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Paradise, Hell, Purgatory
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From the same people who brought you the
Vatican International Exhibition of the
Eucharistic Miracles of the World…
view our New Exhibition on the
testimonies of Saints and Mystics
visions of
Paradise, Hell, Purgatory
which has been brought to you through the cooperation of Antonia Salzano Acutis, Curator of the Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum and President of the Institute of Saint Clement I Pope and Martyr, and the Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association. This new exhibition consists of 160 testimonies from Saints and Mystics of visions of Paradise, Hell, and Purgatory.
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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 are 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 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 Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke in this worthy endeavor. No amount is considered too small.
To learn more about the Shrine you may visit their website at http://www.guadalupeshrine.org/ as well as print a copy of the Shrine grounds map.
All contributions are to go directly to the Shrine.
If you care to discuss your donation, you may contact Sister M. Ancilla, F.S.G.M. at
608-788-8601.
Leif Arvidson, Executive Director
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
5250 Justin Road
La Crosse, WI 54601
Tel: 608-782-5440 |
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Recent Website Additions
- Video Series 730, Mysterium Fidei, a series of 8 video lessons taught by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. from February through June 1997 have been added to the Video Archives. (05-20-2013)
- What is Sacrifice? by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. has been added to the Hardon Archives - Mass section. "In our present conference I thought we would address ourselves to the subject of the sacrifice of the Mass. There is no doubt that the most distinctive feature of the Catholic faith is our belief that although Christ died once on the Cross, He renews the sacrifice of Calvary every time that Mass is offered." (05-20-2013)
- Video Series 728, Real Presence of Christ, a series of 9 video lessons taught by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. from September through December 1996 have been added to the Video Archives. (05-14-2013)
- Video Series 721, Church History, a series of 9 video lessons taught by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. from February through May 1994 have been added to the Video Archives. (03-15-2013)
- Video Series 716, Angels and Demons, a series of 9 video lessons taught by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. from January through June 1996 have been added to the Video Archives. (01-31-2013)
- Retreat on the Priesthood - Celibacy in the Catholic Priesthood by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. has been added to the Hardon Archives - Priesthood section. "Some people may be surprised at the pressure and propaganda that have arisen in our day against the celibacy of priests in the Catholic Church. But it should not be surprising, as the history of the Church from the beginning amply testifies. It was, in fact, the unwillingness of so many priests to remain celibate that tilted the pressure in favor of Protestantism in the sixteenth century. There were many other factors; doctrinal, theological, political, that cost so many millions to Catholic unity, but the center of the issue was priestly celibacy. The first thing the so-called reformers did on breaking with the Roman Catholic Church was to remove celibacy." (01-26-2013)
- Retreat on the Priesthood - Christ the High Priest in Heaven by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. has been added to the Hardon Archives - Priesthood section. "But Christ not only was a priest; He is a priest. He is our priest and He is a priest on our behalf now that He is in heaven. I dare say not too many Catholics realize this. In order to better understand this large panorama of our faith, we will look at a few questions and, while answering them, apply the fruits of our reflection to our lives." (01-26-2013)
- Retreat on the Priesthood - Christ the High Priest on Earth by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. has been added to the Hardon Archives - Priesthood section. "As we begin our meditation on the priesthood of Christ, we should immediately distinguish the two stages of its existence: namely, His life on earth and His life in heaven. We carefully note that while the Son of God, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, had no beginning since He was from all eternity, yet Jesus Christ had a beginning. He began at the moment of the Incarnation when Mary told the angel: "I am the handmaid of the Lord, let what you have said be done to me." (01-26-2013)
- Retreat on the Priesthood - Humility and Obedience in the Priest by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. has been added to the Hardon Archives - Priesthood section. "It may seem a bit strange that all the major exhortations of the modern Popes to priests stress the importance of the virtues of humility and obedience, with no exception. On second thought, however, it is not unexpected. You would expect priests to be reminded to practice especially the two virtues on which so much depends in their lives and ministry. Why? In answering this question I will take up each virtue separately and try to show why it is so important for priests, if they wish to be priestly priests, to be humble and obedient, and how they can grow in humility and obedience." (01-26-2013)
- Retreat on the Priesthood - Priests and the Ministry of the Word by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. has been added to the Hardon Archives - Priesthood section. "Since the life of a priest is to be modeled on the life of his Master, even as Christ went about preaching and teaching the Word of God, so the primary duty of a priest after the offering of the Mass and the administration of the sacraments is to proclaim God’s revelation to a world that needs nothing more than to hear the message of salvation. The term "primary duty" may seem too strong; the Latin expression is "Primarium manus" and that is the terminology used by the Second Vatican Council in its Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests. "Since nobody can be saved who has not first believed, it is the first duty of priests as co-workers of the bishops to preach the Gospel of God to all men." (01-26-2013)
- Retreat on the Priesthood - The Priesthood and the Eucharist by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. has been added to the Hardon Archives - Priesthood section. "So true is this that if we would specify the heart of the priesthood we would have to say it is the Eucharist, the Eucharist as presence and the Eucharist as sacrifice. Each of these levels of the Holy Eucharist is totally dependent on the priesthood. Without the priesthood there is no Real Presence, nor Eucharistic Sacrifice. But what may be less obvious is that if the Real Presence and the Mass depend on the priest, the priest also depends on them. And I am not sure which dependence is more absolute." (01-25-2013)
- Retreat on the Priesthood - The Priesthood and the Sacrament of Penance by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. has been added to the Hardon Archives - Priesthood section. "When the so-called "reformers" of the sixteenth century attacked all the Sacraments, but with special virulence this one, the Church at the Council of Trent took stock of her God-given faith and for all future ages told the faithful, including bishops and priests, what the sacraments are. The Council Fathers gave no less than fifteen detailed definitions on the sacrament of penance; all would be useful to recall in these days when there is so much that is odd being said and done in the name of compassion, that is sometimes in contradiction to the expressed teaching of the Church’s infallible Magisterium." (01-25-2013)
- Retreat on the Priesthood - The Priesthood of the Faithful by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. has been added to the Hardon Archives - Priesthood section. "There is more than passing value in looking at the meaning and implications of the priesthood of the faithful. There is much confusion these days in some quarters about who and what is a priest; there is an overwhelming amount of what they call identity crisis in many priests. So many writers are saying that ordination makes no difference, that every Christian is equally a priest, and that priests (as they are properly called) are merely functionaries; long, learned disquisitions on this subject say priests are not really different from the faithful." (01-25-2013)
- Retreat on the Priesthood - What Is The Catholic Priesthood? by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. has been added to the Hardon Archives - Priesthood section. "As a fundamental question it needs to be answered if we are to say anything else significant about those persons whose office the Church still believes is not of human invention but of divine origin. The priesthood is simultaneously four things. It is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ. It is a state of life to which some men are called by a special vocation from God. It is an institution without which there would be no Christianity on earth today. And it is a ministry of the Catholic Church by which Christ continues His own priestly work of saving and sanctifying the souls for whom He shed His blood on Calvary." (01-25-2013)
- Retreat on the Priesthood - The Priesthood by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. has been added to the Hardon Archives - Priesthood section. "Before dealing at length with the meaning of the priesthood in the Catholic Church, there is value in first looking at the priesthood in general, as revealed to us by God in the Sacred Scriptures, because today in so many circles there is such widespread confusion." (01-25-2013)
- Video Series 715, The Holy Priesthood, a series of 9 video lessons taught by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. from January through May 1998 have been added to the Video Archives. (01-25-2013)
- Video Series 712, Christianity in Conflict, a series of 9 video lessons taught by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. from September through December 1995 have been added to the Video Archives. (01-14-2013)
- Video Series 709, Sacrament of Matrimony, a series of 9 video lessons taught by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. from September through December 1993 have been added to the Video Archives. (12-31-2012)
- Video Series 710, Understanding the Bible, a series of 9 video lessons taught by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. from September through December 1993 have been added to the Video Archives (12-13-2012)
- Video Series 705, New Catholic Catechism, a series of 9 video lessons taught by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. from September through December 1994 have been added to the Video Archives (11-24-2012)
