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brownpelicanla.com | Joseph Pronechen
By Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register, April 8, 2025Joseph Pronechen is staff writer with the National Catholic Register since 2005 and before that a regular correspondent for the paper. His articles have appeared in a number of national publications including Columbia magazine, Soul, Faith and Family, Catholic Digest, Catholic Exchange, and Marian Helper.
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2 weeks ago | 
ewtn.co.uk | Joseph Pronechen
Children, families and the faithful everywhere are invited to follow Manchester Bishop Peter Libasci in a 33-day journey inspired by the Little Flower. , April 8, 2025 – National Catholic RegisterBishop Peter Libasci of Manchester, New Hampshire, is inviting children, families — and the wider flock — to join him in a consecration to Jesus through Mary, following the spirit of St. Thérèse.
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2 weeks ago | 
ncregister.com | Joseph Pronechen
Children, families and the faithful everywhere are invited to follow Manchester Bishop Peter Libasci in a 33-day journey inspired by the Little Flower.
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2 weeks ago | 
ncregister.com | Joseph Pronechen
A growing number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. are restoring altar rails, renewing reverence and transforming the faithful’s experience of the Holy Eucharist. The National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, has restored its Communion rails.
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2 weeks ago | 
ewtn.co.uk | Joseph Pronechen
A growing number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. are restoring altar rails, renewing reverence and transforming the faithful’s experience of the Holy Eucharist. , April 6, 2025 – National Catholic RegisterEvery Sunday at St. Anne Church in Richmond Hill, Georgia, the Hilleary family — mother Michelle, father Brian and five children — receives Communion at the altar rail. “It creates a more sacred space. And it draws your attention to the sacred,” Michelle Hilleary told the Register.
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2 weeks ago | 
ewtn.co.uk | Joseph Pronechen
When the Pope used the term ‘Angel of the Apocalypse’ in the Middle Ages, people knew he was talking about St. Vincent Ferrer, April 5, 2019 – National Catholic RegisterSt. Vincent Ferrer earned the title preaching the Gospel powerfully and persuasively, often on the Final Judgment and the coming of the Antichrist.
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2 weeks ago | 
brownpelicanla.com | Joseph Pronechen
By Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register, March 29, 2021Joseph Pronechen is staff writer with the National Catholic Register since 2005 and before that a regular correspondent for the paper. His articles have appeared in a number of national publications including Columbia magazine, Soul, Faith and Family, Catholic Digest, Catholic Exchange, and Marian Helper.
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3 weeks ago | 
ewtn.co.uk | Joseph Pronechen
Archbishop Sheen foresaw dire world conditions in the future, but as a true prophet he told us where to cast anchor for victory. , March 29, 2021 – National Catholic RegisterDuring one of his radio talks in 1943 on his series “Crisis in Christendom,” Archbishop Fulton Sheen saw not only what was happening in his times, but was prophetic about our times.
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3 weeks ago | 
ncregister.com | Joseph Pronechen
‘It was like this big welcoming sign — whatever your child needs ... all of it is welcome.’ Clockwise from top right: The sensory room at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Maplewood, New Jersey, is a favorite place for Kai, 9, and Rumi, 5, who are neurodivergent; the room of calm includes a stained-glass window; 14-year-old Percy Losardo, who has autism, also enjoys the space.
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3 weeks ago | 
ewtn.co.uk | Joseph Pronechen
‘It was like this big welcoming sign — whatever your child needs … all of it is welcome.’, March 29, 2025 – National Catholic RegisterThe room with painted blue walls is a soothing, calm and quiet place. There are fidget toys and books to look through and a weighted blanket for comfort and warmth. There is also a rocking chair, bookshelf, noise-reduction headphones, a big bean-bag chair, a weighted stuffed animal waiting for little arms to hug it close.
