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St. Alphonsus Liguori: Living in Friendship with God-Pt. 1

Posted on August 1, 2022September 30, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Last year, hoping to fill in a gap in current research, a group of psychologists from Columbia University and Michigan State University, sought to investigate the “cultural moderators of the link between friendship and important outcomes” (Peiqi...
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St. Anthony of Padua: Finding Human Dignity-Pt. 2

Posted on June 12, 2022July 30, 2022 by Tony Crescio

As we saw at the end of the first part of this reflection, over the course of the first part of his life, Anthony (born Fernando), had gone from being a wealthy and well-known elite to the obscurity of monastic life in the hills of Tuscany. In p...
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St. Anthony of Padua: Finding Human Dignity-Pt. 1

Posted on June 11, 2022July 25, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, Doctor, June 13 Tony, Tony, look around, something’s lost and must be found! Growing up in a Catholic home, this was something I heard my mother pray, as we scrambled about the house to track down items we ha...
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The FRESHLife of the Venerable Augustine Tolton-Part II

Posted on March 12, 2022May 10, 2022 by Aidan McDermott

“Father Augustine Tolton, United States of America, diocese of Alton, Illinois” (From Slave to Priest: The Inspirational Story of Father Augustine Tolton, Caroline Hemesath, O.S.F., 159). These words from the Cardinal sent chills down Father ...
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Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, & Companions

Posted on October 12, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Blessed Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, & Companions, Martyrs! Today's memorial celebrates some of those who gave their lives for Christ on our continent. In his letters, St. Isaac Jogues demonstrates a fierce and undaun...
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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque: Loving the Sacred Heart

Posted on October 11, 2021October 16, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Happy Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque! St. Margaret Mary is especially known for her promotion of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a gift which she received on behalf of the whole Church. A letter Margaret Mary wrote to Sr. Fèlic...
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St. Teresa of Avila: Alone God Suffices

Posted on October 11, 2021October 9, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Happy Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin and Doctor! Let nothing disturb you, nothing affright you; All things are passing; God never changes; Patient endurance attains all things; Whoever has God lacks nothing. Alone God suf...
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St. Jerome: The Slow Work of Sanctity

Posted on September 30, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Happy feast of St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church! Friends, what comes to mind when we think of the saints? For starters, perhaps paintings, images in stained glass windows, and statuary. If we take an interest at all in these heroes of the fai...
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Living a Eucharistic Life

Posted on March 24, 2021March 25, 2024 by Tony Crescio

Here we share a presentation prepared by Tony for the 2021 Men of Christ Conference held in Beaver Dam, WI. The theme of the conference was "Live Truth-Defend Truth." Tony suggests to us that living the Truth is always the beginning of defending the...
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The Stations of the Cross

Posted on February 16, 2021March 29, 2021 by FRESHImage

The Stations of the Cross is a beautiful prayer that properly orients us on our Lenten journey. This prayer, whether in its traditional or scriptural format, draws us into the drama of Christ's Passion so as to contemplate this central event of ...
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