by user | Oct 14, 2017 | Royal Doors
FROM TIME TO TIME Eastern Christians are reproached for venerating icons because “icons are not in the Bible.” St John of Damascus, whose treatises on icons were instrumental in defeating iconoclasm, taught that the Church’s icons are “in the Bible” because...
by user | Sep 13, 2017 | Royal Doors
by Brent Kostyniuk In the Byzantine religious tradition, a new Christian becomes a complete member of the Church by receiving the three Mysteries (Sacraments) of Initiation—Baptism, Chrismation, and Holy Eucharist–at the same time. The rationale for this is...
by user | Aug 15, 2017 | Royal Doors
archeparchy.ca There is a global effort by Catholics inspired by “Laudato Si” – Pope Francis’ encyclical on safeguarding the environment – to become personally active in doing something about climate change and renewing the environment. Some have hailed the...
by user | Jul 1, 2017 | Royal Doors
by Brent Kostyniuk Most Catholics will be well aware of World Youth Day (WYD), a gathering of young people which takes place in a different country every three years. A much more accessible event, Unity, is sponsored annually by the Ukrainian Catholic Church in...
by user | Jun 23, 2017 | Royal Doors
Matthew 10:32-36; 11:1 Glory be to Jesus Christ! Last summer, while on vacation I met a seminarian at a local parish where I concelebrated Sunday Eucharist. This young man was a couple years into his philosophy studies and was spending the summer at this...
