Seventh Day of Christmas

Today is the Feast of the Holy Family and the last day of the calendar year. May you have a blessed and happy New Year. God Bless you all!

Church Confirms Virgin Mary Apparitions

Visitors attend a mass Sunday in the French Alps where the Catholic Church officially recognized that a shepherd girl saw daily apparitions of the Virgin Mary here beginning in the 1664. She said the apparitions asked her to build a church and a house for priests, which she did.

Monsignor Jean-Michel di Falco Leandri said he recognized the "supernatural origin" of the apparitions and that pilgrims could "come here in total confidence."


The announcement makes the Notre-Dame-du-Laus church an official pilgrimage site, putting in on par with the "miracle shrine" in Lourdes, France, above, where the Virgin Mary appeared before a 14-year-old girl in 1858.

Mary of Nazareth

Gaude Virgo Salutata

Spiritus Et Alme/Gaude Virgo Salutata

A Glimpse inside Parkminister

Here we follow five men who were part of a 2005 BBC reality TV show called 'The Monastery"to experience monastery life. The rare visit to the Carthusian Charterhouse was arranged by their Abbot. Note: Visit starts beyond the middle of video.

Cardinal Arinze on Kneeling in Church

Cardinal Arinze speaking about kneeling for communion (and after communion).

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