Heroes and Saints of the Military Chaplaincy

Lt. Cmdr. Fr. Joseph Coffey, U.S.N.

6 PM August 28^th, 2011
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Clayton

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Real Men become Military Chaplains. Joseph Coffey climbs mountains, wins kayaking competitions, cheers every sports team in Philadelphia, rides fighter jets off of aircraft carriers, leads teams , and follows troops into combat. He also hears confessions and offers the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Lt. Cmdr. Fr. Joseph Coffey is a U.S. Navy Chaplain.

The Absurdity of Abortion Laws

St. Louis author Colleen Carroll Campbell hits a home run with her recent Post-Dispatch column, demonstrating the absurdity of abortion laws in the United States. She's saying that the public at large is missing the point: there is no ontological difference between the death of Caylee Anthony and the deaths of uncounted other children. And it isn't that the law pretends there is; rather, it is that the civil law has developed in a climate of narcissism. Chesterton's Fr. Brown in the story The Chief Mourner of Marne was faced with something similar, except in reverse.

150 Relics at St. Francis de Sales Friday & Saturday July 22 & 23

A special exhibit of over 150 relics of saints, including one of the world's largest certified relics of the True Cross and a (Vatican certified) piece of the Veil of Our Lady is coming to St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis on the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, Friday, July 22, 2011 .

Father Carlos A. Martins, a priest of the Companions of the Cross, will present his Treasures of the Church exhibit, which begins with a talk about the Church's use of relics. Then you will have an opportunity to venerate the relics. There will be two presentations: Friday evening at 5 PM and Saturday morning at 9 AM.

Masters Degree in Pastoral Theology

Ongoing Catholic Education for adults is a concern for the New Evangelization. Here in St. Louis, Ave Maria University offers a program in Pastoral Theology and awards a Masters Degree. You can think of Pastoral Theology as something like Applied Theology. The program is meant for anyone whose duties include religious education: DREs, religion teachers, deacons, homeschoolers, and leaders of lay apostolates will especially benefit. The program is also meant to be one of personal formation and calls students to a personal holiness as emphasized by Pope John Paul II in Christifidelis Laici and is quite appropriate for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the rational basis for The Faith.