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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Faith on Display at the 2012 World Series
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The 2012 World Series is in full swing and CBN Sports goes behind the scenes to highlight stories of faith from both the Detroit and San Francisco club houses.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Pope to canonize seven new Saints in St. Peter's Square
The video and following news report is from RomeReports.com:
On Sunday, October 21st, the Pope will canonize seven new saints. Four of them are women and three are men. They're all from different countries and lived in different time periods, but they all have one thing in common: they dedicated their lives to communicating the faith in their own unique way.
Among the new saints, are two martyrs: Jacques Berthieu (1838-1896), who was killed in Madagascar and Peter Calungsod, who was killed in the Philippines in 1672.
Two others dedicated their life to teaching education: Carmen Sallés (1848-1911) was a pioneer in women's education and Giovanni Piamarta Battista (1841-1913) taught marginalized youths a marketable trade.
The three other saints offered their pain and suffering to God. Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680) was a Native American woman who helped the sick, even as she dealt with her own illness. Mother Marianne Cope (1838-1918) worked with lepers in Hawaii. Anna Schäffer (1884-1925) was sick most of her adult life. Despite being bedridden, through her words and letters she inspired people far beyond her native Germany.
People need to believe in miracles, says woman cured of infection
The following excerpt is from the Catholic News Service:
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Though she had always believed in miracles, Sharon Smith never dreamed she would be the recipient of one.
Her unexplained recovery from a near fatal infection in 2005 was the second miracle that cleared the way for the Oct. 21 canonization of Blessed Marianne Cope.
Smith will present Pope Benedict XVI a relic of Blessed Marianne -- a bone fragment housed in a wooden tau cross, or T-shaped cross that is the symbol of St. Francis, the inspiration of Mother Marianne's congregation.
A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Smith fainted in her home one day in 2005 and woke up two months later in St. Joseph's Hospital, her body perforated by tubes as doctors fought to keep her hydrated and alive. She had been diagnosed with pancreatitis, but the inflammation soon caused an infection so severe, it ate away part of her gastrointestinal tract.
Her doctor told her that July, "Sharon, you're not going to make it," she told Catholic News Service in Rome Oct.19. She and about 90 others from the Diocese of Syracuse, including Bishop Robert J. Cunningham, came to Rome for the canonization.
Smith recalled that a friend visiting her at the hospital was given a prayer card of Mother Marianne and told to pray for her intercession. Mother Marianne had been beatified by Pope Benedict in May 2005.
"My friends told me they prayed for me the night before they were going to just disconnect me" from the respirator, "and they prayed to Mother Marianne for me," she said.
The next day, "I woke up in the morning and started talking," she said.
Though she could breathe on her own, the infection was still severe.
St. Francis Sister Michaeleen Cabral and other members of the community soon started praying for Blessed Marianne's intercession.
Read More: People Need to Believe in Miracles
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Though she had always believed in miracles, Sharon Smith never dreamed she would be the recipient of one.
Her unexplained recovery from a near fatal infection in 2005 was the second miracle that cleared the way for the Oct. 21 canonization of Blessed Marianne Cope.
Smith will present Pope Benedict XVI a relic of Blessed Marianne -- a bone fragment housed in a wooden tau cross, or T-shaped cross that is the symbol of St. Francis, the inspiration of Mother Marianne's congregation.
A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Smith fainted in her home one day in 2005 and woke up two months later in St. Joseph's Hospital, her body perforated by tubes as doctors fought to keep her hydrated and alive. She had been diagnosed with pancreatitis, but the inflammation soon caused an infection so severe, it ate away part of her gastrointestinal tract.
Her doctor told her that July, "Sharon, you're not going to make it," she told Catholic News Service in Rome Oct.19. She and about 90 others from the Diocese of Syracuse, including Bishop Robert J. Cunningham, came to Rome for the canonization.
Smith recalled that a friend visiting her at the hospital was given a prayer card of Mother Marianne and told to pray for her intercession. Mother Marianne had been beatified by Pope Benedict in May 2005.
"My friends told me they prayed for me the night before they were going to just disconnect me" from the respirator, "and they prayed to Mother Marianne for me," she said.
The next day, "I woke up in the morning and started talking," she said.
Though she could breathe on her own, the infection was still severe.
St. Francis Sister Michaeleen Cabral and other members of the community soon started praying for Blessed Marianne's intercession.
Read More: People Need to Believe in Miracles
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Religious painting expected to draw thousands to Worcester church
The video and excerpt is from NECN.com:
(NECN: Mike Cronin, Worcester, Mass.) - A religious painting is expected to draw thousands to a special church service in Worcester, Mass. Tuesday evening.
It's a painting of the Virgin Mary, and some say it can perform miracles.
It’s on display and bringing people together to see what some say is a miracle.
“I prayed from the bottom of my heart. I felt that Jesus and St. Mary are listening to me,” says Clara Elnerm.
The Elnemr family is one of many flocking to the St. George Orthodox Cathedral in Worcester Tuesday. It's all to see a religious painting, called the Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Virgin Mary. Five years ago, a Hawaiian clergy member discovered his painting suddenly smelt of roses and was gushing myrrh, a type of oil.
“It's a miraculous icon that's performed many miracles,” says Walter Haddad.
The icon is touring the east coast this month, much to the delight of Haddad, the president of the east orthodox churches of central Massachusetts.
“The oil is supposed to be miraculous oil. That's why everybody's coming to be anointed with her tears.”
Clergy members say they don't worship the icon, rather they pray through it.
“Some people don't realize that miracles like this do happen. They do happen around us all the time,” says Milad Selim.
Father Selim is the dean of the cathedral. He's been anointing those who have come by to pay their respects.
Read More: Religious Painting
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Religious Street Art? Local artist says why not?
The video and following excerpt is from RomeReports.com:
When it comes to 'street art' most people think about graffiti. But this local Italian, is changing that perception...His art, is all about Christianity.
His projects include posters of Madonnas, Jesus and Saints. All of them placed in random Roman street walls.
The 34 year old goes by the name of 'Mr. Klevra.' He works full time as an engineer and on his free time he designs religious posters. His favorite style is Byzantine iconography.
Over the years he has posted roughly 300 posters throughout Rome and Florence. But he acknowledges that once posted, they are no longer his. They belong to the entire city.
As a Catholic, he says his inspiration comes from a combination of the Gospel, his family and every day life.
With so many churches in Rome, many of them often go unnoticed. But he thinks it's this type of modern religious art, that leaves an impression and makes people stop, think and reflect.
His current project is not out on the street, but inside an architectural gallery in Rome. The theme is the Apocalypse.
What does interest him is exposing the message of Christianity, out in the open, in places other than churches, so that all people can be inspired as they go about their daily lives.
Read More: Religious Street Art
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