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Angels & Dragons XII: St. Michael’s Flaming Sword!

Published September 15, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Column, Faith

St. Padre Pio did spiritual battle with demons to free souls, and at his shrine, there is a mosaic of the Archangel Michael handing Padre Pio a sword. In the book “Deliverance Prayers For Use by the Laity,” exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger uses the sword of St Michael, together with the sword of Our Lady… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published September 15, 2018

Judas and Peter, Mary and the Children in the Church Abuse Crisis

Published September 12, 2018 • Written by Norine Shaivitz Filed Under: Blog

Amid the violent chaos of the impending crucifixion of Jesus were at least a few children. The eighth station shows they were in the crowd with their mothers, maybe the same ones who once asked the indignant Apostles whether Jesus could bless them. Jesus, who once said the meek were blessed, has also said the… [Read More]

Written by Norine Shaivitz • Published September 12, 2018

2018 Catholic Build

Published September 11, 2018 • Written by ATX Catholic Filed Under: Blog

Austin Habitat for Humanity and Catholic churches and individuals in the Austin area have been coming together for over twenty years to build a home for a deserving family in our community. This year will be no exception as we head to East Austin to build a home for the Mendoza family. Through faith in… [Read More]

Written by ATX Catholic • Published September 11, 2018

On Disagreeing With the Pope

Published September 10, 2018 • Written by Matt Sullivan Filed Under: Faith

On August 2, in light of an address last October to the Pontifical Council, Pope Francis made a modification to the Catholic Catechism declaring that “the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person”. As an officially declared teaching of the Church, this poses a serious… [Read More]

Written by Matt Sullivan • Published September 10, 2018

One Way to Be An Answer to the Current Crisis

Published September 7, 2018 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Blog

  We’ve had a lot of difficult news to absorb these last few weeks. It would be easy to look at the Church’s current situation and wonder if we’re not splitting apart at the seams. Some have called this the US Church’s worst crisis in history (see interview below). So before sharing my thoughts on… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published September 7, 2018

Angels & Dragons XI: “Michael the Archangel will Arise.” (Dn.12:1)

Published September 7, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Column, Faith

Throughout history St. Michael the Archangel has arisen to protect God’s Church and heal God’s people. St. Michael will arise now during these most turbulent times, but we must invoke his protection with prayer, consecrations, penances, novenas, and processions as in the ages past. In the year 590 Pope Pelagius and many souls died of… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published September 7, 2018

Angels & Demons Conference September 28-29

Published August 30, 2018 • Written by ATX Catholic Filed Under: ACNM, Events

Angels & Demons: Discerning the Glorious from the Fallen September 28-29, 2018 (On the feast day of St Michael the Archangel) at Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Parish in North Austin ​ Friday 5:30-9:30 pm Saturday 7:30 am-5:00 pm ​ Boxed-lunch provided Saturday These exciting topics will cover the background knowledge of the Creation and mission of… [Read More]

Written by ATX Catholic • Published August 30, 2018

A Church On Our Knees

Published August 21, 2018 • Written by Norine Shaivitz Filed Under: Blog

I was praying the decade of the rosary I try to say everyday for clergy and I had to stop. I was internally yelling and externally crying, and that emotion had to find another outlet. So, I’m writing. I’m glad to have the Eucharistic company of Jesus, consecrated by one of the priests at the… [Read More]

Written by Norine Shaivitz • Published August 21, 2018

The Church is true but we are a very sick family right now

Published August 18, 2018 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Family, Social Justice, World and News

I entered the Church officially at the age of 22, in 1990. It took me a long time. I attended daily mass for two years even though almost everything about the Catholic Church freaked me out. I had authority issues. I had spiritual issues. I had sexual abuse issues. I had issues with men. I… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published August 18, 2018

The Jesus We Never Knew

Published August 9, 2018 • Written by Matt Sullivan Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Family

  The Gospels we hear week by week focus on the venerable accomplishments of Jesus as He went about His ministry here on earth. And generally the homilies that follow focus on the message to be gained by these stories in conjunction with the other readings. We are exhorted to imitate this message in our… [Read More]

Written by Matt Sullivan • Published August 9, 2018

Summer Reading: A Few Quick Book Reviews

Published August 6, 2018 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Blog

Here’s a glimpse at a few of the books I’ve been reading this summer. I hope these short reviews are a helpful inspiration on your journey. Edith Stein: The Life and Legacy of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross by Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda I had long heard of Edith Stein, but had done no serious… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published August 6, 2018

Swimming Under Mary’s Mantle

Published July 21, 2018 • Written by Norine Shaivitz Filed Under: Blog

The swimming instructor called for us to do the positions we had learned. She asked us to lay on our backs in the water. I was very happy on my back. I kicked hard and happily thought about how fast I was going – maybe faster than the others. It turns out I was definitely… [Read More]

Written by Norine Shaivitz • Published July 21, 2018

Crowd Funding Hail Marys

Published July 8, 2018 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Family, Social Justice, World and News

After a week of losing sleep over the suffering of little children taken from their parents at the border, many days of speaking out and also of sending what money I could to organizations trying to help these separated families, I texted to one of my sisters in Carmel, still feeling very sad. I asked… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published July 8, 2018

The American Personality and our Mission as Catholics

Published July 4, 2018 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Blog

It is a day to celebrate, to be with loved ones, and to pray for our nation. Let it also be a day to reflect on who we are, and who are called to be! What is our mission as Catholics in the US? And what does it mean to talk about our mission as… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published July 4, 2018

Blessed Isidore Bakanja – Martyr of the Brown Scapular

Published June 25, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Column, Faith

Blessed Isidore Bakanja is the first martyr of the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel whose feast we celebrate on Monday, July 16th.  Isidore Bakanja was a young black teenage martyr from the Boangi tribe in Zaire, Africa with plenty of zeal, valor, and faith for the gospel and Our Lady. Receiving the… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published June 25, 2018

We Went Away Sad

Published June 20, 2018 • Written by Norine Shaivitz Filed Under: Blog

“Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, ‘You are lacking in one thing. Go, and sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then, come, follow me.’ At that statement, his face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions (Mark… [Read More]

Written by Norine Shaivitz • Published June 20, 2018

Sin? Not a problem.

Published June 11, 2018 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Faith, Prayer, Resources, Young Adult

Sin? No problem. This Sunday we heard the Gospel reading on the Fall, of the moment sin entered creation and divided all that was meant to be united. Since then the human person has been faced with the conditions of inner division and brokenness as a personal reality and as a reality in creation. Yet,… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published June 11, 2018

Jesus, give us your Heart, make us strong to love!

Published June 8, 2018 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Social Justice

I have to think, in these dark times, during this epidemic of heartlessness, that we need to look to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, that we need the refuge and the example of His Heart more than ever. Every day I think we are all having to find ways to decompress from all the hatred,… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published June 8, 2018

The Unofficial Start to Summer: Now What?

Published May 28, 2018 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Blog

They say Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer. Alongside being a day where we remember those who’ve given their lives for our country, and a day where families and friends gather to celebrate at the lake, at the parks, etc, it’s also a day that signals the end of the school year and… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published May 28, 2018

The Modest Ornaments of the Day: simple routines that re-center

Published May 28, 2018 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Prayer

I have a cup of coffee, and I am listening to jazz (Alice Coltrane today,) because it is 2 o’clock. That’s what I always do this time of day; jazz and coffee. Somehow this makes me feel more present in the day. The loose, open-ended routine of stopping the day, at least a little bit,… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published May 28, 2018

Following the Shepherd’s Voice

Published May 23, 2018 • Written by Norine Shaivitz Filed Under: Blog

“My sheep know my voice and they follow me (John 10:27).” I read that line a long time ago, proclaimed in the week after we celebrated Good Shepherd Sunday. But it has stayed with me for weeks. I know His voice and I’m supposed to follow it. So, why do I so often follow my… [Read More]

Written by Norine Shaivitz • Published May 23, 2018

The Corpus Christi Procession and Divine Mercy

Published May 18, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Events, Faith

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (the feast of Corpus Christi) is the celebration of Christ’s Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist. As Our Lord is carried through the streets of cities and villages around the world, the faithful give public witness to their faith and devotion to the Holy… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published May 18, 2018

Come, Holy Spirit, renew my life

Published May 15, 2018 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Blog, Faith

  Something that seems to be returning to me as I very slowly recover from the grief and trauma (it’s complicated) of these past few years is a sense of self determination. I had not realized it was gone in the first place. What I did know is that for a long time it was… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published May 15, 2018

Love as presence

Published May 2, 2018 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Family, Young Adult

I want to talk about a great part of my life, Mac, who has Cerebral Palsey, and about what it’s like to spend my days with “his Eminent Lovableness. ” Mac and I don’t actually “do” much. I mean, not really. We mostly just hang out together. We mostly just “are.” Fortunately, we are really… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published May 2, 2018

The Older Sibling Comes Back

Published April 25, 2018 • Written by Norine Shaivitz Filed Under: Blog

I recently went on a retreat that gave me a great deal of joy and then a great deal of pain. I was on the mountain. And then I fell off. Among other things, Father Charlie Garza’s day retreat focused on the seven deadly sins – how to recognize the false gods within them and… [Read More]

Written by Norine Shaivitz • Published April 25, 2018

Properly Clothed for Holy Week

Published March 28, 2018 • Written by Norine Shaivitz Filed Under: Blog

The man came to the turbulent mob scene of Jesus’ arrest wearing only a linen cloth. It was right after the 12 had fled. What a time to show up. And then he also fled, somehow losing the little bit of clothing he had. I find that passage curious each year when we follow the… [Read More]

Written by Norine Shaivitz • Published March 28, 2018

Angels & Dragons X: St. Faustina’s Battles

Published March 28, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Prayer

For 40 days we have watched Jesus prepare for His final battle on Calvary. All His life He has trained for this day. He was born for this! And so are we. The life of a Christian is a constant battle. Against ourselves, the world, and the powers of darkness. As Gaudium et Spes states,… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published March 28, 2018

Dear Austin, let us pray…

Published March 21, 2018 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Prayer, Resources, Social Justice, World and News

It is a morning to pray. We woke up to the news today that the suspect behind the recent package bombs had been caught, and indeed had taken his own life in the process. Let us pray this morning together for peace in our city, for peace in our families, for peace in our own… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published March 21, 2018

A traditional St. Joseph altar in the Brazos Valley

Published March 18, 2018 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Family

He is sweating in the morning sun, easily turning a huge table top over in a cloud of wood shavings. I cough but he doesn’t break his concentration, only smiles as he measures an edge with his hands, squinting, nodding to himself as he stands up. “You still do this kind of thing in Heaven?”… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published March 18, 2018

The Betrothal and Love of Joseph and Mary

Published March 15, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Column, Faith

As the Solemnity of Saint Joseph approaches let us contemplate the betrothal and love of Joseph and Mary and how it can help couples today. It is mentioned very little in scripture. Yet it was the foundation for the family into which Jesus Christ was born. Blessed Pope John Paul II says in the church… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published March 15, 2018

The “Waze” of God

Published March 3, 2018 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Blog

You know that moment when you plug your destination into Waze, and you hope and thinking, “Am I going to make it on time?…Waze says I’ll get there 5:23pm…but maybe the traffic will lighten up? Or it will find me a short cut??” A couple of weeks ago I was caught in that circumstance. Chugging… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published March 3, 2018

She Pondered the Greeting

Published February 28, 2018 • Written by Norine Shaivitz Filed Under: Blog

“Hail, full of grace,” said the angel to the young woman. And Mary was perplexed. She pondered the greeting. I’ve spent a lot of time pondering this greeting too. It comes up every Monday and Saturday as the assigned meditation of the rosary. And I also heard it four times between Advent, Christmas and a… [Read More]

Written by Norine Shaivitz • Published February 28, 2018

6th Annual Men’s Conference February 17

Published February 12, 2018 • Written by ATX Catholic Filed Under: Events

    Saturday, February 17, 2018 at St William Catholic Church in Round Rock, TX will be the 6th Annual Men’s Conference. Speakers include Tom Peterson, Andreas Widmer, and John Pridmore. Regular tickets start at $45 ahead of time and $50 at the door. Premium tickets $100 includes private lunch with the speakers. Learn more… [Read More]

Written by ATX Catholic • Published February 12, 2018

Angels & Dragons IX: 40 Days to Slay Your Dragon!

Published February 10, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Column, Faith

“Rise up; this matter is in your hands (Ezra 10:4)!” Your time has come Dragon Slayer! On your feet! You can no longer be “the brother of dragons,” (Job 30:29) for “Lent is the very badge of the Christian warfare!” (Pope Benedict XIV) How will you spend your 40 Days of Lent, in what may… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published February 10, 2018

The Presentation of the Lord; a story

Published February 2, 2018 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Family, Marriage and Love

I woke up early, long before my usual time. I could feel morning coming on as Yeshi slept deeply; still and warm between Joseph and me. He was on my arm, making it numb, but I didn’t mind. I enjoyed these moments of silence and warmth listening to Joseph’s and the baby’s breathing. I moved… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published February 2, 2018

I Will Go

Published January 31, 2018 • Written by Norine Shaivitz Filed Under: Blog

Nine months after I had lost the ability to stand, walk, drive and care for myself or my family because illness damaged my left vestibular nerve, I have graduated from neurological physical therapy.   I am blessed that I had a very good therapist. She has a doctorate in the field. She would encourage me… [Read More]

Written by Norine Shaivitz • Published January 31, 2018

Angels & Dragons VIII: St. Gemma Galgani Relic

Published January 31, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Faith

A fierce female dragon slayer! St. Gemma Galgani died at the young age of 25 on April 11, 1903 (Feast Day), but she lived an extraordinary life. She wanted to be a Passionist religious nun but was not accepted due to her health so she joined the lay Passionist association and took private vows as… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published January 31, 2018

CARITAS: Beginning the Year on Mission with the Mother of God

Published January 19, 2018 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Blog

On January 1st, we were each invited to start the new year 2018 with the Mother of God through celebrating her Solemnity – what a clear message for us! This celebration of Mary the Mother of God is THE first day of the year. How seriously have we taken that invitation to begin this year… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published January 19, 2018

Angels & Dragons VII: Transferences

Published January 18, 2018 • Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez Filed Under: Column, Faith

In the heat of the spiritual battle there is a lot clashing of swords, shields, spears, and other armor in the fight between St. Michael and his angels defending us against the dragon and his angels. (Rev. 12:7) Sometimes the good guys get wounded in the tussle and scuffle. Concerning deliverance prayers, the good news… [Read More]

Written by Deacon Guadalupe Rodriguez • Published January 18, 2018

Catholic Bioethics Seminar in Austin January 26-27

Published January 16, 2018 • Written by ATX Catholic Filed Under: Events

The National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics Seminar in Austin, TX will be January 26 & 27, 2018 at Seton Healthcare Family Administration Offices — Registration now open — see Schedule for the Seminar. Overview: Each Fall The National Catholic Bioethics Center presents a series of two-day seminars in various cities across the United States to address… [Read More]

Written by ATX Catholic • Published January 16, 2018

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