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  1. Bulletin Shorts, free to use 
    • 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 
      What Shall We Do?  Jesus tells us today:  “Do not be afraid any longer.”  He also tells us what to do next. Here is the list. Give alms. Gird your loins, that is, put on comfortable clothes so you can work. Wait at the ready for the coming of the Lord. Be prepared all the time. Know what God wants. As followers of Jesus Christ, we are to be about his business and his Father’s business – not our own.  Our business is also God’s business.
      • What fear will I let go; what fear will I give up?
      • What does God want me to do this week?
      • How will I be full of mercy by _________? 
        (Source: Diocese of Springfield)
         
    • 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 
      Why Does Jesus Jar the Crowds?  He startles us today by announcing his baptism by fire (his coming Passion and Death).  And he further reminds us that our own Baptism empowers us to undertake something new.  Discipleship.  It is constantly learning anew how to live in this world as preparation for living forever in the next.  But we do this not alone.  The writer of Hebrews reminds us we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses. 
      • What surprise does Jesus present?
      • Whom will I want to surround me?  Why?
      • What discipleship work does Baptism empower me to do today? 
        (Source: Diocese of Springfield)
         
  2. Resources for children
  3. August 2022 Calendar Highlights
  4. Pope at Audience: Canada, a penitential visit 'like no other'
    Pope Francis resumes his weekly Wednesday General Audience after a July break, and dedicates his catechesis to his recent Apostolic Journey to Canada, a penitential pilgrimage dedicated to embracing indigenous peoples who suffered injustices over the centuries. Read more
     
  5. Pope Francis in Canada: The gift of tears
    Many images captured Pope Francis' Penitential Pilgrimage to the land of the indigenous people, and offered a window onto the moments that put the focus on the path of healing and reconciliation of peoples who have greatly suffered and who today encounter a new face of the Church. Read more
     
  6. Vatican releases Pope's programme for Kazakhstan
    Pope Francis will make his 38th Apostolic Journey abroad to Kazakhstan in mid-September, visiting the city of Nur-Sultan on the occasion of the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. Read more
     
  7. St. Dominic: Armed with a Prayer, not a Sword" (Feast day Aug. 8) 
    Dominic believed that education was imperative to properly equipping preachers, and that it was necessary to persuade others of truth with reasoned, scholarly argument. Christians should be respectful of and ready to respond to questions from reason, never resorting to force. Read more
     
  8. Spend your summer grilling … and imitating St. Lawrence (Feast day Aug. 10) | The season of cookouts and barbecues is the perfect time to bring God's love and mercy to people around us. And while we are doing them, we should seek the intercession of St. Lawrence. Read more
     
  9. St. Clare of Assisi's Inspiration (Feast day Aug. 11)
    During a general audience, Pope Benedict XVI continued his series of teachings on Christian culture in the Middle Ages. He devoted his catechesis to another great woman of that period — St. Clare of Assisi, friend of St. Francis and founder of the Poor Clare nuns. Read more
     
  10. Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary (Aug 15)
    The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was already being celebrated on 15 August in the 5th century. It bore the sense of Our Lady’s “Birth into heaven”, or in the Byzantine tradition, her “Dormition”. Mary already experiences God’s glory. She has reached the goal where we will one day all find ourselves. Read more
     
  11. 10 ways to celebrate the Immaculate Heart of Mary this August
    August is the beautiful month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Continuing our series on ways to showcase each month’s Catholic theme in your life, here are 10 ways you can more closely align your life to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Read more