not employ that sort of technique in creation. Science has confirmed for us that there are no two snowflakes that are identical. This is the … <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-note-of-gratitude-unlike-any-other.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-78908" class="post-78908 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-catholic-america category-catholic-living category-history"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/11/Freedom_From_Want__-_NARA_-_513539-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/having-a-real-thanksgiving.html" title="Permalink to Having a Real Thanksgiving" rel="bookmark">Having a Real Thanksgiving</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-11-21T03:00:54-05:00">Nov 21, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/coulombe" title="View all posts by Charles A. Coulombe" rel="author">Charles A. Coulombe</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/having-a-real-thanksgiving.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="78908 https://catholicism.org/?p=78908"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>As the Halloween decorations in American stores make way for those of Christmas (although in many such places the two have already co-existed happily in different aisles), here and there yet remain retail locales — especially such as sell turkeys … <a href="https://catholicism.org/having-a-real-thanksgiving.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-78813" class="post-78813 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-catholic-living category-lives-of-the-saints category-spiritual-life"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/11/Pontchateau_calvaire_2016-05-05_10-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/by-no-means-incompatible.html" title="Permalink to By No Means Incompatible" rel="bookmark">By No Means Incompatible</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-11-11T10:42:03-05:00">Nov 11, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/sistermariegabrielle" title="View all posts by Sister Marie Gabrielle, M.I.C.M." rel="author">Sister Marie Gabrielle, M.I.C.M.</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/by-no-means-incompatible.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="78813 https://catholicism.org/?p=78813"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Excerpted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” The expression “a thousand times happy” might not be immediately familiar to you out of context, so allow me to put it in context: “Happy, a thousand times happy, is … <a href="https://catholicism.org/by-no-means-incompatible.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-78699" class="post-78699 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-catholic-america category-catholic-living"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/11/Spring_Time_at_Arlington_National_Cemetery_Arlington_Virginia_on_April_18_2024_-_38-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/dead-and-gone.html" title="Permalink to Dead and Gone?" rel="bookmark">Dead and Gone?</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-11-04T12:06:13-05:00">Nov 4, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/coulombe" title="View all posts by Charles A. Coulombe" rel="author">Charles A. Coulombe</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/dead-and-gone.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="78699 https://catholicism.org/?p=78699"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Halloween’s Jack O’Lanterns may be gone, and the last Trick-or-Treater long since consumed his last bit of candy. But the “thinness of the veil between the worlds” of which innumerable writers speak at this time of year — and with … <a href="https://catholicism.org/dead-and-gone.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-78228" class="post-78228 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-catholic-america category-catholic-living"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/10/el_greco_pentecost_public_domain-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/one-spark-at-a-time.html" title="Permalink to One Spark at a Time" rel="bookmark">One Spark at a Time</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-10-15T10:01:59-04:00">Oct 15, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/sistermariegabrielle" title="View all posts by Sister Marie Gabrielle, M.I.C.M." rel="author">Sister Marie Gabrielle, M.I.C.M.</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/one-spark-at-a-time.html#comments"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="78228 https://catholicism.org/?p=78228">2</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Some How-To Tips for Would-Be Spiritual Pyromaniacs There are many analogies that can be used to describe an apostle. An apostle can be likened to a farmer who sows the seeds of the Faith. Or a fisherman. A hunter. A … <a href="https://catholicism.org/one-spark-at-a-time.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-77955" class="post-77955 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-catholic-living category-mass-and-the-liturgy"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/10/James_Tissot_-_October-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/into-the-october-country.html" title="Permalink to Into the October Country" rel="bookmark">Into the October Country</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-10-01T14:15:34-04:00">Oct 1, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/coulombe" title="View all posts by Charles A. Coulombe" rel="author">Charles A. Coulombe</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/into-the-october-country.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="77955 https://catholicism.org/?p=77955"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>… that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and mid-nights stay. That country composed in the … <a href="https://catholicism.org/into-the-october-country.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-77816" class="post-77816 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-catholic-living category-faith-and-reason"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/09/1024px-Puzzle-2500333_1920_Public_Domain-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/oh-to-be-puzzled.html" title="Permalink to Oh, To Be Puzzled!" rel="bookmark">Oh, To Be Puzzled!</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-09-23T03:00:21-04:00">Sep 23, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/sistermaryjosephmicm" title="View all posts by Sister Mary Joseph, M.I.C.M." rel="author">Sister Mary Joseph, M.I.C.M.</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/oh-to-be-puzzled.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="77816 https://catholicism.org/?p=77816"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>“What is the point of working on a jigsaw puzzle? It gets taken apart as soon as it’s finished. Not only is nothing accomplished, but many hours are spent in accomplishing this nothing!” As incontestable as such logic would seem … <a href="https://catholicism.org/oh-to-be-puzzled.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-77690" class="post-77690 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-catholic-living category-columns category-humor"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/09/Girl_in_white_lace_dress-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/thank-you-skirt.html" title="Permalink to Thank You, Skirt!" rel="bookmark">Thank You, Skirt!</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-09-14T13:40:25-04:00">Sep 14, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/sistermaryjosephmicm" title="View all posts by Sister Mary Joseph, M.I.C.M." rel="author">Sister Mary Joseph, M.I.C.M.</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/thank-you-skirt.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="77690 https://catholicism.org/?p=77690"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>It is on my mind, dear Skirt, to express to you my gratitude and appreciation. You do your work of clothing Body so well — always smoothing over any little awkwardness so tactfully. Perhaps it is by deflecting attention from … <a href="https://catholicism.org/thank-you-skirt.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-77468" class="post-77468 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-catholic-living category-mass-and-the-liturgy"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/09/Path_to_Pallastunturi_in_autumn_color_display_Muonio_Lapland_Finland_2021_September_2-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/the-magic-time-of-year.html" title="Permalink to The Magic Time of Year" rel="bookmark">The Magic Time of Year</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-09-05T03:00:13-04:00">Sep 5, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/coulombe" title="View all posts by Charles A. Coulombe" rel="author">Charles A. Coulombe</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/the-magic-time-of-year.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="77468 https://catholicism.org/?p=77468"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>I like the hunting of the hare; It brings me, day to day, The memory of old days as fair, With dead men past away. To these, as homeward still I ply And pass the churchyard gate Where all are … <a href="https://catholicism.org/the-magic-time-of-year.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-77338" class="post-77338 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-catholic-living category-columns"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/08/Catholic_Land_Movement_2024_Video-275x235.png" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-look-back-at-the-2024-catholic-land-movement-summer-conference.html" title="Permalink to A Look Back at the 2024 Catholic Land Movement Summer Conference" rel="bookmark">A Look Back at the 2024 Catholic Land Movement Summer Conference</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-08-23T11:35:04-04:00">Aug 23, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/slavesoftheimmaculateheartofmary" title="View all posts by The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary" rel="author">The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-look-back-at-the-2024-catholic-land-movement-summer-conference.html#comments"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="77338 https://catholicism.org/?p=77338">3</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Embedded below is a video by the Catholic Land Movement, a brief but artful look back at their 2024 summer conference in Auriesville, New York. For the third year now, our Sisters were participants and presenters at the event. 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