Amy Smith, Hopeful Wordsmith🌼Catholic Journalist

🌼Jesus, Mary + saints🌼Jer 29:11 📖: “The Plans God Has for You” devotions + features🌼Austenian🌼scone enthusiast

[Bishop Michael F. Burbidge @BishopBurbidge]

The Church invites us to seek the intercession of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be canonized a saint, for unity and harmony in our world: “Through her prayers, may all of us from every nation, tribe, and tongue magnify the Lord in a single hymn of praise.”

[National Catholic Register @NCRegister]

St. Zélie Martin ran a successful lacemaking business, and her husband St. Louis helped her run it.

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[National Catholic Register @NCRegister]

A Dominican podcast — and the joy the sisters radiate — has gone viral.

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[National Catholic Register @NCRegister]

In the hands of this Maronite scholar, the humble bean became not only a beverage but a witness to divine Providence.

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[National Geographic @NatGeo]

No thoughts, just sunflowers 🌻

[National Catholic Register @NCRegister]

Café Catholicism: Parishes Are Upping Their Coffee Game

Coffeehouses aren’t a nice added extra for a Catholic parish, but rather an essential, one priest told the Register.⬇️

https://t.co/Wur3aJZPeN

[National Catholic Register @NCRegister]

Surprised by Joy: How a Podcast Hosted by Nuns Took Over the Internet

A Dominican podcast — and the joy the sisters radiate — has gone viral.⬇️

https://t.co/0mLoTikYLA

[Thomas Griffin @ThomasCGriffin]

This summer, accept the invitation to pray constantly and be immersed by God’s never failing love.

My latest for @NCRegister

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[National Catholic Register @NCRegister]

St. Zélie the Lacemaker

Discover the expertise of St. Thérèse’s mother for her feast day.⬇️

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[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

“The best thing is to place everything in the hands of the good God and to await events calmly and surrender to his will. That’s what I’m going to try to do.” —St. Zélie Martin

[Jane Austen @austendaily]

Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago.

[Jane Austen @austendaily]

There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.

[Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word @MFVAFriars]

Summertime calls for ice cream, and Fr. Leonard is answering that call at Freezy's Creamery! This family-owned Catholic business is serving up delicious, all-natural ice cream with real ingredients.

https://t.co/34yyH4sP5J

[National Catholic Register @NCRegister]

At the conclusion of the third of National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Philadelphia’s heat made the lesson unmistakable: a pilgrimage isn't a vacation, and Christ is still leading the way.

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A Shoemaker’s Sacred Heart Devotion: Thousands Have Been Healed Thanks to Witness of ‘Miracle Man of Notre Dame’

Brother Columba O’Neill’s devotion and prayer have changed countless lives.⬇️

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[Jane Austen @JaneAustenLIVES]

“There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved” ~ Jane Austen

[National Catholic Register @NCRegister]

Even before America was a nation, Catholics have shaped its history. Some Catholics, like President John F. Kennedy or soon-to-be Blessed Fulton Sheen, are well-known. Other people to note may not be household names, but they shaped America — along with other pivotal Church moments.

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[EWTN News @EWTNews]

Thousands of pilgrims braved the heat on Sunday as the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage reached its final stop in Philadelphia.

Wiping a bead of sweat from his forehead, Father Matt Brody of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia surveyed the throng of faithful making their way down Philadelphia’s Broad Street praying the rosary.

“People want to know why they are braving the heat to follow a canopy,” he explained to EWTN News. “I’ve already explained to three people what the Eucharist is. They are curious about the monstrance, and this gives a chance to evangelize.”

The final stop in Philadelphia took on a patriotic theme in the City of Brotherly Love as about 2,000 believers squeezed into the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul for Mass. Beforehand, sisters knelt before the relics of St. Katharine Drexel, one of America’s first saints. This year’s pilgrimage placed special emphasis on the American saints who have contributed not only to the Church but also to the American story.

More: https://t.co/I9KGahbkRz

[National Catholic Register @NCRegister]

The US Catholic History You (Probably) Didn’t Know

John Wayne converted to the Catholic faith on his deathbed in 1979.⬇️

https://t.co/PCAtkPnI2V

[Jane Austen @JaneAustenLIVES]

“I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more” ~ Jane Austen