Blog
The Abundant Harvest: What Exactly are Whole Grains?
As Summer fades into Autumn, our natural world subtly points us to the phenomenon of harvest and safe keeping. For centuries, man has turned to grains to support the nutritional needs of the entire family. In fact, about 10,000 years ago, wheat was being domesticated...
The Importance of Safeguarding Your Loved Ones Through a Durable Healthcare Power of Attorney or Healthcare Proxy
By Michael Arthur Vacca, Director of Ministry, Bioethics, and Membership Experience Our Lord teaches us to care for our loved ones. Indeed, whatever we do for them, we do to Christ Himself...
Breastfeeding as an Integration of Whole Health
by Becca Wilson In the early pages of Scripture, God is compared to a nursing mother. Isaiah 66 says: “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her, all you who love her;Rejoice with her in her joy, all you who mourn...
The Worse Pandemic: Narcissism – A Whole Health Crisis
by Mariah Buzza If you frequent internet forums such as Quora and Reddit, you may have noticed that "narcissism" is a popular topic. As indicated by the volume of discussion on "narcissism,” individuals from all sectors of society seem to be acknowledging the...
The Gift of Femininity and St. Mary Magdalene
by Rebecca Wilson The crisis of femininity in our modern world is full of various nuances and deceptions. At least every few weeks, the lack of clarity on what is beautiful about femininity or the beauty of what the female body is made for is further discolored in the...
Starting July 11th: The Catholic Pilgrim Journey Across America with the CURO Health Care Community
Track your steps for eight weeks while you prayerfully and virtually travel and learn about different Catholic sites across the USA. More details coming soon! What are your travel plans this Summer? The members of the CURO community are invited to virtually travel...
Glorifying God in This Life
by Michael Vacca Saint Irenaeus endured persecution and had many reasons to be vexed with the human person, to become pessimistic or even cynical. But instead, he is famous for saying: “Gloria Dei vivens homo.” Translated into English, this means, “The...
A Hero for Purity and Innocent Life
In the late 1800s a Ugandan page (servant to the king) by the name Charles Lwanga was subject to persecution following his resistance to illicit advances from the King. Charles was known for protecting the younger pages from King Mwanga who engaged in ritualistic...
Mary As Our Healing Mother As Depicted by Caravaggio
by Rebecca Wilson In this month of May, we focus on the great gift that Mary is to the Church and to our lives. While on the cross, Christ gave us his mother, Mary. This was not a small gesture, but an invitation for all of us to turn to her, seek her intercession,...
Mary’s Role in the Completion of Salvation History Revealed in Our Lady of Fatima
In 1917, Our Blessed Mother appeared to three shepherd children with a grave warning for our time and a plea to rely on her intercession for the salvation of the world. It is in the apparitions of Fatima that Mary’s identity as our mother in salvation is more fully...
St. Joseph and the Beauty of Work
St. Joseph is truly a model for us in how we can allow our work to sanctify us. While May is traditionally known as the month in which we honor Our Blessed Mother, May 1st is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. The work of St. Joseph was to protect the...
Responding to Jesus’ call to “Speak to the whole world about my mercy.”
“From all My wounds, like from streams, mercy flows for souls, but the wound in My Heart is the fountain of unfathomable mercy. From this fountain spring all graces for souls. The flames of compassion burn Me. I desire greatly to pour them out upon souls. Speak to the...
