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Category: Features

Live the spirit of Guadalupe and Las Posadas celebrations

Posted on Dec 23, 2021Dec 22, 2021 in Features
Live the spirit of Guadalupe and Las Posadas celebrations

The Son is the refulgence of his glory, the very imprint of his being and who sustains all things by …Read More

Get on the train and seek Jesus

Posted on Dec 23, 2021Dec 22, 2021 in Features
Get on the train and seek Jesus

In the movie “The Polar Express,” we go on a journey with a boy to the North Pole. This boy …Read More

St. Joseph Parish – DeWitt

Posted on Dec 16, 2021Dec 14, 2021 in Features
St. Joseph Parish – DeWitt

(During the Year of St. Joseph, The Catholic Messenger is featuring churches whose patron saint is St. Joseph.) Location: St. …Read More

Nativity straw and the Bread of Life

Posted on Dec 16, 2021Dec 14, 2021 in Features
Nativity straw and the Bread of Life

(Editor’s note: Father Charles Fladung, pastor of St. Mary Parish in Solon, shared the following reflection for the fourth Sunday …Read More

Fire: it’s not just for Advent candles

Posted on Dec 9, 2021Dec 8, 2021 in Features
Fire: it’s not just for Advent candles

I love fire! No, I’m not a pyromaniac. I love the symbolism of fire that stretches from science to religion …Read More

Remembering Father Aloysius Schmitt, the patriotic priest of Pearl Harbor

Posted on Dec 2, 2021Dec 15, 2021 in Features
Remembering Father Aloysius Schmitt, the patriotic priest of Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941. On that day 80 years ago Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, which marked the …Read More

On being grateful to God

Posted on Nov 25, 2021Nov 24, 2021 in Features
On being grateful to God

We have just celebrated the second Thanksgiving Day of the current pandemic. Regardless of the uncertainty that continues to surround …Read More

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