~The following text is an article on Marian devotion which was written by Fr. Jonas Shell who is a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Steubenville. The article was first published in The Steubenville Register in the summer of 2022, and is used with the permission of the author. ~SCF What could be more Catholic than devotion to the…
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Pope St. Pius X in 2021
~Today is the feast of Pope Saint Pius X. For today, I am presenting a re-post (with edits) from 2019, the bulk of which contains instructions from Pope St. Pius X (b. 1835- d. 1914). This content from Pius X is as fresh as if he had penned it this week. I have posted this several times, but I find…
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The Cross in Lent
~Lent is beginning and what better way to start this penitential season than with a bit of writing from St. Louis de Montfort and company on what it means to be a friend of the Cross. ~SCF “Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.” ~G.K. Chesterton I think we can…
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Candlemas Poem
“Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” –Saint Francis de Sales Today, on the feast of Candlemas, I am re-posting a poem in which the English Catholic writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton (b. 1874- d. 1936) professed his love of, and need for, the Blessed Virgin Mary. The poem…
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Mary, Our Mother
“Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” –Saint Francis de Sales Christmas continues in the Catholic Church as we are in the midst of the Christmas octave, one long Christmas day. Let us keep the festivities going, the lights up; the carols in our hearts and on our…
