As happens about once every six years or so, this year Mother’s Day falls on May 8th, a fitting tribute to the greatest of all mothers and, in particular, the one who is the Mother of our religious family.[1] In every Marian apparition or miracle, some aspect of her maternal affection for us […]
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Two weekends ago, I had the grace to preach my first Spiritual Exercises retreat to 18 men in Southern Maryland. Truthfully, from the outside looking in, it was an overall great weekend. The location of the retreat was ideal—Camp Maria Retreat Center nestled on the banks of Breton Bay. The weather was excellent—it felt like
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[fbvideo link=”https://www.facebook.com/iveamerica1/videos/10154482256624247/” width=”800″ height=”600″ onlyvideo=”1″] Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, the great model for Catholic youth, once wrote to a friend saying, “We who by the grace of God are Catholics must steel ourselves for the battle we shall certainly have to fight to fulfill our program and to give our country… happier days and
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Every year, from January until the ordinations at the end of May, our convent in Washington is buzzing with preparations for the chasubles of our brothers in the Institute of the Incarnate Word, soon to be ordained priests. Working with the requests of the transitional deacons, we select fabrics, color themes, and images.There is the
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On Friday, April 1st, and Saturday, April 2nd, the Cornelio Fabro Cultural Project, together with the Catholic Unrsity of America, held the first ever Fabro Symposium here in the United States. The Symposium began with an introduction by Dr. John McCarthy, dean of the School of Philosophy, given to a standing-room only crowd at the
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“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned…” And they went forth and preached everywhere… (Mk 16:15, 20) Every year, the novices of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) and the
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