HOLY FAMILY PARISH
- Mar 4, 2022
- 8 min
What are the origins and the meaning of the Stations of the Cross?
The Stations of the Cross which follow the path of Christ from Pontius Pilate’s praetorium to Christ’s tomb have been a popular devotion...
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HOLY FAMILY PARISH
- Oct 28, 2020
- 6 min
The Communion of Saints, by Paul Thigpen
Catholics are often challenged by other Christians to defend the Church’s teaching about the Communion of Saints. “Why designate certain...
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HOLY FAMILY PARISH
- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
Why We Pray for the Dead
The Church encourages us to hope and pray for all those we’ve lost. She asks us not to presume that anyone has gone straight to heaven or...
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HOLY FAMILY PARISH
- Oct 27, 2020
- 7 min
WHY PRAY FOR THE DEAD?
November 2, All Soul’s Day (and the first week of November), is the Church’s most earnest and concentrated time to pray for the dead. In...
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HOLY FAMILY PARISH
- Oct 26, 2020
- 4 min
Why do we pray to saints?
Catholics believe that prayer as worship is something we give to God alone. But our prayer to saints is not worship: when we pray to...
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HOLY FAMILY PARISH
- Mar 28, 2020
- 1 min
Mary, Undoer fo Knots
Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve...
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