Book Review: The Catholic Worker Movement – Intellectual and Spiritual Origins by Mark and Louise Zwick

(My husband showed me this book in a half-price bookstore a couple of years ago and after reading it my life has never been the same. This book introduced me to the Catholic Worker movement, which I barely knew beforehand. It now stands as the first of many books I have read about the movement [...]

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The Rule of St. Benedict (For Daily Living)

Hat tip to Soutenus from A Catholic Notebook who posted this on her blog from the Rule of St. Benedict! As Soutenus says, this list is also a great aid for examination of conscience:

In the first place, to love the Lord God with all one’s heart, all one’s soul and all one’s strength.
Then one’s neighbor [...]

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Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi!

A little bit of trivia on this great saint:
St. Francis of Assisi’s real name was Giovanni. His mother was French and he was fond of the songs of French troubadours. Soon after, his friends in Assisi called him “Francesco” or “the little Frenchman” and it is by this name that we call our beloved saint [...]

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Memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo

Happy Memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo! 
In all that has been said by me, you are the one God; come now to my aid, you who are the one, eternal, true substance, in which there is no conflict, no confusion, no change, no want, no death; in which there is perfect harmony, perfect clarity, perfect [...]

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