No local Church can live outside the relationships that unite it with all others, including the relationship with the Church of Rome, which is entrusted with the service of unity through the ministry of the pope, who has summoned the whole Church in Synod. Let’s pray for unity.
Please prayer for our Confreres being ordained to the Priesthood this day September 2nd, 2023 at 10:00am at Redeemer House, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
The Catholic mother who gave her life to protect her purity
The incident involving Jamie Schmidt was a tragic event that occurred on November 19, 2018, in St. Louis, Missouri. Jamie Schmidt, a devoted Catholic woman, went to a religious goods store to purchase supplies for her rosary-making apostolate. While in the store, a man entered and initially pretended to be a customer. However, he soon revealed a gun and forced Jamie and two other women into the back of the store.
During the horrifying ordeal, the assailant sexually assaulted the other two women. When he turned to Jamie and demanded that she disrobe, she stood firm and refused. In a resolute and unwavering manner, Jamie invoked the name of God and stated, "In the name of God, I will not take my clothes off."
Tragically, the assailant shot Jamie at point-blank range, causing her mortal injuries. However, even in her final moments, Jamie's faith remained steadfast. She was heard murmuring the Our Father prayer as her life slipped away. The perpetrator was later apprehended and charged with murder, sodomy, and other crimes.
Whenever there is a direct comparison between 2 parties and one is clearly superior to the other, 2 propaganda tricks you must never fall for are the Strawman and the Red Herring.
Whole Soyinka's latest comments are a masterclass in how to use these tricks to kneecap a movement.
Thank you to the @IrishTimes for this focus on child marriage in Niger. The Redemptorists at local community level in NIger are dedicated to changing attitudes and practices around child marriage.
@miseancara@mission_ghana@RedemptoristN@Scalanews1
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Thank you for your support and encouragement, but most of all for preordering, Down Deep In My Soul: An African American Catholic Theology of Preaching. It hasn’t been released yet and it already ranks in the #2 spot of Amazon’s newly released books on Christian preaching! 🙌🏾
My latest book, Down Deep In My Soul: An African American Catholic Theology of Preaching @OrbisBooks is ready for pre-order. The book is the first in-depth effort to present a theology of Black preaching from a Roman Catholic perspective.
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Today the Church celebrates the annual World Day for Consecrated Life, Instituted by St. John Paul II in 1997, the celebration is meant to be a day of special gratitude to God for those consecrated to God by the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience.
World Children's Day was established in 1954, to promote international togetherness, and awareness among children worldwide, and to improve children's welfare. @COREAM_ie is also supporting children's welfare through several progressive projects. #MavamboTrust