Mother Angelica 'A Great American Catholic'

STATEMENT OF ARCHBISHOP CHARLES J. CHAPUT, O.F.M. CAP.

ON THE DEATH OF MOTHER ANGELICA, FOUNDER OF EWTN

"Mother Angelica was one of the great American Catholics of the past half-century, a woman of extraordinary faith, intelligence, energy and determination.  In founding and growing EWTN into a major media resource for the global Church, she achieved things almost everyone thought impossible.  

"I had the privilege of knowing her and  serving on the EWTN board for many years, and therefore saw firsthand the tremendously positive impact her work for Jesus Christ had on many millions of people.  

"She will be sorely missed, but she has left us an on-going gift in the men and women who continue the great service of the EWTN apostolate."

Here's Something You May Not Have Known

A Great Defender Of The Faith Has Passed On!

Mother Angelica  1923 - 2016

Mother Angelica was one of the last great defenders of the true Church, its genuine doctrine and its timeless teaching.


Thank God, her love, wisdom and guidance live on through her media ministry and the hours and hours of TV and radio broadcasts that feature her.


Thank you, Mother for upholding the faith, reverently, fearlessly, fervently!

Bear Witness To The Greatest Astonishment!

“Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining. Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!”         -From Victimae Paschali Laudes H/T: Cardinal Newman Society Wishing you a joyous Easter!

You Won't Believe What Happened To This Peep!

Marshmallow Peeps in a microwave oven?
Here's what actually happens to the Peeps.
Way cool. Happy Easter!

Some Thoughts To Ponder This Easter

Comedian Brad Stine pokes fun at one of the most widely heard defenses against belief in God … and totally kills it!

Have A Deliciously Sweet Easter, Everybody!

The True Meaning Of Easter: Salvation Is Ours!

The Gospel according to St. Luke: 1-12:

1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

8 And they remembered his words,

9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

Proclaim 'Buona Pasqua!' To All. Happy Easter!

Buona Pasqua, the beautiful Italian Easter greeting proclaims "Happy Easter" to all.

May your day be filled with peace, joy, la famiglia and the blessings of this season of renewal and rejoicing.

This is a day to proclaim salvation and to give thanks for our faith; regaling in the hope of eternal life, the promise of the Trinity.

In Italy, Easter remains a day that celebrates life. And no group of people celebrates life as well as the Italians.

Although Italians do not decorate hard–boiled eggs nor do they have chocolate bunnies or pastel marshmallow chicks, the biggest Easter displays in bars, pastry shops, supermarkets, and especially at chocolatiers are brightly wrapped uova di Pasqua—chocolate Easter eggs—in sizes that range from 10 grams (1/3 ounce) to 8 kilos (nearly 18 pounds). 

Most of them are made of milk chocolate in a mid–range, 10–ounce size by industrial chocolate makers.

Some producers distinguish between their chocolate eggs for children (sales numbers are a closely guarded secret, but the market for these standard quality eggs is said to be shrinking with Italy's birthrate) and expensive "adult" versions. All except the tiniest eggs contain a surprise. Grown–ups often find their eggs contain little silver picture frames or gold–dipped costume jewelry.

The very best eggs are handmade by artisans of chocolate, who offer the service of inserting a surprise supplied by the purchaser. Car keys, engagement rings, and watches are some of the high–end gifts that have been tucked into Italian chocolate eggs in Italy.

Our favorite Easter treats: chocolate coconut cream eggs (sinfully sweet), chocolate covered marshmallows, jelly beans of every color and flavor, sweet Italian Easter bread, hot cross buns and Peeps.

Buona Pasqua!

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