by St Anthony | May 15, 2025 | Display On Reflections
We have a Pope! Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost born in Chicago, a midwesterner. According to the Vatican News in his biography, “The first Augustinian Pope, Leo XIV is the second Roman Pontiff – after Pope Francis – from the...
by St Anthony | May 8, 2025 | Display On Reflections
Mother’s Day was originated by Anna Javis of Philadelphia on May 12, 1907 in honor of her mother. In 1914 Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day a national holiday. The tradition has been celebrated ever since that beginning. Even though my mother died 27 years...
by St Anthony | May 1, 2025 | Display On Reflections
Spring is here! Or maybe just around the corner… we hope. No matter when Spring will actually be here, we are starting to enjoy the greening of vegetation which will soon lead to the buds and new blooms of all that blossoms! For as long as I can remember it’s the...
by St Anthony | Apr 24, 2025 | Display On Reflections
As Christians, we have just completed the week that we call Holy Week. It began with Palm Sunday and then focused on the Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and finally Easter Sunday. These days of focusing on our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, can...
by St Anthony | Apr 24, 2025 | Display On Chronicles
“How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world.” – Anne Frank I read something the other day that got me thinking. It said that there is only one degree of difference between the temperature of ice and that of water. If you think about...