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Pastor Iuventus
July 06, 2017
The school that’s solving the vocations crisis The summer term draws peacefully to its close. As far as my own involvement at school is concerned, it is already concluded. I have celebrated Mass and Benediction and spent the day hearing confessions for my last Friday of the academic year. One of its highlights was a
Devotion to the Precious Blood is needed now more than ever
July 05, 2017
Greater reception of Communion under both kinds is weakening, not strengthening, our appreciation of the Precious Blood
Pastor Iuventus
June 29, 2017
What we haven’t learned from John XXIII Since the 16th century the Church has assigned different devotions to different months. Most Catholics still know that May is dedicated to Our Lady, October to the holy rosary and November to the Holy Souls. Perhaps less well known is that July is traditionally devoted to the Precious
Pastor Iuventus
June 22, 2017
A bold diagnosis of a declining Church Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit has published an interesting document called Unleash the Gospel. It is the fruit of a diocesan synod in a climate of severely declining sacramental practice, vocations to marriage and priesthood, and the closure of parishes. It is a decline in the practice of
Pastor Iuventus
June 15, 2017
‘I can’t pray.’ Are you sure? St Teresa of Avila is both encouraging and totally realistic about difficulties in prayer. She speaks honestly of her own reluctance to pray at one stage in her life, and says that she would rather have endured many penances than practise prayer. Such humility lends weight to the advice
Pastor Iuventus
June 08, 2017
What seminarians need in a spiritual director I recently discovered the delights of Malta for the first time, with a certain sense of frustration that I hadn’t thought to go sooner. The architecture and art, especially of the beautiful churches, and the ancient walled cities redolent of the Knights of Malta who defended the faith
Pastor Iuventus
June 01, 2017
Iraqi Christians challenge our lukewarm faith The Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Erbil in Northern Iraq is a short, stocky man of about 50 years with a tremendous weight on his shoulders. Within his territory in Kurdistan he is responsible for the wellbeing of 125,000 displaced people, mostly Chaldean Christians like himself, but also some Yazidis
Pastor Iuventus
May 25, 2017
When it comes to abortion, silence is complicity In her sitcom role as imperious ex-chatelaine Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in To The Manor Born, Penelope Keith once claimed: “I represent the silent majority.” It is tempting to take refuge in such a thought, telling oneself that eventually right-thinking will prevail on the issue of abortion. That killing
Pastor Iuventus
May 18, 2017
A Christian painter explains his vocation As a teenager I was inspired and helped to pray by a book called Prayers of Life by Fr Michel Quoist. This, his first and most popular book, completed at the age of 33, made him a sort of Henri Nouwen of his day. Quoist’s father died when he
Mass readings
May 11, 2017
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week I Sunday, May 14: Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33; 1 Pt 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12 Monday, May 15: Weekday of Easter Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115; Jn 14:21-26 Tuesday, May 16: Weekday of Easter Acts 14:19-28; Ps 145; Jn 14:27-31A Wednesday, May 17: Weekday of Easter Acts 15:1-6; Ps
Pastor Iuventus
May 11, 2017
The state’s erosion of childhood makes me shiver Last week a young relative of mine, who has just turned 12, had to have some teeth extracted under general anaesthetic as part her orthodontic treatment. At the pre-op she was made to undergo a pregnancy test. Hearing this left me reeling. That, I suppose to be
Pastor Iuventus
May 04, 2017
When nostalgia gets in the way of grace I have loved the city of Caen, in Normandy, since I first came here years ago for a summer school at its university. The university was founded by John of Lancaster in 1432, though the modern campus dates from the 1960s and is architecturally pretty brutal. Two-thirds
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