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Speaking in Tongues: A Language Learner's Guide

Published on 2012-01-10 12:32:00

Last Saturday I helped promote the French studies program to 8th graders at my alma mater, Stagg High School. It is no secret that behind my exterior of a mild-mannered seminarian and college student lies an avid language lover. Whether they be written or spoken, words excite me, especially ones from different tongues. A language lover tends to speak a variety of languages, much to the envy of others who are amazed when the former can carry a conversation in French when he obviously is a [..] > read more

Happy National Vocations Awareness Week!

Published on 2012-01-09 09:58:00

"We heard a summons to give over our lives in a more explicit way. It was a call to serve all people, believers and unbelievers alike. We would serve them out of our own faith that the Lord had loved us and died for us and risen for us and that He offers us a share in his life, a life more powerful and enduring than any sin or death. It was a call that came to us from without, but also one that arose up within us, as from His Spirit."Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross (1:3-4)Please [..] > read more

Praying with Purpose

Published on 2012-01-08 03:05:00

Ever since the beginning of the second week of break, my sleep schedule has been a bit off. Last night I managed to climb into bed at 9:45 PM only to get up again since I had forgotten to say compline and matins. After an hour or so, I went back to bed, slept for three hours and woke up. Since I couldn’t revert back to sleep, I resolved to stay up and pray lauds and prime at 6 AM, which was quite a feat for someone who had been waking up recently as late as 5 PM… Alas, besides [..] > read more

Today's Canticle from Lauds

Published on 2012-01-07 09:06:00

"Give ear, O heavens, while I speak;let the earth hearken to the words of my mouth!May my instruction soak in like the rain,and my discourse permeate like the dew,Like a downpour upon the grass,Like a shower upon the crops.For I will sing the Lord's renown.Oh, proclaim the greatness of our God!"- Moses, (Deuteronomy 32:1-3) > read more

Un ami. Un frère. Un saint.

Published on 2012-01-06 08:52:00

Un ami. Un frère. Un saint.St. André Bessette, the first saint of the Congregation of Holy Cross, was all these things and then some. He was a friend to the poor, a brother to his fellow Holy Cross religious, and as of October 17, 2010, a saint within Holy Mother Church.It’s truly a testament to God’s sense of humor and purpose when he called St. André, a poorly educated man, to be a saint in lieu of one of the many scholars that composed the rest of the Congregation in the 20th century. [..] > read more

Patron Porter: St. André at Holy Cross College

Published on 2012-01-06 08:47:00

Although the Congregation of Holy Cross prides itself in being an academic society of educators in the faith, it was no scholar that earned the honorable position of the order’s first saint. On October 17, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI canonized St. André Bessette, the “Miracle Man of Montréal,” a Holy Cross brother who was schooled only in the ways of hospitality. Marking the beginning of the Congregation’s Year of the Brother, Prinz Jeremy Llanes Dela Cruz, a Holy Cross College [..] > read more

Bessette Blog Posts

Published on 2012-01-06 08:42:00

Check out more reflections and musings about our beloved St. André Bessette on the Congregation of Holy Cross' vocation blog! > read more

Published on 2012-01-06 08:40:00

Watch this video to learn about the life and work of St. André Bessette, C.S.C. > read more

Published on 2012-01-06 08:38:00

St. André Bessette was canonized October 17, 2010 and is the first saint of the Congregation of Holy Cross.Join Holy Cross in celebrating his first feast day! > read more

St. André Bessette

Published on 2012-01-06 08:29:00

“It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” Happy feast day of St. André Bessette, notre frère bien-aimé qui prie toujours pour la famille de Sainte-Croix! > read more

A Big Mass-take

Published on 2011-03-27 20:38:00

Those who say that the flow of the faithful in Catholic churches is drying up should attend Ash Wednesday Masses, which happen to welcome a torrent of believers to my general awe every year. Should we be proud, > read more

That Religious Guy: A Belated Goodbye

Published on 2011-03-06 14:37:00

..... Today is definitely a day of mourning. Last Monday, our generation lost another one of its barely blooming individuals, Jera Machuca, a person taken before her time. As a journalist, she helped make The Stagg Line a great publication. > read more

Smokey Francisco (SF)

Published on 2011-02-20 20:35:00

Last weekend, my friends and I took a trip up to San Francisco to celebrate Claire and Sarinna’s birthdays. Apparently, Sarinna, who was born and raised in California, had never been to SF, preposterous right? It’s like if an Englishman says he > read more

That Religious Guy: All the world in your webcam!

Published on 2011-01-29 13:54:00

..... Whoever said that one couldn't see the world while staying at home was definitely living under a rock...... But of course, if he was living under a rock, he probably couldn't see the world, so we'll forgive him this time. That's the beauty of a > read more

Faith and Reason

Published on 2010-10-07 17:20:00

*Who's in the picture? : Fr. Georges Lemaitre, the man who laid the groundwork for the Big Bang Theory (surprise surprise!) and Albert Einstein, the man who said to the former, "This is the most beautiful and satisfactory explanation of cr > read more

Making up for lost time

Published on 2010-10-04 18:27:00

..... So where does this typical Monday afternoon find me doing? Well, I'm finishing AP Government definitions while listening to 89.0 RFI Monde French talk radio. It always seems that the last week of break is the moment when people choose to ki > read more

On the brink of Change

Published on 2010-07-20 21:28:00

..... One aspect of the novel I absolutely love is that the whole story is at a standstill for what's to come. Everything in Francisco Franco's Spain is at the brink of change. All the characters can do is accept the new and try desperately to pr > read more

Religion in The Shadow of the Wind

Published on 2010-06-30 01:04:00

..... It's a subject that Jeremy Dela Cruz cannot resist bringing up. It's a subject that his friends are always annoyed with and try to avoid at all costs. It's a subject that he wishes more people were interested in. What is it? Religion of course! > read more

The Empire strikes back ... at Mother Teresa?

Published on 2010-06-08 16:02:00

..... Catholic League president, Bill Donohue, has made a name for himself defending the Church against rampant anti-Catholicism. He doesn't look for trouble. Trouble finds him. And just recently, trouble did find Donohue in the form of a rejection l > read more

Of Priests and Nuns

Published on 2010-06-08 16:01:00

..... Well, a certain splinter group of our neighbors to the north have just recently "ordained" a women "priest." Now, it's not the Canadians I'm speaking of, after all, les Quebecois are too conservative for that. The organization Womenpriests, whi > read more

Cowards and their Keyboards

Published on 2010-04-08 20:18:00

..... I've always found it interesting that people are so civilized, polite, and nice... In public that is. Sure there's the occasional playful teasing from friends and politically incorrect jokes, but both actions aim to entertain rather than offend > read more

1- 800 - Confession

Published on 2010-03-13 22:36:00

..... There have been many attempts over the years to spice up religion. Some have tried substituting upbeat modern tunes in place of traditional hymns during worship. Others have resorted to filling gigantic stadiums with parishioners, dazzling them > read more

From Como esta to Kumusta ka

Published on 2010-03-07 00:15:00

..... Hablas Español? ..... Nagsasalita ka ba ng wikang Español?..... It's common knowledge that the Philippines was once a Spanish colony and therefore many of its languages still retain Spanish loan words. In 1987, the Philippine government aboli > read more