Vatican Weekend for May 27th, 2017 features a special program focusing on contemplation with the renowned preacher and author, Father Paul Murray, an Irish Dominican. He explores the spiritual journey of the contemplative, asking what is it like to come close to the presence of God. His reflections are based on a talk he gave to Britain’s Upper Chamber of Parliament, the House of Lords. Listen to this program produced and presented by Veronica Scarisbrick:
Vatican Weekend for May 27th, 2017 features a special program focusing on contemplation with the renowned preacher and author, Father Paul Murray, an Irish Dominican. He explores the spiritual journey of the contemplative, asking what is it like to come close to the presence of God. His reflections are based on a talk he gave to Britain’s Upper Chamber of Parliament, the House of Lords.
Listen to this program produced and presented by Veronica Scarisbrick:
Al Kresta / EWTNCNA Newsroom, Jun 15, 2024 / 14:35 pm (CNA).Al Kresta, a longtime Catholic radio host, author, and founder and president of Ave Maria Radio, died Saturday at his Michigan home after a battle with liver cancer. He was 72. A former Evangelical Protestant who rose to prominence as a radio host before his conversion to Catholicism in 1992, Kresta's voice was heard on hundreds of radio stations daily, including EWTN Catholic Radio, via Ave Maria's flagship program, "Kresta in the Afternoon." According to a webpage set up by Kresta's family to provide updates, Kresta was admitted to the University of Michigan Hospital on April 29 "after a month of tests," which culminated in a liver cancer diagnosis on May 3. Born in 1951 in New England and raised Catholic, Kresta's road back to the faith of his baptism was winding. Despite his upbringing, he described himself as a "stereotypical 1960s kid" who as a young man leaned into the worldly desires of "drugs, s...
Al Kresta / EWTNCNA Newsroom, Jun 15, 2024 / 14:35 pm (CNA).Al Kresta, a longtime Catholic radio host, author, and founder and president of Ave Maria Radio, died Saturday at his Michigan home after a battle with liver cancer. He was 73. A former Evangelical Protestant who rose to prominence as a radio host before his conversion to Catholicism in 1992, Kresta's voice was heard on hundreds of radio stations daily, including EWTN Catholic Radio, via Ave Maria's flagship program, "Kresta in the Afternoon." According to a webpage set up by Kresta's family to provide updates, Kresta was admitted to the University of Michigan Hospital on April 29 "after a month of tests," which culminated in a liver cancer diagnosis on May 3. Born in 1951 in New England and raised Catholic, Kresta's road back to the faith of his baptism was winding. Despite his upbringing, he described himself as a "stereotypical 1960s kid" who as a young man leaned into the worldly desires of "drugs, s...
The beatification Mass of Father Michal Rapacz at the Divine Mercy Shrine in Krakow-Lagiewniki, Poland, on Saturday, June 15, 2024 / Episkopat NewsKrakow, Poland, Jun 15, 2024 / 07:35 am (CNA).A 20th-century Polish Catholic priest killed by communist authorities was beatified on Saturday at the Divine Mercy Shrine in Krakow-Lagiewniki, Poland.Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of Father Michal Rapacz in January. The 41-year-old priest was shot twice by communist authorities on the night of May 10-11, 1946, after being taken from his village parish in the south of Poland to a nearby woods.A memorial graces the spot where Father Michal Rapacz was killed by communist authorities in Ploki, Poland, on the night of May 10-11, 1946. Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kraków"From the celebration of the Mass and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, [Rapacz] drew inner strength and energy, capable of transforming life and the world, everyday life and history," Cardinal Marcello Semeraro said ...