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Expanding on a July story of Lourdes, written just after my return from pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, this is the second of a series of stories of Lourdes, including the life of St. Bernadette Soubirous, Marian Apparitions that occurred at Lourdes in the span of six months in 1858, and miracles that happen in Lourdes every day. Friday, December 8, 2023, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Hear more about the pilgrimage experience and about Lourdes at our General Membership meeting on the eve of the great Feast of Our Lady!
Fr. Luke Doyle spoke at the October General Membership meeting. Look inside for his vocation story as he told it and his evident love for Jesus and the Catholic priesthood.
Continuing our education about the national Eucharistic Revival and its relationship to our individual vocational call to holiness, we introduce the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress and the personal story of conversion. Tim Glemkowski, the Executive Director of the National Eucharistic Congress, shares his conversion in a singular encounter with Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
A story about the work of the Benedictine community at House of Ephesus near Gower, MO, and a seminarian excitedly anticipating the fulfillment of his heart's desire: ordination to the ministerial priesthood of the Catholic Church.
A reference to a collection of bells, made at a Serra club Board meeting, triggered the discovery of not only the collector, but also the intermediary and benefactor who ultimately gave the collection to our club, and opened the door to a bit of the history of Johnson and Wyandotte counties, our patron Saint Junipero Serra, the El Camino Real and the original plan for preserving the historic southern California trail through the early 20th century placement of bells along its route.
