Announcements

If your parish or organization is sponsoring a Eucharistic Event, Workshop or Eucharistic Congress, email us information about what you have planned at least one month in advance, along with who to contact, and we will list your event here.

University of Notre Dame 4th Annual Eucharistic Procession April 20, 2008 11:45 AM On Sunday April 20th, 2008 the University of Notre Dame will hold its 4th annual Eucharistic Procession. All are welcome to join the Reverend David T. Tyson, Provincial Superior, Indiana Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and the Notre Dame community as they celebrate and give witness to Christ's presence in the Eucharist. Co-sponsored by many different groups from Notre Dame, St. Mary's, and Holy Cross College, the procession is a revival of an old tradition at the University. Join us for the 11:45 Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame followed immediately by the procession and a picnic lunch provided by the campus Knights of Columbus. If you intend on participating, please visit the sign-up page to register. To arrange for an interview with the priest supervisor or the student organizers, please contact Fr. Kevin Russeau, C.S.C. at Kevin.M.Russeau.3@nd.edu or (574) 631-7295.

The St. Colman's Society for Catholic Liturgy proudly presents “Benedict XVI and the Sacred Liturgy” an International Liturgical Conference Saturday, July 12, 2008 The Sheraton Fota Island Golf Resort and Spa For details about speakers, topics, and location, please refer to the Conference Publicity brochure.

49th International Eucharistic Congress
Quebec City 2008

The Eucharist,
Gift of God for the Light of the World.

The International Eucharistic Congress will be held in Quebec
from June 15th to June 22nd, 2008. Click here for details.

The Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Library
at the
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe

In 1999, a year before his death, Father John A. Hardon, S.J. visited Most Reverend Raymond L. Burke (then Bishop of La Crosse Diocese) and approved of the Bishop's plan to build a Marian Catechetical Center at the Shrine complex. After Father Hardon's death, Archbishop Burke (St. Louis Diocese) assumed the spiritual directorship of the Father Hardon apostolates of which The Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association is one and proceeded directly to fulfill his commitment to Father Hardon.

The Marian Catechetical Center will consist of a variety of resources for the study of catechetics, classrooms for instruction in spirituality and doctrine, and facilities for Catholic radio broadcasting. A library, dedicated to the memory of Father Hardon, will contain many of his treasured materials. The Shrine has already received some of his clothing and prayer materials. Other personal library possessions of Father Hardon are intended to be transferred to the Shrine once proper facilities can be constructed. To receive and preserve the original writings of Father Hardon, the Catechetical Center will have a museum-quality archiving room on site.

Time is of the essence in constructing the Catechetical Center. Of primary importance is the need for a center to fully engage the evangelization resources available through the Marian Catechist Apostolate; of equal concern is the degree of risk associated with so many of Father Hardon's works – currently spread across a variety of locations and not yet secured in an environment of preservation.

The Capital Campaign is underway and an estimated $5M is needed for the construction of the Center. Those who benefit from the works of the Father Hardon Apostolates are particularly requested to come forward to assist Archbishop Raymond L. Burke in this worthy endeavor. No amount is considered too small.

To learn more about the Shrine you may visit their website: http://www.guadalupeshrine.org/Home/Home.asp

All contributions are to go directly to the Shrine. If you care to discuss your donation, you may contact Sister Christa Marie at 608-788-8601.

Sister Christa Marie, F.S.G.M., Executive Director
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
P.O. Box 1237
La Crosse, WI 54602-1237
Tel: 608-782-5440

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Recent Website Additions

• History of the Church: 1517 A.D. to the Present - The Real Meaning of Halloween by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Church and Dogma section. "Our present lecture is on Halloween. Christian and Catholic Feasts paganized. The birthday of Protestantism is October 31st, 1517, the Vigil of the Feast of All Saints. On that day Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses, as he called them, to the door of the castle of Wittenberg, Germany. Among these theses, Luther denied the Church’s right to give absolution from sins in the Name of Christ. Three years later Luther was condemned by Pope Leo X as a heretic: and before Luther’s death in 1546, something like one-third of Europe was lost to the Catholic Church. And it all began on Halloween, October 31st, 1517. In other words, in the mind of every Protestant, having taught - as I have told so many of you - in six Protestant seminaries including the Lutheran School of Theology for seven years; And I never, for a moment, compromised on Catholicism. You’d think after three days they would throw me out bodily. Oh! I love Protestants. My widowed mother took in boarders, women boarders. And the first two boarders that stayed with us till I was, well, sixteen were two Lutheran girls. I heard about Martin Luther by the age of three. I’m sure they were the only Lutherans in the United States then, Susan and Judith, who abstained from meat on Fridays. My mother told them, "My boy’s asking embarrassing questions. Want to say here, talk to your pastor." No meat on Fridays. Pastor said ok so…I love Protestants. But I sure know the difference - Protestantism is not Catholicism. In the history of the world, therefore, the Vigil of All Saints is the birthday of Protestantism."  (4-17-2008)

• History of Religious Life: New Testament Origins of the Religious Life – Part 2 by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Religious Life section. "What did the Church tell us? And we go back to Christ Himself and His immediate followers. Three kinds of totality, we are told by the Church, identify religious life as first practiced by the Savior and His immediate followers and to be somehow imitated by all who since the first century claim to be religious. Totality of Sacrifice, Service and Duration."  (4-15-2008)

• History of Religious Life: Saint Francis of Assisi and the Witness to Evangelical Poverty - Part 3 by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Religious Life section. "By Franciscan theology we mean of course the reflection on the faith as has been done over the centuries by the great masters of theology in the Franciscan order. So Franciscan theology is the theology of the Franciscans, but who have been true to the spirit of Saint Francis. The four great names always after Saint Francis, that may be said to be the founders of Franciscan theology, are Alexander of Hales, who are the earliest, blessed Raymond Lily, Saint Bonaventure, and Duns Scotus."  (3-2-2008)

• History of Religious Life: New Testament Origins of the Religious Life – Part 1 by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Religious Life section. "There are many reasons for beginning our study on the History of Religious life by paying some attention to its origins in the New Testament. Whatever else Religious Life means, it should mean a complete and whole soul’s dedication of oneself to God. But this kind of commitment is impossible without strong motivation. The higher the demands, the stronger must be the motive to meet them. And the strongest motives a Christian can find for making the sacrifices the religious life calls for - is the belief that the foundations of this life are in Divine Revelation…Why do we say that Jesus is the first Religious?"  (3-2-2008)

• Religious Life: A Prophetic Vision by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Religious Life section. "Diarmuid O’Murchu’s "Religious Life: A Prophetic Vision" is a revolutionary book. …O’Murchu is a social psychologist whose published writings reveal a radical mind. He claims that what Catholics still call the religious life can no longer be contained within the framework of Christianity. Otherwise, in his own words, the vowed life is doomed to stagnation and death. He devotes over two hundred and fifty pages to outline the revolution that must take place in consecrated life in the Catholic Church. My plan in this analysis is to identify the main ideas on which O’Murchu bases his thesis. After each presentation, I will evaluate these ideas from the perspective of authentic Catholic doctrine."  (1-28-2008)

• Psychology and Christian Chastity: A Catholic Evaluation of Sex Education by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Chastity section. "My plan for this conference is first to briefly explain how secular psychology paved the way for introducing sex indoctrination into elementary education in the United States. Then, in sequence I will point out some of the principal departures from historic Christian principles which have penetrated sex education even in nominally Catholic institutions."  (1-13-2008)

• Catholics in College: A Reflection by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Education section. "I could not do justice to the depth of spiritual hunger among the students, which is not being satisfied in the present system of university education. Each contact with the undergraduates gives further evidence that they want to learn desperately about man’s relations with God."  (1-13-2008)

• American Secular Higher Education: The Experience Evaluated by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Education section. "Secularism, as distinct from mere secularity, so concentrates on this-worldly values and this-worldly objects of space and time that the things of God—or of man’s seeking to please God now and reach God in eternity—are ignored or considered irrelevant to the task at hand.  At best, religious values are humored as a concession to human weakness and the issues of faith are treated as interesting but frankly unimportant by comparison with the real values of life which are accessible to human reason and do not depend on some supposed communication from the gods."  (1-13-2008)

• The Apostolate in Every Vocation to Follow Christ by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Religious Life section. "Religious life is not an abstraction. We can talk about it in the abstract, but it is not lived out in the abstract. It is either lived out in a specific community with a specific apostolic purpose, or it soon becomes a religious community only in name.…Focusing on four specific aspects of the overall theme of how the apostolate is essential to every vocation, the first area is the meaning of vocation in general, in a very broad perspective. Then, the meaning of vocation and the special following of Christ. Third, the relationship of a vocation to the religious life and the apostolate. And finally some theological implications."  (1-13-2008)

• Volume 17 of Adoremus Jesum, The Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association Newsletter, is now available."  (1-13-2008)

• Contraception and Sterilization by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Abortion and Euthanasia section. "In his famous encyclical of 1968, Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the historic Catholic teaching that each and every act of sexual intercourse must remain open to the transmission of life. Birth control by means of the "rhythm method," i.e., abstinence from sexual intercourse during the fertile period, is morally permissible. But every other form of contraception and sterilization is always forbidden."  (1-6-2008)

• Consecrated Chastity - A Mystery of Faith by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Chastity section. "It is remarkable how frequently we now hear or read about celibacy, among priests or religious, and how comparatively less often we hear about consecrated chastity.…We shall approach this delicate topic under the following headings: Chastity as the virtue of temperance, Chastity as the virtue of charity, and Chastity as a lifetime imitation of Jesus Christ."  (1-6-2008)

• The Virtue of Confidence by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Virtues section. "I suggest that we reflect on the virtue of confidence. I doubt if there is any single disposition of soul that we need especially in our day more than confidence. The reason is not far to seek. See there is so much to discourage even the most hardy souls, especially people who are seriously trying to serve God. "Lord", we ask Him, "What will happen next?" Or as one Bishop wrote to me quoting the prayer that he regularly addresses to God, "Lord how long, Oh Lord, how long?""  (1-5-2008)

• Sex Stimuli and Christian Chastity by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Chastity section. "Our subject for this evening's conference is Sex Stimuli and Christian Chastity. A subtitle for this conference could be: Sex Stimuli and Christian Sanctity. Everything in our lives is intended by God to draw us closer to Him in this world and bring us to the possession of Him in a heavenly eternity. Sex stimuli are a part of Divine Providence. Provided they are used according to the will of God, they are not only the occasion for the practice of moral chastity. They can be the means of reaching the highest sanctity."  (1-5-2008)

• The Primacy of Peter by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Papacy section. "Rather surprisingly perhaps, St. Ignatius makes a great deal of the appearances of Christ after the resurrection. He recounts no less than fourteen appearances.…Not coincidentally, the last gospel has a whole last chapter devoted to Christ’s appearing to Peter and conferring on him the primacy."  (1-5-2008)

• Nestorianism by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Heresies and Heretics section. "Nestorianism, a fifth-century heresy which held there were two distinct persons in the Incarnate Christ, one human and the other divine, as against the orthodox teaching that Christ was a divine person who assumed a human nature. The name is taken from Nestorius, a leading exponent of the heresy, whose views were condemned by the Council of Ephesus in 431."  (1-5-2008)

• Community Religious Life as the Living Experience of the Counsels in the Mystical Body of Christ by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Religious Life section. "We know and the Church has been teaching us that religious life is part of Christian revelation, indeed, that it is a mystery. And, like all other mysteries, religious life is not only to be believed, but as far as is possible with God’s grace, to be understood. In fact, to believe means to understand, to see with the eyes of faith what the natural man cannot comprehend.…Our focus of attention in this study is on community and more specifically on religious community."  (1-5-2008)

• The Church as the Mystical Body of Christ by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Mystical Body section. "The historical origins of the adjective "Mystical" to describe the Church as the Body of Christ may be traced to the first Apostles Peter and Paul. In his letter to the Ephesians, the Apostle of the Gentiles urges them to "preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace: one body and one Spirit," and to the Philippians he describes the Christian community as "a fellowship in the Spirit." St. Peter is somewhat more explicit when he calls the Church "a spiritual home.""  (1-5-2008)

• Mary’s Central Role in Catechetical Controversy by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Marian Catechist section. "Unless catechetics pays due respect to Mary it will not give due honor to Christ, and without Christ there is no Christianity."  (1-1-2008)

• Mary Magnifies the Lord by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Mariology section. "Prayerful reflection on Mary’s Magnificat is always in order. It is the longest discourse we have recorded of the contents of Mary’s heart. Totally inspired, it is the perfect prayer of humility. It is a sublime prayer of humble adoration. The Magnificat has been a part of the Church’s liturgy since the first century. Ancient monks and hermits recited it daily and it might well be said to be The Prayer of Religious."  (1-1-2008)

• The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Mariology section. "But it is mainly by imitating the Mother of Jesus that we make our devotion to her part of our daily lives. Introduce the children early to look upon Mary as their Mother. Teach them to learn from her how they should become like her. And all the while, train them to keep in touch with her by small aspirations, arising spontaneously from their heart, like the whisperings of a child to the one who gave them birth - into the life of God."  (1-1-2008)

• St. Ignatius of Antioch by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Saints and Biographies section. "…Most educated Catholics have not kept pace by growing in the faith which they verbally profess. It is not too much to say that their grasp of God’s revealed truth is minimal, and their ability to explain the faith or defend it before the bar of reason is infantile…There is no choice. Either we continue to grow, all through life, in our grasp of the faith we profess, or we shall lose this precious gift that we once happily possessed."  (12-18-2007)

• A new section called Quiz and Answer Key has been added to the Hardon Archives, featuring quizzes and answer keys on an array of subjects that Fr. Hardon taught during the 1980's and 1990's. Initial topics include Biblical Spirituality, Catholic Morality Today, Christian Perfection, Christology, Crisis in the Church, Ecclesiology, Mariology, and Modern Spirituality. Other topics will be added in the near future.  (12-01-2007)

• A Comparative Study of Bellarmine's Doctrine on the Relation of Sincere Non-Catholics to the Catholic Church by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Mystical Body section. "Bellarmine represents a landmark in the history of Catholic theology. His life of seventy-nine years, from 1542 to 1621, spanned the time immediately following the Protestant Revolt. Luther died in 1546, Henry VIII in 1547, Melanothon in 1560, Calvin in 1564. St. Robert was therefore a contemporary of the original rebels against the authority of the Church and historically became the first comprehensive exponent of Catholic doctrine against the attacks of the Protestants. This fact is important to keep in mind in studying his doctrine on the relation of non-Catholics to the Church. Living during the period of a mass rebellion against Papal authority and having personal experience for many years in Northern Europe with first generation apostates from the faith, it was inevitable that his attitude toward non-Catholics should be one of uncompromising rigor in opposing their errors, softened only by his love for them as "the straying sheep" with whom he pleaded to return, at the cost of salvation, to their Father’s house."  (10-21-2007)

• Pentecostalism: Evaluating a Phenomenon by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Protestantism and Non-Christian Religions section. "For several years I have been counseling persons dedicated to Pentecostalism, mainly priests, religious, and seminarians. And on Palm Sunday of this year I preached at the First Solemn Mass of a priest who is deeply involved in the movement. My plan for today’s talk is to cover three areas of the subject, at uneven length, namely: 1) The Historical Background of the Pentecostal Movement, up to the present; 2) What are the principal elements of Pentecostalism, as viewed by Roman Catholics dedicated to the movement?; 3) An Evaluation in the form of a Critical Analysis of Pentecostalism as a Phenomenon which has developed an Ideology."  (10-14-2007)

• For Jesuits: Chapter 11 - Kingdom of the Lord, part of a prayer book edited by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Prayer section.  (10-14-2007)

• For Jesuits: Chapter 10 - Blessed in the Lord, part of a prayer book edited by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Prayer section.  (10-13-2007)

• For Jesuits: Chapter 9 - Foster Father of the Lord, part of a prayer book edited by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Prayer section.  (10-9-2007)

• For Jesuits: Chapter 8 - Mother of the Lord, part of a prayer book edited by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Prayer section.  (10-8-2007)

• For Jesuits: Chapter 7 - Heart of the Lord, part of a prayer book edited by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Prayer section.  (10-8-2007)

• For Jesuits: Chapter 6 - Sacrifice and Sacrament of the Lord, part of a prayer book edited by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Prayer section.  (10-6-2007)

• Islam by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Protestantism and Non-Christian Religions section. "To most Christians, Mohammedanism is only a vague religious movement that somehow gave rise to the Crusades and that presently affects the culture and political aspirations of certain people in North Africa, the Near East and Pakistan. Actually Mohammedanism is the most powerful force among the living religions outside of Christianity, and to many observers its greatest competitor for the spiritual domination of the world."  (9-30-2007)

• The Eucharistic Miracles of the World - Catalogue of the Vatican International Exhibition in the French language has been added to the Eucharistic Miracles section. Over 140 Church approved Eucharistic Miracles from throughout the world are documented. The miracles are also presented in the English, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish languages. Other languages will be added in the coming months.  (9-22-2007)

• Priesthood in Christian Unity by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Priesthood section. "One of the most heartening features of the ecumenical movement among Christians separated from Rome is their re-examination of the status of the priesthood in the full concept of the Church, and their sincere desire to restore something of that priestly heritage which they lost at the time of the Reformation."  (9-15-2007)

• John Dewey: Prophet of American Naturalism by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Education section. "When John Dewey celebrated his ninetieth birthday on October 20, 1949, fifteen hundred guests crowded a huge ballroom in New York City to do him honor. Messages of congratulation poured in from President Harry Truman, Prime Minister Atlee, Pandit Nehru, and from a hundred United States colleges and universities. A dozen foreign nations had planned celebrations. Friends were raising $90,000 for an educational Dewey Birthday Fund. And all because in the eyes of millions of admirers no one in the history of America "has so profoundly and in so many areas of human endeavor influenced and determined his own age as…America's dean of Philosophers: John Dewey." In striking contrast with this adulation, American Catholics regard Dewey as a modern prophet of error whose philosophy of education is "socialistic naturalism without God, without Christ, without religion, without immortality. Every single strain in it, from the influence of Hegel to the inspiration of Darwin, finds its place within his system."  (9-15-2007)

• Blessed Virgin in Modern Catechetics by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Marian Catechist section. "It is seen immediately that the Blessed Virgin is part of the doctrinal possession of Catholic Christianity. So that to teach Catholic doctrine means to teach Mary as belonging to the mystery of the Incarnation and the Mystical Body of Christ. My intention here is to look at both the contemporary approaches in Catholic religious education, and try to show how the Blessed Virgin figures in each approach. My conclusion will be to point up some practical implications for the future."  (9-10-2007)

• Heart of Home Education: Teaching the Catholic Faith by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Education section. "Surely one of the great developments of our day has been the rise and growth of what is popularly called home schooling, and what I prefer to describe as home education. Behind this development is far more than a reaction to the inadequacy of so many organized schools in North America. In fact, it is more an act of divine providence than a result of merely human factors. In my judgment, it is nothing less than a gift from God which I hope to help all of us appreciate and put to use for the greater glory of God."  (9-9-2007)

• The Apostolate of Women by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Apostolates section. "My purpose in this short column is to ask three simple questions and answer them in a few words: How have women been the spiritual mothers of the Church since apostolic times? Why are women desperately needed as apostles of the faith in our day? What are some practical recommendations to Catholic women for the future?"  (9-9-2007)

• Sacrifice and Vocations by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Religious Life section. "Every vocation is born of sacrifice, is maintained by sacrifice and is measured in the apostolate by the sacrifice of those whom God calls to the priesthood or the religious life. This should not be surprising, once we realize that it was by His sacrifice that Christ redeemed the world. The servant is not greater than his Master. In fact, the more intimate is one's vocation to the service of Christ, the more demanding will be the sacrifices required."  (9-9-2007)

• John Dewey - Radical Social Educator by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Education section. "In 1894 John Dewey was invited to the newly founded University of Chicago to become head of its department of philosophy and psychology. He replied that he would accept the appointment if the department would include the subject of pedagogy. His proposal was approved, and Dewey became dean of the department of philosophy, psychology, and pedagogy. Two years later he organized his first laboratory school, in Chicago, where he put into practice his radical theories of education. In 1904 he went to Columbia University as professor of educational philosophy, and since then has so revolutionized American education that "almost every public U.S. school has become Deweyized.""  (9-9-2007)

• Doctrinal Foundation of Devotion to the Sacred Heart by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Family section. "There are some topics that are meant to startle the audience to attention. Like clever ads in the newspapers or magazines you say something bizarre to catch the readers' notice; but the title of the ad does not really mean what the words are saying. This is not the case here. The full title of my talk to you would read, "Home Education is Necessary for the Survival of the Catholic Family.""  (9-9-2007)

• Doctrinal Foundation of Devotion to the Sacred Heart by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Sacred_Heart section. "Most of us know that Devotion to the Sacred Heart is part of our Catholic religion. We have known from childhood about the nine first Fridays. We often recite the Litany of the Sacred Heart. Annually we celebrate the solemn feast of the Sacred Heart. I am sure that we know several aspirations, like: "Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in thee." Over the years, every time I pick up the telephone, before I talk to whoever called, I make an aspiration to the Sacred Heart. It helps; you never know who is on the other side."  (9-9-2007)

• Bellarmine on the Mystical Body of Christ by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Mystical Body section. "Shortly after his defection from Rome, Johann Döllinger bitterly reproached the Vatican Council with "doing nothing but defining the private opinions of a single man — Cardinal Robert Bellarmine." The accusation is false but suggestive, because it leads us to investigate the teaching of St. Robert on the organization of the Catholic Church as the Mystical Body of Christ. Most of the Council's business had to deal with the origin and nature of the one true Church. Moreover, Bellarmine's ecclesiology was the main source from which the Fathers of the Council drew their decrees and definitions. Consequently, with the current interest even among non-Catholics in the Church of Christ as the Mystical Body, we should not overlook what Robert Bellarmine has to say about a subject in which the Church herself considers him the outstanding authority."  (9-5-2007)

• The Discipline Regarding the Denial of Holy Communion to Those Obstinately Persevering in Manifest Grave Sin by Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, has been added to the Eucharist - Holy Communion section. "During the election campaign of 2004 in the United States of America, some Bishops found themselves under question by other Bishops regarding the application of can. 915 of the Code of Canon Law in the case of Catholic politicians who publicly, after admonition, continue to support legislation favoring procured abortion and other legislation contrary to the natural moral law, for example, legislation permitting the cloning of human life for the purpose of harvesting stem cells by the destruction of the artificially-generated human embryo, and legislation redefining marriage to include a relationship between persons of the same sex. The gravity of the sin of procured abortion and of the sins involved in the commission of other intrinsically-evil acts seemed to place the Catholic politicians among those who obstinately persevere in manifest grave sin, about whom can. 915 treats."  (8-28-2007)

• An entire new sub-section called Class Charts by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives section. These are copies of forty actual charts in Fr. Hardon's own handwriting that he used while teaching.  (8-25-2007)

• For Jesuits: Chapter 5 - Service of the Lord, part of a prayer book edited by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Prayer section.  (8-19-2007)

• For Jesuits: Chapter 4 - Life in the Lord, part of a prayer book edited by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Prayer section.  (8-17-2007)

• For Jesuits: Chapter 3 - Consecrated to the Lord, part of a prayer book edited by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Prayer section.  (8-5-2007)

• For Jesuits: Chapter 2 - Spirit of the Lord, part of a prayer book edited by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Prayer section.  (7-29-2007)

• For Jesuits: Chapter 1 - Holy is the Lord, part of a prayer book edited by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., has been added to the Hardon Archives - Prayer section.  (7-29-2007)

• The Pocket Catholic Thesaurus, developed over a 22 year period in working cooperation and under the direction of Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., by a student and personal friend of Fr. Hardon, has been released for the first time for public use.  (7-22-2007)

• Volume 16 of Adoremus Jesum, The Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association Newsletter, is now available."  (7-18-2007)

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