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Who is the Greatest?
23 Sep 2015

Who is the Greatest?

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
Who is the greatest? Such is the discussion amongst the Apostles wherein we see their pride and selfishness; their lack of understanding of true greatness. However, each one – except Judas - will come to understand Jesus’ words, If anyone wishes t ...

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Historicity and Authenticity of the New Testament III
14 Sep 2015

Historicity and Authenticity of the New Testament III

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
This coming week Pope Francis will be in town – sounds as if this happens regularly! I hope many of you are able to get into DC to catch a glimpse of the Vicar of Christ and Successor of St. Peter! On Wednesday, 9/23 the Holy Father will canonize Bless ...

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Historicity and Authenticity of the New Testament II
10 Sep 2015

Historicity and Authenticity of the New Testament II

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
We hope all of our students (and teachers) have had a peaceful transition to a new school year! Last week we began our discussion on showing the historicity and authenticity of the New Testament, particularly the Gospels. The integrity of the four Gos ...

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Historicity and Authenticity of the New Testament
31 Aug 2015

Historicity and Authenticity of the New Testament

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
In less than a month Pope Francis will visit our country. He will canonize Blessed Junipera Serra, the great missionary of California. This canonization will be the first to occur on U.S. soil. During his visit, the Holy Father may present to the U.S. a ...

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Teaching Our Lord’s Truths
24 Aug 2015

Teaching Our Lord’s Truths

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
We hope everyone has had an enjoyable, restful and holy summer! Ah, the joy of going back to school!!! (I’m not quite sure I remembered it quite that way, at least in the younger years!) We hope the school year goes well for everyone. Growing up in ...

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Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
16 Aug 2015

Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
August 22nd we celebrate the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Why do we speak of Mary as a queen? Is there any rationale for her queenship in the Scriptures? Our Lord Jesus spoke often of heaven as a kingdom where He is king. Before ...

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Assumption
11 Aug 2015

Assumption

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
Those of you who are older than 70 can probably remember 1950 when Pope Pius XII declared the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a dogma of the Catholic Faith. It is this feast that we celebrate August 15th. Did Pius XII create a new doctrine of th ...

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St. Maximilian Kolbe
01 Aug 2015

St. Maximilian Kolbe

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
In late July, 1941 a prisoner escaped from the Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz. He knew that ten prisoners would be starved to death as retribution for his escape – such was one means of the Nazis to prevent escape. After the ten men had been chosen ...

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The Little Sisters of the Poor
27 Jul 2015

The Little Sisters of the Poor

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
DO YOU KNOW OF THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR? They care for the dying who have nowhere else to turn. The Sisters survive on donations as their residents do not pay. An excerpt from the Becket Fund follows to update you on recent attacks against our r ...

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Humanae Vitae
23 Jul 2015

Humanae Vitae

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
TO ALL OF OUR MARRIED COUPLES: If you were given a marriage strengthening tool that boasted an international divorce rate of less than 5%, would you be interested? I would think that every married couple would want to know what it is! What if I were t ...

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