There’s plenty to be anxious about right now. Plenty to sweat over and stress over and just wear ourselves out with worry over. It could make anyone want to live under a rock — honestly I kinda understand the appeal of living under a rock as a reactive response to everything that’s happening. Against the… [Read More]
No Me Juzgues
Acabamos de ver la inmensidad de la Jornada Mundial De La Juventud 2013 con tres millones de jóvenes atentos a las palabras y cada movimiento del Papa Francisco. Los mensajes del Papa nos han dejado a todos inspirados y listos para seguir el camino como discípulos de Cristo. Nos ha bendecido de nuevo con su… [Read More]
Two Guys a Girl and a Catholic Podcast Episode 87: The Pope Is Still Catholic
Episode 87 [powerpress] Current Events: Recap of Unofficial event http://www.austincnm.com/index.php/2013/03/listen-to-the-sxswi-unofficial-catholic-panels-and-keynotes/ Pope Francis’ Coat of Arms and new ring http://www.usccb.org/about/leadership/holy-see/francis/pope-francis-ring-pallium.cfm Cardinal Borgolio, now Pope Francis was not a popular vote. View Fantasy Conclave results http://blog.ecatholicwebsites.com/fantasy-conclave-update/ Church News: The annual Chrism Mass will be held March 26 at 10:30 a.m. at St…. [Read More]
A Proposal to the Youth (Review: “YOUCAT, the Youth Catechism”)
I’m a little late in the game, but I’m also right on time for the Year of Faith: I finally took a deeper look into the YOUCAT*. Released to coincide with the last World Youth Day (WYD) and distributed to all official pilgrims, the YOUCAT was written to transmit content based from the Catechism of… [Read More]
So we’ve been in Madrid….
Hi Everyone, so it’s been awhile. We’ve been having some late nights and somewhat early mornings so it’s been hard to get online. World Youth Day officially began Tuesday evening with mass celebrated by Archbishop Antonio Rouco Varela of Madrid. Since then, things have been a whirlwind of excitement. We’ve received catechesis from a couple of… [Read More]
Now from Santiago de Compostela
Today we traveled from Leiria to Santiago de Compostela. The bus ride was about 5 hours, but the views made it very enjoyable. I’ve posted some of those pictures, as well as pictures from yesterday, on Picasa here: https://picasaweb.google.com/103777728917566675236/WYD?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCO3k5I7F1YSclwE&feat=directlink This morning I asked for more comments from the pilgrims, here’s what they had to say:… [Read More]
Busy days in Lisbon
Sorry about being late on the first real update, it’s been a busy time, and we’ve finally gotten to WiFi. It’s really impossible, for me to tell you exactly what everyone has done, but it does involve at tour of Lisbon and some landmarks. I’ll let others’ remarks expand on that. The city has… [Read More]
Intro
Hi Everyone! World Youth Day is almost here, and the first trips are leaving tomorrow! This site is where we’ll be doing all of our blogging, and everyone on the trip will have an opportunity. All posts will have the first name and parish of the person posting. So check back here starting Wednesday to… [Read More]
