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Parenting as a Path to Holiness

Posted on October 22, 2023November 23, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/RSNPa84GY6I In this FRESHImage Presents, Tony Crescio discusses what it means for the Church to teach that the Christian family is the "domestic church." He begins by examining the sociological findings of Christian Smith a...
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Understanding Active Participation in the Liturgy: Part 2

Posted on August 8, 2023August 29, 2023 by Andrzej Zahorski

In part 1 on this series on active participation in the liturgy, I discussed the topic in a general way, covering some aspects of the concept's historical development. Active participation is one of the critical conditions necessary to make the ...
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7 Principles of Catholic Social Teaching: 2-Call to Family, Community, & Participation

Posted on July 12, 2023August 2, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“The family is the basic cell of society. It is the cradle of life and love, the place in which the individual ‘is born’ and ‘grows’” (Pope St. John Paul II, “Christifideles Laici”). In our first installment of this seven-part series on Catho...
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Sacred Music: A Treasure of Inestimable Value

Posted on February 25, 2023March 18, 2023 by Andrzej Zahorski

Jesus Christ left us a priceless treasure in the liturgy. However, its nature and true significance often eludes us. There are some deep historical reasons for a limited understanding of the gift of liturgy, even among Catholics. That lack in kn...
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A Great Cloud of Witnesses: Why the Saints

Posted on October 31, 2022March 27, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4axp-44z9Yc In this episode of FRESHImage Presents, Tony Crescio explores the role the saints play in our daily lives. The saints are a part of the Christian faith often taken for granted by some and...
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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 Second Vatican Council: A FRESH Look

Posted on July 20, 2021November 4, 2021 by Aidan McDermott

Standing before you I tremble somewhat with emotion but am humbly resolute in my purpose to proclaim a twofold celebration: a diocesan synod for the city of Rome, and a general Council for the universal Church (Giuseppe Alberigo, A Brief History...
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St. John Henry Newman: Conscience as the Voice of Love

Posted on October 9, 2020September 30, 2022 by Tony Crescio

We often hear the word "conscience" bandied about in public discourse, but do we really know what the term means? The Church has consistently taught of the inviolability of the conscience. Most recently, echoing the Second Vatican Council, the C...
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