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NEW HOPE, NEW OPPORTUNITIES
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JAN 7 | REGNUM CHRISTI DISCERNMENT
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Are you interested in learning more about Regnum Christi and curious about how to become a part of this exciting ecclesial movement that seeks to bring the love of Jesus into all aspects of our culture?
If so, please join us for a two-part discernment series where you will learn about Regnum Christi and have your questions answered. Learn more
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JAN 5 | DOING SMALL THINGS WITH GREAT LOVE
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The December Evening for Married Couples tackled the importance of daily positive interactions for building strong marital relationships. Father Eric Nielsen, LC, began his talk by referencing the research of Doctors John and Julie Gottman, a married couple who have spent the last forty years providing a research-based approach to strengthening relationships. Apparently, this couple claims they can spend ten minutes with a married couple and predict with 94% accuracy whether their marriage will last or not. Their premise is that a couple needs to display a ratio of five positive interactions (such as a smile, a touch, a hug, or good eye contact) to one negative interaction (such as an eye roll, a mocking laugh, a cold shoulder, or not paying attention.) Since life is made of moments, relationships need the foundation of small, positive interactions to weather any big challenges that occur over the course of a lifetime. In addition to their 5:1 ratio, the Gottmans also identify four absolutely toxic traits to relationships. Read more
Next Evening for Married Couples, Thursday, January 5, 2023, at 7:30 pm at St. Paul Church, Greenwich.
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LEGIONARIES COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
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For the first time in years, the Legionaries of Christ from all over North America reunited for Christmas at the seminary in Cheshire! Watch video
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Listen to Fr. Daniel Ray's Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God.
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 St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City. What a night at the big cathedral! Every “highway and byway” within the city block’s expansive holy space was filled with visitors, of every possible background, race, country, and religion, all mysteriously drawn to the beauty of the place. Some came to find God, some came to pray, some came just to see it, but somewhere deep within them, it seemed many were longing for a little peace, a little love, a small slice of Him—even when they didn’t know it. We placed our 20-some-odd missionaries strategically at the major cross sections. All through the long afternoon, they kept our, at times, 7-strong contingent of holy priests busy hearing confessions, many of which had not been planned, many that had been too long delayed. By 4:00 pm, we were already out of our large supply of rosaries, and then fell back on our Immaculate Heart of Mary medals and candles for prayer intentions.
One theme of the evening was the number of families who were wholesale guided into unexpected confessions by the missionaries. One mother-daughter team, who’d been talked into confession by one of the missionaries, were so blown away by the sudden entrance of God’s love and mercy into their lives that they later sought the missionary out, and found him at a remote, dark corner of the church using his phone to try to secure more rosaries! Like many of the penitents on this glorious night, they had a tear of joy and gratitude in their eyes.
We had several new missionaries last night, who had come to learn about it from a friend or a talk or a book, and came with less experience but hearts full of joy, love, and enthusiasm for the Lord. Their stories are evidence of the deep truth of our missionary motto, “Love, Don’t Think.” Read more |
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