Tuesday is the Feast of of Saint Benedict, considered the father of western monasticism. Long before Saint Francis, Saint Dominic, Saint Ignatius Loyola and many other founders of religious orders came along, Benedict founded the Benedictines, the monastic order that is largely responsible for keeping the Faith alive during the dark ages.
For more, see INSPIRATION.
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Jubilee Pilgrims are nearly five million ahead of forecasts at the half-way point of the Jubilee Year 2000. This tremendous increase however has been lost on the world media that has spent more time focusing on the "Gay Pride" fiasco in Rome. Yet attendance for that has been well below prognostications while those arriving in Rome for spiritual reasons has greatly exceeded expectations.
For more, see NEWS.
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With Pat Ludwa on vacation, we provide a special treat as Cyndi Cain returns for the first time in months with her Symphony of Suffering column that pinpoints a mother's love and what she goes through for her family just as the Blessed Mother Mary exemplified with the Holy Family. Cyndi begins a multi-parter of her perspective on the family's long-anticipated and blessed pilgrimage to Europe.
For more, see FEATURES.
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Monday and Tuesday we commemorate the 1,017th and 1,845th anniversary respectively of Pope Benedict VII and Pope Saint Pius I. The latter was the tenth in the line of Peter and remembered for his rules on conversion of Jews and establishing the Sunday for the Feast of the Resurrection; the former was the 135th successor and known for his great virtue and reforming monastic life. For more, see CURRENTS.
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