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Day 40: Generation Benedict, Looking Forward
Collette is a Law student from Birmingham. She helps lead 2nd Friday, an informal movement for young adults which focuses on discipleship and evangelisation. With Lisette Carr, she is co-editrix of the GenerationBenedict blog. I had no idea what would become of the #generationbenedict blog when I sent a message to Lise on the eve of […]
Day 39: Good Friday
The address by Pope Benedict XVI after the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, 22/04/11 Dear Brothers and Sisters, This evening, in faith, we have accompanied Jesus as he takes the final steps of his earthly journey, the most painful steps, the steps that lead to Calvary. We have heard the cries of the […]
Day 38: Letters from Prison
This post is taken from the Vatican Radio website. Los Angeles County has one of the highest youth incarceration rates in the country. Up to 90% of the county’s juvenile justice youth are Latino or African American, and up to 70% of incarcerated youth nationally are said to have some kind of disability. After witnessing […]
Day 37: Generation Benedict, Looking Back
Lisette Carr is a French teacher, youth worker living in Dublin. She is currently studying for an MA in Marriage and Family at Maryvale Institute. She writes a blog about good things happening in the Catholic world at www.catholicismrocks.wordpress.com. With Collette, she is co-editrix of the GenerationBenedict blog. On Shrove Tuesday, Collette and I had the idea […]
Day 32: Young, Catholic and Professional
Jennifer Baugh, from Dallas, Texas, is the Founder and President of Young Catholic Professionals. She is passionate about encouraging a culture of Catholic community in all aspects of our lives, especially in the workplace. At the age of 24, I had just graduated from a rigorous MBA program and was set to embark on an intense […]
Day 30: Three Things I’ve Learned from Pope Benedict
Brandon Vogt, 26, is a Catholic writer and speaker who blogs at BrandonVogt.com. He’s also the author of The Church and Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet As an Evangelical Christian in 2008, “God’s Rottweiler” worried me. From what I heard, he was a cold and stodgy disciplinarian with a hyper-traditionalist streak, more likely to […]
Day 29: The Professor Pope
Dr Andrew O’Connell is Communications Director for the Presentation Brothers in Ireland, where a key part of his work is the promotion of vocations. “Oh no!” It’s rare to find oneself speaking out loud in an empty room. But that’s what I did and those were my words on that April evening in 2005 when Cardinal […]
Habemus Papam!
Deo Gratias for Pope Francis! His first words… Brothers and sisters good evening. You all know that the duty of the Conclave was to give a bishop to Rome. It seems that my brother Cardinals have gone almost to the ends of the earth to get him… but here we are. I thank you for […]
Day 24: Spirit of the Liturgy
Maghnus Monaghan studied for a Certificate in Catechesis at the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham. Last May he completed a Masters in Liturgical Music at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth. He currently works as organist and director of music at St. Agnes’ Church, Crumlin, Dublin. I began my studies in university in Music and Mathematics during which time my […]
Homage book on Vatican website
Today’s a day of rest on the GenerationBenedict blog…. Why not check out the Homage to Benedict book on the Vatican website. It’s filled with inspiring quotes from Pope Emeritus Benedict, which link directly to the documents they’re from (in case you want to read further!) and absolutely wonderful pictures!
Day 17: Sharing the Faith
Patrick is 26 and has been a Catholic all his life. He’s involved with Youth 2000, and also the online group Made For Glory. I’m sure I’m not the only one. There must be a few of us out there. My name is Patrick, I’m a young Catholic, and I’ll admit it; I have never […]
Day 16: An “Extraordinary” Pontificate
Martin Marston-Paterson, is a civil servant in Westminster. He was received into the Church by the Benedictines at the age of 17. On 7 July 2007, Benedict XVI issued the motu proprio “Summorum Pontificum”. This was for me without doubt the single most important act of his pontificate. Although we here in England had long […]
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