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Beloved, let us love one another17 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 months ago: I began blogging as a reaction against the venom spewed in com-boxes. Not the venom against the Chur … more →

Tags: Catholic Action, State of the Church in the West, catholic dogma, Living Catholic lives, Pope Francis, Being Catholic, Catholic comboxes, combox manners

Poverty and crime9 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 1 year ago: This quote from one of the blogs I follow for my work seems pertinent to our discussion on poverty a … more →

Tags: Catholic Action, Distributism, Modern Living, Social Justice, World Hunger, Poverty and hunger, Poverty and crime

What would you do?

joyfulpapist wrote 1 year ago: H/T Matt Archibald … more →

Tags: Morality, The problem of pain, Living Catholic lives, Helping others, Charity in Action

Finding saints among us7 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 1 year ago: St Therese of the Child Jesus, Doctor of the Church, doing the laundry with the rest of her communit … more →

Tags: Orthodoxy, Morality, holiness and the saints, Being a saint, sanctity in action

Working towards higher living standards11 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 1 year ago: Let’s hear it for John Whitehead, outgoing Secretary of the Treasury, who on Wednesday evening … more →

Tags: In The News, Distributism, Living Standards, measuring happiness, Measuring wellbeing, living standards measures, beyond economic measures, beyond GDP

Am I growing holier?2 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: Catholic Culture has published an article by Dr Jeff Mirus which seems like a good follow-up to yest … more →

Tags: Orthodoxy, Morality, Living as a Catholic, Living Catholic lives, growing holy, being holy, becoming saints

Speaking the truth in love81 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: There are many things I appreciate about the people who comment on this blog. You challenge me and m … more →

Tags: Catholic Action, Morality, Courtesy and good humour, truth and love, thanks to readers and commenters

Forever out of reach4 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: I recently had occasion to describe myself to JJS as an anarchist, in the real sense of the word. In … more →

Tags: In The News, anarchism, anarcho-monarchism, democracy and anarchy, political systems

proLIFE, proLOVE joins the blogosphere1 comment

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: Regular commenter on BeingFrank, Muerk, has joined the blogosphere with proLIFE, proLOVE. Here … more →

Tags: In The News, Pro-Life, Women in the Church, Muerk, proLIFEproLOVE, catholic blogosphere, Never Let Me Go, Cloning

Is it time to canonise Chesterton?11 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: William Oddie, in the Catholic Herald, suggests that the next English saint for canonisation should … more →

Tags: In The News, Gerald Keith Chesterton, Chesterton's canonisation, Chesterton's conversion

The prophetic charism of women in action9 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: As Australia gears up to celebrate the canonisation of Blessed Mary MacKillop, ABC have published th … more →

Tags: Saints festivals, Women in the Church, Catholic Feminism, Catholic History, Mary MacKillop, Mary MacKillop and sex abuse, Mary MacKillop and the clergy

Woman with a very big, very sharp, stick!8 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: Looking for references to authentic Catholic feminism, I came across a blog I hadn’t seen befo … more →

Tags: Women in the Church, Catholic Feminism, Women and Ministry, women and ordination, the role of Catholic women, women and priesthood, the differences between women and men

Fr Mike on prayer2 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: Fr Michael Fones OP has posted parts 2 and 3 of Priestly Intercession. Here’s a taster from Pa … more →

Tags: Prayer, Mass, Prayer 2, Intercessory Prayer, Priestly Prayer, Eucharistic people, priesthood of the laity

Praying with the Church9 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: On Intentional Disciples, Fr Michael has begun a series on prayer – based on the question … more →

Tags: Prayer, Catholic Action, Mass, State of the Church, Prayer 2

Sunday Christians, Professional Christians and other faces of clericalism5 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: The next aspect of the State of the Church in the West that I’d like to explore is the contribution … more →

Tags: State of the Church in the West, State of the Church, Clericalism, sunday christians, Professional Christians

Primacy of conscience25 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been meaning to post on primacy of conscience – the Catholic teaching that says you … more →

Tags: catholic dogma, Rationalism, conscience

St Joseph - a model for fathers2 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: This post comes from John Smeaton in England: On the one hand, of course, St. Joseph is the great, s … more →

Tags: Saints festivals, catholic dogma, St. Joseph, role of parents

Sex abuse coverup caused by systemic failure2 comments

joyfulpapist wrote 2 years ago: In a Pentecost letter to his people, the Archbishop of Canberra Mark Coleridge has written about sex … more →

Tags: In The News, State of the Church, Catholic church sex abuse, Archbishop of Canberra, ARchbishop Coleridge, sex abuse in Australia, systemic failure in Church

A mirror of self-giving

joyfulpapist wrote 3 years ago: More on marriage – from a wedding homily by Fr Mike at Intentional disciples: This mutual gift … more →

Tags: catholic dogma, vocations, Marriage, Sacrament, matrimony, One Flesh


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