Torch Hound

Hounds of the Lord 🔥 Daily Mass readings, the saints & the Catholic faith from an ordinary Catholic man. Carrying the torch. Luke 12:49

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Welcome to Torch Hound 🔥

St. Dominic's friars were called the "hounds of the Lord," carrying the torch of the faith. Here we'll do the same:
📖 The daily readings
🙏 The saints
✝️ The Catholic faith, lived

"I came to cast fire upon the earth." Luke 12:49

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📰 St. Mary Catholic Faith Community · Hales Corners · From the bulletin for November 15, 2026

✝️ Reflecting on the parable of the talents, Fr. Aaron notes that many parishioners don't feel equipped to share their faith, and urges everyone to discover their God-given charisms through the Archdiocese's Called and Gifted workshops and to "not bury our gifts" but use them for His Kingdom. #FromThePastor

🌹 The bulletin notes that Pope Leo XIV has declared a Guadalupan Jubilee Year, Oct 12, 2026 to Oct 12, 2027, marking the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City and inviting Catholics to deeper devotion and renewal. #OurLadyOfGuadalupe

🧥 Outreach partners Repairers of the Breach, Pathfinders, Ladies of Charity, and Nia Imani Family thank the parish for its Coat Drive and Winter Essentials Collection, helped by the Knights of Columbus' gift of 24 new jackets and by 5th and 6th graders; every mom and child at Nia Imani received a jacket, hat, scarf, and gloves. #Charity

🦃 The St. Vincent de Paul Society's annual Thanksgiving Food Drive asks parishioners to fill the grocery bag inserted in this bulletin with the listed items and return it next weekend, to help those struggling through the holidays and beyond. #Stewardship

🍞 St. Mary invites parishioners to serve as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, with flexible small-group or one-on-one training and an online scheduling system that allows regular or occasional service. #Eucharist

ℹ️ The Information Center in the Gathering Space, a "weekend parish office," needs volunteers to answer questions, sell gift cards, and handle lost-and-found and pick-ups, usually serving one Mass a month, with training provided. #Volunteer

🔗 https://t.co/3yP9RMN0Ly

#Catholic #HalesCorners #Milwaukee

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⛪ St. Mary Catholic Faith Community · Hales Corners · Saturday, November 14

🎬 Parish invites everyone to watch and discuss The Chosen, Season 6, Episodes 2–6, on Nov. 18, Dec. 2 and Dec. 9 at 6 PM. https://t.co/Nq8mO9zkY1 #TheChosen

🥫 St. Vincent de Paul announces its Thanksgiving food drive, with collections Nov. 21–22. https://t.co/pRv1mZkdMv #SVdP

#Catholic #HalesCorners #Milwaukee

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🔥 Torch Hound Catholic News · Saturday, November 14

🇵🇪 Back in Chiclayo, the Peruvian diocese he led for eight years, Pope Leo XIV told some 500,000 at Mass that all Christians are "missionary disciples," and thanked them for prayers as he recovers from cancer surgery. #PopeLeoXIV
https://t.co/wePNWNm9Oy

🎓 At the Chiclayo Catholic university he once served as grand chancellor, the pope urged Catholic universities to "serve the truth faithfully" and warned students against transhumanism. #CatholicEducation
https://t.co/fPynfyhJi9

📊 A new Gallup survey finds U.S. support for the death penalty at 49%, below 50% for the first time since 1971, with 45% opposed. #DeathPenalty
https://t.co/VsK0KTy1UX

🇨🇦 Canada's bishops asked Parliament to split Bill C-41, keeping the permanent exclusion of mental illness as a sole condition for euthanasia while dropping its proposed advance requests. #ProLife
https://t.co/n3b3a5b3Kn

🍽️ The Vatican will mark the 10th World Day of the Poor with Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Nov. 15, followed by a lunch with Pope Leo on Nov. 22 and free care at its clinics for the poor. #WorldDayOfThePoor
https://t.co/GA7XWpkpDi

🤖 Austria's bishops adopted their first rules on artificial intelligence in the Church, allowing AI only a supporting role in the sacraments, preaching, liturgy, and pastoral care. #FaithAndAI
https://t.co/9F0yGuwumR

#Catholic #CatholicNews

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The Holy Gospel · Saturday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 18:1-8

"we ought always to pray, and not to faint"

Full Mass readings: https://t.co/Jo78705JqK
#Catholic #DailyGospel #Luke

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🔥 Torch Hound Catholic News · Friday, November 13

🇵🇪 In Lima, Pope Leo XIV met privately for just over an hour with six survivors of clergy abuse in Peru, some formerly linked to groups tied to the Sodalitium of Christian Life, listening to each individually. #PopeLeoXIV
https://t.co/HeAS9NuREn

🙏 At a youth vigil in Lima's national stadium, with some 60,000 inside and 300,000 more nearby per local authorities, the pope pointed young people to Christ's Passion as the way to discover their calling. #CatholicYouth
https://t.co/iLHSFSilQV

🇳🇬 At a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing, Republican lawmakers pressed the State Department for faster results in stopping the killing of Christians in Nigeria; officials conceded progress has been "insufficient." #PersecutedChristians
https://t.co/DdFyeRZzLA

🇭🇺 Hungary's bishops asked forgiveness on behalf of clergy who collaborated with the communist-era secret police after newly opened files named Church figures, while urging the faithful not to form "hasty opinions." #Hungary
https://t.co/xDnGalREWQ

⚖️ Cardinal Gerhard Müller rebuked Bishop Georg Bätzing for publicly criticizing Pope Leo's refusal to call clergy abuse a "systemic" problem in the Church. #Germany
https://t.co/8oE7RkxI2D

🎓 The USCCB and CLINIC urged ICE to waive a proposed $70,000 fee on schools recommending foreign students for temporary work authorization, warning it would burden Catholic seminaries. #ReligiousFreedom
https://t.co/n1RnVswiXx

#Catholic #CatholicNews

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The Holy Gospel · Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin
Luke 17:26-37

"Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose it, shall preserve it."

Full Mass readings: https://t.co/qex4OACxaf
#Catholic #DailyGospel #Luke

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⛪ St. Mary Catholic Faith Community · Hales Corners · Thursday, November 12

🎖️ Veterans Day Celebration & Blessing: St. Mary Parish and School honor veterans, active-duty service members and their families today, Thursday Nov 12 at 9:15 a.m. in the Church, with prayer, music, student reflections and a special blessing. https://t.co/m2Hb2ju7kO #VeteransDay

🌹 New event: "Morning with Guadalupe," a talk on Our Lady of Guadalupe with Sam Rasp, Director of Discipleship, Saturday Dec 12 (10 a.m. CT). https://t.co/l6ShJVkRFh #OurLadyOfGuadalupe

#Catholic #HalesCorners #Milwaukee

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🔥 Torch Hound Catholic News · Thursday, November 12

🇵🇪 Pope Leo XIV arrived in Peru, his adopted homeland, to an estimated three million people in the streets, and told national leaders in Lima that "much of my own story also belongs to you." #PopeLeoXIV
https://t.co/cohHEid5de

⛪ Pope Leo XIV named Bishop Octavi Vilà Mayo of Girona, a Cistercian monk and former abbot of Poblet, as archbishop of Barcelona, succeeding Cardinal Juan José Omella. #Vatican
https://t.co/GUADk256or

🙏 Vatican theologians voted unanimously to advance the sainthood cause of Servant of God Fr. Joseph Walijewski of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, a missionary in Bolivia and Peru; the cardinals and bishops of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints review it next. #Sainthood
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🇭🇹 U.S. bishops wrote to every senator urging passage of S. 4814, which would grant Temporary Protected Status to Haitians through April 2029, citing violence and instability in Haiti. #Immigration
https://t.co/2PDi4Bpzxn

🇬🇧 The bishops of England and Wales urged Parliament to abandon a draft conversion practices bill, warning it threatens freedom of religion and expression and could create uncertainty around lawful pastoral care. #ReligiousFreedom
https://t.co/40Jniw97u1

⚖️ Students for Life of America president Kristan Hawkins and three staffers face a Texas civil suit over their undercover probe of abortion pills mailed into the state; their Thomas More Society lawyers call it meritless and seek dismissal. #ProLife
https://t.co/Q04Aogcw0r

#Catholic #CatholicNews

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The Holy Gospel · Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
Luke 17:20-25

"For lo, the kingdom of God is within you."

Full Mass readings: https://t.co/KkAS1wYOzF
#Catholic #DailyGospel #Luke #GospelOfTheDay

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🔥 Torch Hound Catholic News · Wednesday, November 11

🇦🇷 At a youth vigil in Buenos Aires on his last night in Argentina, Pope Leo XIV urged an estimated 1 million young people to reject "the idols of our time" and turn to Christ through confession, prayer, Scripture and the Eucharist. #PopeLeoXIV
https://t.co/uLrZQZreVc

⛓️ On his final day in Argentina, Pope Leo visited the Villa Devoto Federal Penitentiary in Buenos Aires, heard inmates' testimonies, and told them prison can become a time to begin their lives anew and make peace with God and their families. #Vatican
https://t.co/1bDNp5HqwC

🙏 The Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, asked the lay faithful not to raise or hold hands during the Our Father at Mass, saying the extended-hands posture is proper to the priest and citing the GIRM, Vatican II and canon law. #Liturgy
https://t.co/nY5IjtdKyl

🏥 France's bishops told Catholic hospitals and care homes to update their statutes now so they can refuse euthanasia and assisted suicide, which a new law is expected to permit from January 2027. #ProLife
https://t.co/mEd3mcebUV

✝️ Egyptian prosecutors asked a terrorism court for the maximum penalty, up to death, for Said Abdelrazek, a convert from Islam to Christianity whom Amnesty International says is being prosecuted for his conversion; the trial resumes Dec. 8. #ReligiousFreedom
https://t.co/QtykZ1MXx6

📺 In a 60 Minutes interview with Catholic journalist Ross Douthat, President Trump said he could not forgive some of his political enemies, prompting priests to reflect on Christ's command to love one's enemies. #Forgiveness
https://t.co/kXn21l2pvR

#Catholic #CatholicNews

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The Holy Gospel · Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop
Luke 17:11-19

"Arise, go thy way; for thy faith hath made thee whole."

Full Mass readings: https://t.co/j4Q5ZsBZbR
#Catholic #DailyGospel #Luke #GospelOfTheDay

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🔥 Torch Hound Catholic News · Tuesday, November 10

🇦🇷 In Buenos Aires, Pope Leo XIV gave a short lesson in Catholic social teaching to business and labor leaders, prayed with leaders of other religions, and urged Argentina's bishops to "cultivate communion" at vespers in the cathedral. #PopeLeoXIV https://t.co/pueRHdVKMO

🏛️ Massachusetts' four Catholic bishops rebuked Gov. Maura Healey after she cited her Catholic faith while using an emergency preamble to put the state's new all-nine-months abortion law into effect immediately, ahead of a planned repeal referendum. #ProLife
https://t.co/xr48mhbJR0

⚖️ The Roman Rota, the Church's highest appeals court, found a U.S. religious order guilty of defaming a former member by publishing online that abuse allegations against him were credible, and condemned "credibly accused" lists of people never convicted or tried. #CanonLaw
https://t.co/ouWbYiq8Zy

🇺🇸 A bipartisan group of 91 members of Congress asked Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to invite Pope Leo XIV to address a joint session of Congress next year. #PopeLeoXIV https://t.co/Xyubtbgdsi

🇭🇰 Cardinal Joseph Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, wrote that Pope Leo should end the Synod on Synodality and replace Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández as head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. #Synod
https://t.co/Y0DvC0a0Jn

🕯️ A reliquary holding a fragment of St. Nicholas was stolen from the Basilica of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port in Lorraine, France, and a suspect has reportedly admitted burning and crushing the relic. #SaintNicholas
https://t.co/nAY2vO0wv8

#Catholic #CatholicNews

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The Holy Gospel · Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Luke 17:7-10

"We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do."

Full Mass readings: https://t.co/45YDICp4VE
#Catholic #DailyGospel #Luke #GospelOfTheDay

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📅 This week at St. Mary's
• Mon 1:00 PM · Eucharistic Adoration, Church #Adoration
• Tue 6:00 PM · Men of Christ, Room 312 #MenOfChrist
• Tue 7:00 PM · Young Adult film and discussion on St. Francis, Gathering Space (RSVP: Julianne Elouadih, 414-254-2174 ext. 246) #YoungAdults
• Wed 9:00 AM · Small Group Bible Study, Divine Mercy Room #BibleStudy
• Wed 6:00 PM · Sisters in Faith, Gathering Space #SistersInFaith
• Wed 6:30 PM · The Chosen: Revisited, Room 312 #FaithStudy
• Thu 9:15 AM · Veterans Day Program, Church #VeteransDay
• Thu 5:00 PM · Reconciliation, Church #Confession
• Fri 9:00 AM · Rosary & Divine Mercy Chaplet, Assumption Chapel #DivineMercy
• Fri 5:30 PM · Veterans Day Dinner, Gathering Space #VeteransDay
• Sat 9:00 AM · First Reconciliation Retreat #FirstReconciliation
• Sun 10:00 AM · OCIA, Holy Trinity Room #OCIA
• Nov 21–22 · SVdP Thanksgiving Food Drive, Gathering Space #FoodDrive
Full calendar: https://t.co/gyWbenu5NR

#Catholic #HalesCorners

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⛪ St. Mary Catholic Faith Community · Hales Corners · Monday, November 9

🎥 St. Mary's shared a short video titled "St. John, Pray for Us!" https://t.co/g9mzaMm546 #SaintJohn

🌿 A courtyard video points to Mary leading people toward her Son. https://t.co/XgEh7B8qss #Mary

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 The parish greeted Edge, its youth ministry, with a short video of young people around a table. https://t.co/o8vWDqKKeR #YouthMinistry

�� The Saturday 4:00 PM Mass of Anticipation for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time is available to watch online. https://t.co/cwUZt647k3 #SundayMass

#Catholic #HalesCorners #Milwaukee

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🔥 Torch Hound Catholic News · Monday, November 9

🇦🇷 On his first day in Argentina, Pope Leo XIV addressed President Javier Milei and other leaders, speaking on organized crime, economic inequality, young people forced to emigrate, and political polarization; his South America trip ends Nov. 16 in Peru.
https://t.co/5V5bNzGynf
#PopeLeoXIV

🌹 Closing his Uruguay visit with Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three, the Pope renewed the nation’s consecration to Mary, offered a Golden Rose, and urged mothers and grandmothers to “never tire of passing on the faith.”
https://t.co/pDnBzQ6VD0
#OurLady

🗳️ Wisconsin voters rejected, 51.9% to 48.1%, a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have barred the state from closing or banning gatherings in places of worship during emergencies, including public health emergencies.
https://t.co/23V0J7orJW
#ReligiousFreedom

🎓 The Archdiocese of Denver welcomed a record class of new seminarians for the third year running, 34 this year, bringing its total to 110.
https://t.co/w9iNetb9QC
#Vocations

🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces have killed 120 clergy and damaged or destroyed 800 religious sites since the 2022 invasion, according to OIDAC Europe.
https://t.co/SuOtDnWQzJ
#Ukraine

⛪ The Oxford Oratory announced a six-month, £3.3 million restoration of St Aloysius church that will rebuild the high altar dismantled in the 1960s.
https://t.co/zNm4MERk55
#SacredArt

#Catholic #CatholicNews

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The Holy Gospel · Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
John 2:13-22

"Make not the house of my Father a house of traffic."

Full Mass readings: https://t.co/XuGEEr2Ni8
#Catholic #DailyGospel #John #GospelOfTheDay

[P. Juan Manuel Góngora @patergongora]

@RaymondArroyo Educar en la adoración a la presencia real de Cristo en el Santísimo Sacramento, es el mayor legado que podemos dejar a las nuevas generaciones.

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⛪ St. Mary Catholic Faith Community · Hales Corners · Sunday, November 8

🎥 The parish shared a video recording of its 4:00 pm Saturday Mass of Anticipation for the Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, with the Mass link in the comments. https://t.co/ek2sYmFuqm #SundayMass

#Catholic #HalesCorners #Milwaukee