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Saint Joseph’s Help Stories of the Power and Efficacy of Saint Joseph’s Intercession by Very Reverend J. A. Keller, D.D. In affliction, tribulation, danger, temptation, family troubles – indeed, in every want both spiritual and temporal – Saint Joseph has always and everywhere been a protector. Saved from Death-by-Fire Now listen […]
The CONVERSIONOf The PAGAN WORLD A Treatise on Catholic Foreign Missions by Rev. Joseph V. McGlinchey All power is given to Me in Heaven and on earth; going therefore, teach ye all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever
The will and its Executor Pay attention, dear children, and I will tell you a story; a story which, perhaps, may never really have happened, but which is well known and often related, and which, even if it never occurred, will do both your heart and your soul good to hear. Once upon a time
Effects of Home Influence And Discipline On Young Minds by Rev M. McDonnell Influence is as quiet and as imperceptible on a child’s mind as the falling of dew upon a flower. In innumerable instances the most secret influences for evil are at work for months, and even for years, imperceptibly breaking down the barriers
The Living Members Of all The Just Why We Should Love Our Neigbor by A. A. Adams Saul of Tarsus left for Damascus to launch a persecution against the Christians. On his way a brilliant light emanating from Heaven suddenly enveloped him. Falling
The Immaculate Conception A Treasure of Graces Rev. M Hamon, SS Inasmuch as nature has placed in the hearts of mothers a certain kind of weakness, by which children obtain from them more than they ask, there exists also in the heart of Mary a more loving feeling towards those who honor her under the
P. LAINLY S. PEAKING Dear Friends, On May 26th, 2018—“a date which will live in infamy”— Ireland ceased to be a Catholic nation. The people of Ireland overwhelmingly voted to “legalize” the murder of innocent children in the womb. They thereby rejected, with full knowledge and intention, the constant and unchangeable teaching of the Catholic
CONFIDENCE Canon Thomas de Saint-Laurent “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?” Confidence is “a hope;” not that ordinary hope common to all the faithful, from which he clearly distinguishes it by a precise term:
House of Prayer by Robert J. O’Connell, SJ In a small, two-roomed house in Nazareth, cradled in the hills of Galilee, a girl kneels in prayer. Her name is Mary and she is a virgin espoused to a man named Joseph, a carpenter of the village. In a short time she will be married to
Table of Contents Volume LXV11, No.1 Serial No. 122 Feature Other Articles On the cover, is a collection of portraits of the Martin family. Zélie, the mother, and Louis, the father, stand above their youngest daughter, Saint Thérèse. The four other daughters are pictured on either side. Credits for images used in this issue to: