Tagged: Pope Saint John Paul II

CatholicMom debuts Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story

  Featured on CatholicMom.com Always be ready – Par1 1 Excerpt from the Preface of Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story: Tools, Tips, and Testimonies debuting April 30 on Amazon, JoyAlive.net and CatholicMom.com. AS A CONVERT, I’ve always loved stories about conversion and renewing our faith. Whenever I’ve heard such stories, the speakers always seem to bubble...

Child Smiling (DollarPhotoClub.com)

Featured Favorite: Joy at the stoplight

As I drove toward the intersection, the light turned yellow, then red. I stopped, thankful that at least I would be the first driver out of the gate after this, the longest stoplight on our route. A red pickup truck pulled beside our car on the driver’s side, and I saw a little smiling face...

Me? An evangelist?

Me? An evangelist?

Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com Did you know that when you were baptized, you were anointed to be an evangelist? Yes, you, I and every Christian are meant to bring others into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. How do we do that? There are as many ways as there are people to fulfill this commission from...

Joy at the stoplight

Joy at the stoplight

As I drove toward the intersection, the light turned yellow, then red. I stopped, thankful that at least I would be the first driver out of the gate after this, the longest stoplight on our route. A red pickup truck pulled beside our car on the driver’s side, and I saw a little smiling face...

‘Open wide the doors to Christ’ by Fr. Bob Hilz

‘Open wide the doors to Christ’ by Fr. Bob Hilz

Memorial of Pope St. John Paul II,1920-2005 How do I summarize the life of the second longest reigning pope in Church history? He was born Karol Wojtyla in Wadowice, Poland. He lost both of his parents and older brother before he was 21. World War II cut his promising academic career short. While working, Karol...